Old, Real Shark Jaw, Deaccessioned from Prep School Science Department poems This smallish planter is hard

This smallish planter is hard to photograph--it sort of glows

And indeed it would have been--traditionally used in a wedding ceremony

and banded sgraphitto (incised) decoration around the shoulders

with just light wear to the round

may be the most refined of the bunch

Old, Real Shark Jaw, Deaccessioned from Prep School Science Department poems This smallish planter is hardYikes! I'm thinking that this was probably the lower jaw of a shark, the type of shark I'm not sure, but seeing all of those layers of teeth make me feel like surely it a ferocious one! Up close one can see (and feel!) the razor like edges of each tooth, four layers deep. I know that this came from a New England prep school biology department, where it lived for a long time. 9 1 2" l x 5" w x 2 3 4" d and in good condition. There is one patch of a bit