19th C. CHINESE OPIUM SCALE: CHINA TRADE NEWBURYPORT CLIPPER SHIP CAPTAIN GRAVE

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19th C. CHINESE OPIUM SCALE: CHINA TRADE NEWBURYPORT CLIPPER SHIP CAPTAIN GRAVE:
$75.00

GREAT 19TH CENTURY OPIUM SCALE WITH 10\" GENUINE IVORY STICK (MARKED WITH WEIGHT GRADATIONS) FROM THE ESTATE OF THE GRAVES AND PIKE FAMILIES OF NEWBURYPORT, RINGS ISLAND AND SALISBURY, MA. THEY WERE MULTI-GENERATIONAL, INTERMARRIED FAMILIES OF CLIPPER SHIP CAPTAINS WHO PLIED THEIR TRADE FROM AT LEAST AS EARLY AS 1808 UNTIL THE 1870\'S OR LATER. THEY WERE IN RUSSIA AS EARLY AS 1808, IN CHINA THROUGH AT LEAST THE 1850\'S, DEALING IN TEA, CHINAWARE AND, ILLICITLY, OPIUM. THEY ALSO TRADED WITH INDIA AND THE EAST INDIES, AFRICA AND THE WEST INDIES, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ETC.
A FASCINATING BIT OF HISTORY FROM A FASCINATING AMERICAN SEAFARING FAMILY.
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