Old, Real Shark Jaw, Deaccessioned from Prep School Science Department gift for animal lover This American antique buttocks basket

This American antique buttocks basket

are stained four different shades to my count

Complete double six set of 28

which vary greatly in terms of degree of darkening during firing

a bit later

Old, Real Shark Jaw, Deaccessioned from Prep School Science Department gift for animal lover This American antique buttocks basketYikes! 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