“Portrait on Ivory Brush I” black and white scrimshaw on rare pre-ban African Ivory brush by David Adams. This rare brush has never been used. Made in England with boar bristles, these were quite popular with wealthy families during the previous two centuries. Over the years, we have had several that we gave to just a few of our best scrimshanders. We came across these two brushes several decades ago and they were so beautiful we decided to wait until we felt they should be worked by someone special. So we gave them to David Adams, because he does the very best portraits today, hands down. The amount of work in these two brushes is absolutely amazing, as is the fact they have never been used. This is something one keeps in the family and passes down from generation to generation.

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This scrimshaw is done on pre-ban African ivory. Since the passage of the CITIES Treaty in 1973, there has been no African ivory brought into the U.S. However, ivory that was in the U.S. prior to 1973 can be legally sold and shipped within the U.S. However, new legislation taking effect in 2016 restricts pre-ban African Ivory from being shipped interstate. It can only legally be shipped intrastate, (within the state). All of our pre-ban ivory is located with our associate in the state of Florida. It can be purchased directly from our website and shipped only to an address within the state of Florida. If one has a relative, trusted friend or business associate within the state of Florida, we can ship to that specified address in order to comply with the new Federal legislation. The scrimshaw can then be forwarded to you and everyone complies with the law. Any questions, email or call us.