Resting Peregrine Falcon

“Resting Peregrine Falcon” black and white scrimshaw on ancient mammoth tusk ivory by David Smith. Beautiful work here on a primo piece of mammoth ivory. From the collection of one of our clients who is no longer with us. First class work at 20 year old prices! The peregrine falcon, also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head.