A Set of Sailors Scrimshaw Gambling Dice, early 19th century
Carved from a Sperm Whale tooth, the designs including hearts, clubs, spades, crowns, anchors, the compass rose and pseudo-armorials, inlaid with pitch and red wax. They are part of the game Crown snd Anchor, which was a very popular game aboard (even forbidden)
Tumblr is telling me that my photo got flagged; so of course the logical thing to do is to repost it. I’ll never understand why people get more upset about nudity rather than violence.
