- EARLY SCRIMSHAW BUSK. 18th/19th C. whale
bone busk with fine two color (red and green) two-sided scrimshaw decoration. Primary decoration depicting a heart over flowering potted plant, tombstone with weeping willow...
[more like this] - AMERICAN SCRIMSHAWED ANTIQUE WHALEBONE
BUSK, CIRCA 1840...American Scrimshawed Antique Whalebone Busk, circa 1840-1860 , a double arched busk with 5 finely executed scenes depicting a sailor smoking on a dock,...
[more like this] - ENGRAVED WHALEBONE BUSK, MID 19TH CENTURYEngraved
Whalebone Busk, mid 19 th Century, beautifully scrimshawed corset busk exhibiting a delicate floral pattern throughout the length of the piece, heart shaped top.
Length 13...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE WALRUS SCRIMSHAW BUSK, LATE
19TH CENTURYAntique Walrus Scrimshaw Busk, late 19th Century, engraved with 5 vignettes within a sawtooth border
Length 10.75 in. Width 1.5 in.
Condition:
Items may have...
[more like this] - THREE SCRIMSHAW BUSKS/PANELS 19TH CENTURYTHREE
SCRIMSHAW BUSKS/PANELS, 19th Century, 1) Baleen busk depicting a handled urn filled with flowers, a Liberty shield backed by a fouled anchor, a spread-wing eagle with a...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
19TH CENTURY LENGTH 14"., 19th Century, Seven vignettes, including foliate-wrapped hearts, a ship portrait, geometric designs and "Hope" with an anchor, bounded by pique...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK "TO MY BELOVED"
DATED 1843 LENGTH 13.25"., Dated 1843, "To My Beloved Lydia" in banners surrounding a ship portrait medallion. Other medallions contain a bust portrait of a woman wearing...
[more like this] - TWO SCRIMSHAW BUSKS MID-19TH CENTURYTWO
SCRIMSHAW BUSKS, Mid-19th Century, 1) Very finely engraved whalebone busk with a barber pole border surrounding images of a brick mansion, an urn of flowers, a spread-wing...
[more like this] - LARGE WHALEBONE BUSK WITH WHALING SCENE
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 15.25"., Mid-19th Century, Depicts two whaleships and three whaleboats in pursuit of a large pod of whales. One of the ships is cutting in and several...
[more like this] - LARGE SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK MID-19TH
CENTURY LENGTH 12.75". WITH SIMPLE PLASTIC STAND.LARGE SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK, Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts three vignettes: a ship portrait, a stately coastal home...
[more like this] - VERY FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE
BUSK MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 11.25". BUSK, Mid-19th Century, A red geometric band separates two vignettes: a whaling scene and a patriotic spread-wing eagle. The whaling...
[more like this] - TWO SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSKS AND A JUVENILE
SWORDFISH BILL 19TH CENTURY LENGTHS TO 13.25". SWORDFISH BILL, 19th Century, Both busks engraved with trees and flowers, and one with an American flag and hearts. Dimensions:...
[more like this] - * POLYCHROME ENGRAVED WHALEBONE BUSK
BY DAVID LAZARUS NANTUCKET, CONTEMPORARY LENGTH 13". BY DAVID LAZARUS, Nantucket, Contemporary, Depicts six colorful vignettes separated by geometric borders. Vignettes...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD,
JR. CIRCA 1830 LENGTH 13". JR., Circa 1830, Depicts a whaling scene of three ships, decreasing in size from left to right, and two six-man whaleboats in pursuit of a large...
[more like this] - WHALEBONE BUSK WITH SILVERED METAL DECORATION
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 14"., Mid-19th Century, Top of busk carved with central heart and square corners. Heart is further formed by an engraved and studded perimeter. Similarly...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13.25"., Mid-19th Century, Depicts six finely detailed vignettes, one of a farmer beneath a towering tree in a flower meadow, one of a large bird...
[more like this] - DOUBLE-SIDED SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13.75"., Mid-19th Century, Intricately and elegantly rendered. Obverse depicts a coastal scene of trees, two stately buildings, a starboard view...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW DOUBLE-SIDED BUSK
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 12.13"., Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a potted plant, a house, four hex signs, a large tree and two small trees. Images separated by differing...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
DATED 1843 LENGTH 14". DATED 1843, Depicts five vignettes separated by foliate and/or geometric borders. Top carved in a heart shape, with an engraved heart enclosing two...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK 19TH CENTURY
LENGTH 14.5".SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK, 19th Century, Several unusual vignettes cover nearly the entire length, separated and surrounded by line, pique and sawtooth borders,...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK. 19TH CENTURY.
Awonderful folk art sailor made busk with relief carved heart and diamond design. The busk also depicts two ships, an anchor, an hourglass, and a potted plant. It has the...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY THE LAMBETH
BUSK ENGRAVER MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 14.5". WIDTH 2”. BUSK ENGRAVER, Mid-19th Century, Depicts a finely detailed whaling scene of a whaleship, a large pod of spouting...
[more like this] - FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE
BUSK 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13". BUSK, 19th Century, Depicts red flowers, a potted flowering plant, a bird in a tree, two whaling scenes and two dolphins, the images separated...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK MID-19TH CENTURY
LENGTH 13.75”.SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK, Mid-19th Century, Scrimshaw on both sides with decoration of ships, buildings, figural designs and a sailor's poem. Dimensions: Length...
[more like this] - SAILOR-MADE WHALEBONE MALLET AND SCRIMSHAW
BALEEN BUSK 19TH CENTURY MALLET LENGTH 8". BUSK LENGTH 12.5". BALEEN BUSK, 19th Century, Busk with floral hearts decoration and a central cartouche initialed "P.M". Dimensions:...
[more like this] - TWO SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSKS 19TH CENTURY
LENGTHS 13” AND 14”.TWO SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSKS, 19th Century, One with figures and the other with whales, ships, figures and houses. Dimensions: Lengths 13" and 14"....
[more like this] - FOUR SCRIMSHAW BUSKS 19TH CENTURYFOUR
SCRIMSHAW BUSKS, 19th Century, 1) Whalebone, engraved with hearts and triangles, one heart containing "Emma". Length 12.25". 2) Whalebone, engraved with a floral medallion...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK WITH FOUR VIGNETTES
19TH CENTURY LENGTH 12". ON METAL STAND., 19th Century, Depicts a gentleman hunter, an American-flagged ship, a Native American and a woman wearing a straw hat. Tendril...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK MID-19TH CENTURY
LENGTH 13”. WIDTH 1.5”.SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK, Mid-19th Century, Vignettes of trees, geometric designs and a house. Scrimshaw done in a fashion that creates a well-defined...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 12"., Mid-19th Century, Cartouche at center, the name mostly worn away, is surrounded by flowering plants and trees, one tree with a snake coiled...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK WITH WHALING
SCENE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13". SCENE, 19th Century, Expansive and active scene of a whaleship, four whaleboats in the water, two waifed whales, one harpooned whale, one...
[more like this] - 5 PIECE WHALING LOT TO INCLUDE A MID-19TH
CBALEEN BUSK WITH SCRIMSHAW DECORATION SHOWING A COMPASS ROSE, STAR AND FLORAL DESIGN, 13" LONG, SHOWS BUG DAMAGE. A WHALE VERTEBRA, 5 1/2". A 19TH C WHALEBONE BUSK, UNDECORATED....
[more like this] - THREE CARVED SAILOR MADE WOODEN OBJECTS.
TOinclude: large, possibly 18th century, busk, heart, geometric, circular design, 14" long, 3" wide. An early 19th century busk, heart and diamond motif, 9 3/4" x 2". Along...
[more like this] - EARLY 19TH C. SAILOR-MADE SCRIMSHAWN
WHALEBONE BUSK American Whaler's Gift for Wife or Daughter of a Busk in nine panels, alternating trees with a whaling ship, game board layout, potted plants, geometric hex,...
[more like this] - 18TH C. WOODEN CHIP-CARVED BUSK A Broad
Busk carved with a compass rose, a heart and a hex, "KW" carved on reverse (for Kezia Wheelwright, according to the consignor). 15 1/4" x 3", slightly tapered, light scuffs
Kezia...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAWN WHALE BALEEN BUSK DATED 1851
Wide Busk with rose stem at top, spreadwing eagle holding riband "T.H. Norton", woman in fancy dress, woman in coat and bonnet, 6 line poem about supporting the female form,...
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