Title
Eagle Head Corkscrew
Mediumwhale ivory, steel
Dimensions3 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (9.2 × 3.5 × 13.7 cm)
Object number00.216.9
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCommercially manufactured corkscrew with steel shaft and worm; the transverse handle is a small sperm whale tooth full-round carved in the form of the head of a bald eagle, with relief-carved stylized ornaments around the neck. Similar to, and by the same hand as 00.216.8; both are by the same hand and from the same whale as 00.216.6 and 00.216.7.On View
Not on view
Kelley, William H.
19th Century
19th Century
