Artist/Maker
Marble, John C. - attributed
Title
Pommel
Mediumwhale ivory
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 in. (3.5 × 2.5 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.2251
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPommel or finial (likely for a walking stick), lathe-turned from sperm-whale ivory, with a hole bored through its entire length.ProvenanceProvenance: Marble Family Collection (II). John and Elizabeth C. Marble, Fall River, Mass.; George F. Marble, Fall River and Florence, Mass., 1894; Minerva Jane Northrup Marble (Mrs. George F. Marble), Northampton, Mass., 1904; Ella White Marble Doolittle (Mrs. Charles H. Doolittle), 1937; Evelyn Doolittle Holmes (Mrs. William H. Holmes), West Hartford, Conn., 1964; Nancy Holmes Powers (Mrs. Rogers Powers), Forest, Virginia, 1987; Kendall Whaling Museum, 1996. Exhibited: Children's Museum, West Hartford, Conn. Nancy Holmes Powers, Forest, Va., 10/23/1996, $15.00.On View
Not on view
Marble, John C. - attributed
