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The owner of an ornate bracelet with a nicely shaded black and white scrimshawed butterfly and flowers is looking for more information about the artist. It shows the date of 1977, and the last name of Nixon, though the preceeding initials are hard to distinguish. Around Danville Illinois is where her husband found it, they’d like to know if it’s bone, ivory, horn, etc.
The cabochon is approximately 1″ x 2″ (25.4mm x 50.8mm). Let us know in the comments if you can!

Image edge with the slight brown stripe reminds me of the material “galalith”.

This is a fascinating piece. Purchased by her father in the early 1990’s, this is a silver bracelet with a rectangular cabochon that appears to be ivory depicting a woman with golden blonde hair which looks to me to be early 20th century style with a bandana or similar. The simple elegant lines hide the fact that there is subtle shading in the cheeks, the blue in the eyes and the hair tie, and the hair coloring.
One letter “O” with a tail jutting off to the top left reminicent of a stem(possibly Cheri?) or perhaps some other meaning – kind of reaching on that thought. The only other marking is that of what I’m thinking is a Phoenix on the bracelet’s cuff.

The owner is curious about the history of the artist and would like to know more about who made this memorable and cherished bracelet.

Anyone familiar with the artist? Please let us know in the comments below!

If you’d like to see some of my other work, you can click on this link: https://chatbooks.com/app/share/volume/1ed6d761204d4a7f9bed4f0c06f18943?id=15665872&key=EP7jgn03dtqQC33AtUBQFEmTaWbtYL7KV0WoqGdZ

It’s a chatbook that shows about three years of my scrimshawing. I’m testing out Chatbooks as a means to cataloging the boxes (and boxes, and boxes!) of photos we’ve accumulated from those who have passed on. Digital books are handy and easy to share, but printed books are a great way to share with family and friends. If you’d like to create your own chatbook, click here: http://invite.chatbooks.com/andrewperkins5c3. This will get you a $10 discount and give me a $10 credit toward creating my family albums and future scrimshaw chat books. Their web advertisements are very entertaining, too – if you need a laugh, go to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chatbooks+commercial.