COLLECTION OF 16 SCRIMSHAW, NANTUCKET,MARITIME BOOKS A... MARITIME BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
• Michael McManus – “A Treasury of American Scrimshaw”
• Gervis Frere-Cook – “The Decorative Arts of the Mariner”
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CAPTAIN H. PEASE NANTUCKET SCRIMSHAWANTIQUE SPERM WHAL...Captain H. Pease Nantucket Scrimshaw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, 19 th Century, engraved with an American whaler and 5 longboats out on a pod of 14 whales...
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EARLY 1900S SCRIMSHAW CARVED WALRUSTUSK CUPFeatured in this lot is this early 1900s scrimshaw walrus tusk cup. The term “scrimshaw” was coined in 18th Century America aboard a whaling vessel. There are...
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REPRODUCTION SCRIMSHAW DEPICTING "THEALBATROSS" North American. Reproduction of an 1840 J. H. A. etched scrimshaw with figural and ship motif, inscribed "The Albatross", "My Love Jayne". Approx. h. 6.625"....
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(35) REFERENCE BOOKS: AMERICANA, METALS,WEAPONS(lot of 35) Collection of reference books on Americana, silver, metal, and various weapons, comprising: (1) "Old English Plate," Wilfred Joseph Cripps, Spring Books,...
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SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITHHISTORIC SCENES MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". HISTORIC SCENES, Mid-19th Century, Signed on edge in serif lettering "By W.H. Lyon". Finely engraved with four rectangular historic...
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IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO JAMES ADOLPHUS BUTE, CREW MEMBER ON CHARLES DARWIN'S EXPEDITION CIRCA EARLY 1830S LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES A GLASS AND WOOD CASE WITH MIRRORED BASE. CASE HEIGHT 5.5". WIDTH...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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LARGE PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW DECORATED BONETUSKS ON ST TUSKS ON STANDS, each featuring a relief-carved pictorial central panel, 50.5"H excluding the 7.75"H ebonized wood plinths....
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FOUR PIECES OF SCRIMSHAW, 19TH/20THC.: ONE HOLLOW HORN WITH PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP "WANDERER" ON OBVERSE AND PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMA...Four pieces of scrimshaw, 19th/20th C.: one hollow horn with portrait of...
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STERLING SILVER SCRIMSHAW UNICORN SIGNEDRING WITH SCRIMSHAW SHIP AND WHALE PIN. TWENTY-NINE PIECES OF CRAFT-READY FOSSILIZED BONE OVALS. 2"H X 1 1/2"W (ONE OVAL PIECE)Sterling silver scrimshaw unicorn signed ring...
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TWO PIECES JIM LEE SIGNED FOSSIL SCRIMSHAWTwo pieces of Jim Lee (American active late 20th century), fossil scrimshaw comprising, a slice of fossilized Mammoth tooth decorated with a masted ship having a breaching...
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TWO SCRIMSHAW WHALE TEETH ON WOODENBASE Two contemporary scrimshaw whale teeth, each depicting a beauty dressed in mid 19th century garb, both mounted to a rectangular wooden base, having no apparent signatures....
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TWO JOE LUIZ SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STEETH Two Joe Luiz (American 1936-2021), signed scrimshaw whale's teeth, the first depicting a rigged ship in the background and a man at the wheel in the foreground, signed...
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TWO G. OLSEN SIGNED FOSSIL MAMMOTH SCRIMSHAWSTwo pieces of signed Geoff Olsen (American/Alaska b. 1956), fossilized mammoth tooth scrimshaw, the first depicting a stone age hunter confronting a woolly mammoth, signed...
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3PCS FOSSIL SCRIMSHAW INCLD. FRANK BARCELLOSThree pieces of fossil scrimshaw by various artists comprising, a Frank Barcellos (Portuguese/American 1926-1993), fragment of fossil walrus tooth decorated with a masted...
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FOUR PIECES GEOFF OLSEN SIGNED SCRIMSHAWFour signed Geoff Olsen (American/Alaska b. 1956), fossilized walrus tooth scrimshaw pieces, the first depicting an Inuit man using a bola to hunt birds, signed at lower right...
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A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH, ONE SIDE WITHA PORTRAIT OFA SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH, one side with a portrait of "Rachel Pringle of Barbadoes" and the the other side a Flying Fish, 5 1/2" h., 2 1/2" w....
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OVAL SCRIMSHAW BALEEN AND WHALE IVORYDITTY BOX CIRCA 1850 HEIGHT 2.75". LENGTH 6". WIDTH 3.75". DITTY BOX, Circa 1850, Engraved baleen top, lip and sides, the top surmounted by two fancy-carved whale ivory...
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EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS" CIRCA 1855 LENGTHS 7". INCLUDE WOODEN STANDS. TEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS", Circa 1855, Superb and...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH COMMEMORATINGTHE U.S.S. "CONSTITUTION" MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.75". THE U.S.S. "CONSTITUTION", Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a naval battle, most likely the U.S.S. Constitution...
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PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH WITHBRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC MOTIFS MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 5". BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC MOTIFS, Mid-19th Century, Obverse of one tooth depicts "Royal Navy Forever" over a scene...
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WHALEBONE MORTISE GAUGE INITIALED "WHP"19TH CENTURY LENGTH 11.5"., 19th Century, Stem scrimshawed "WHP" in serifed lettering. Stock with matching scrimshaw lettering on one face and deeply engraved "WHP" on two...
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AFRICAN CARVED BONE SCRIMSHAW SNUFFBOTTLES WITH FIGURAL HEAD WOOD STOPPERS 5 1/4"H (LARGER)African carved bone scrimshaw snuff bottles with figural head wood stoppers, and carved animal designs. larger is...
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KOVAGO WOOD & SCRIMSHAW WALL CLOCK 1996Kovago wood and scrimshaw wall clock, 1996, having a arched pediment with carved bone colored die accents resting on a rectangular body featuring a scrimshaw style dial with...
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HORATIO NELSON H.M.S. VICTORY COMMEMORATIVEREPLICA SCRIMSHAW 5 ?" x 2 ¼" Scrimshaw on faux walrus task, incised portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson on one side and H.M.S. Victory on the other side after the period...
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SCRIMSHAW ART BARLOW DESIGNStephen Barlow(American marine and wildlife artist) 2 framed scrimshaw of schooner. Inscribed on back "Made by Barlow Design" founded in 1978 and utilizes faux or polymer ivory.
1 - 6"...
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JON H. PUGH 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW POWDERHORN: Early 19th Century scrimshaw decorated powder horn bearing the name Jon H. Pugh and dated 1804 inside a scrimshaw cartouche and on the reverse with a scrimshaw American...
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NANTUCKET STYLE BASKET PURSE WITH LIDAND HANDLE. Signed ''Farnum'' on base. With scrimshaw-type decoration on purse lid depicting a harbor scene. Interior lid also with scrimshaw-type decoration illustrating...
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Farnum Nantucket style woven basketpurse with scrimshaw inset top late 20th century; oval basket handle attached with bone fasteners bone lock and pin top with scrimshaw bone scene of yacht race reading ''THE...
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Nantucket friendship basket purse signed, "farnum, " 20th century, Oval shape. the lid with scrimshawed oval depicting "The America Winning the Royal Yacht Club Cup at Cowes, 1851," another scrimshawed...
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Two Examples of Scrimshaw, one a goodengraved walrus tusk scrimshaw featuring a clipper ship under full sail, by J. K. Gaydos, dated 1963, h. 7-5/8"; and the other a weathered and polished whale rib scrimshaw...
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Three-Piece Collection of ScrimshawItems, consisting of an attractive scrimshaw-handled Sheffield steel letter knife, the handle in the form of a whale, presented on a custom elliptical mahogany display stand,...
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Brass and faux scrimshaw three-piecedesk set, comprising a standish, pair of bookends, and a lamp 1) standish - brass base, glass inkwell flanked by two scrimshaw teeth, 10 in. L., 4 in. W.; 2) brass bookends...
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MERCURY WALRUS TOOTH SCRIMSHAW: Walrustooth on wood stand with scrimshaw of seated Mercury. Signed on back W A Dennis. Tooth 3 1/4'' h. stand 3 3/4'' x 3 3/4'' dia. From the collection of Banana George Blair.CONDITION:...
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