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If you thought this was a scrimshaw jagging wheel then you are correct! Sailors often carved ornate prizes for their wives from whale, seal or walrus bones. As pies were the de rigueur food of the day, a pie crimper (AKA jagging wheel) was a perfect gift. And this one certainly is a fine piece of work.

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2) This item looks kind of like a Harry Potter wand with a disk added at one end. It’s tapered at the other end and has no decoration at all.

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