The first with featuring shark and signed S. Miguel / Azores / M. Simas, likely by Manuel Francisco Moniz Simas (b. 1942) of San Miguel, Azores (5 1/2 in.); the second by an unknown hand, featuring a nicely rendered image of an able deckhand at work, engraved: "SHIP LAURA / 1867" to reverse (4 1/2 in.).

From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Burton S. Carnegie, Apex, North Carolina

"Laura" with mellow toning, and area of later paint mark to figure's elbow; both with light minor surface marks.