OF (4) WHALING DOCUMENTS. TO INCLUDEAN 1865whale oil shipping receipt from Captain C.A. Gifford of the whaleship Maria from Port Lewis to New Bedford 1865. 5 1/2" by 9". Shows slight chipping to edges and minor...
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ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINALSHIP'S PASSPORT FOR THE WHALESHIP COMMODORE ROGERSSigned by President Andrew Jackson. Printed ship's passport for the whaleship Commodore Rogers , finished in a secretarial...
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R. KEMPTON WHALESHIP LUNAR PAINTINGOilpainting of the Whaleship LUNAR leaving harbor at New Bedford and passing Clark's Lighthouse. Legend at top NANTUCKET - NEW BEDFORD with encircling voyages scrollwork and...
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ELEVEN 19TH C HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTSRELATEDTO WHALING AND THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IN NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS. ONE IS FRAMED. FIRST IS A JULY 3, 1877 MANUSCRIPT LIST OF WHALES SEEN AND TAKEN BY THE WHALING...
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2 SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH, LATE 20THC BYNEW BEDFORD ARTIST ROBERT MONFILS. ONE DEPICTS A WHALESHIP, 6 1/4" LONG. THE OTHER AN EAGLE OVER WHALESHIP AND WHALE'S TAIL. ON A FITTED BASE, 6 1/4" LONG. FROM IPPOLITO...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF APPROX. 257 VINTAGEpostcards,many by S. H. Hutchinson and Co. , New Bedford. Images include: whaleships, Nonquitt, Cuttyhunk, New bedford street scenes, New Bedford factories, whaling scenes, lighthouses,...
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CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD (MASSACHUSETTS,1839-1904), A WHALESHIP, PROBABLY THE WHALING BARK ALICE KNOWLES, LEAVING NEW BEDFORD HARBOR, OIL ON CANVAS, 25.75" X 41.75". FRAMED 36.5" X 52.5".CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD, ...
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WHALESHIP AGENT'S WOODEN DOCUMENT BOXFROM THE "SHIP SHARON" MID-19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 12.75". WIDTH 19.75". DEPTH 14". FROM THE "SHIP SHARON", Mid-19th Century, "Ship Sharon." in mustard yellow lettering on the...
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CLIFFORD ASHLEY'S "WHALESHIPS OF NEWBEDFORD" BEDFORD", Whaleships of New Bedford Sixty Plates from Drawings by Clifford W. Ashley with an Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt,. Boston and N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin...
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BOLDLY POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STOOTH DEPICTING THE WHALESHIP "HECTOR" MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7.75". WITH WOODEN STAND. TOOTH DEPICTING THE WHALESHIP "HECTOR", Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a whaling...
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TOGGLE HARPOON IN IMPROVED STYLE FROMTHE NEW BEDFORD WHALESHIP “HORATIO” LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 33.5". THE NEW BEDFORD WHALESHIP "HORATIO", Last Quarter of the 19th Century, Marked on one...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP "SAPPHO"16" X 10.25"., Begins July 21, 1848 and ends January 18, 1852. The ship departed New Bedford and traveled around Cape Horn to Chile, the Galapagos, the coast of Colombia...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONAL POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAWWHALE’S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 6.25". WHALE'S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, Mid-19th Century,...
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BRASS BELL FROM THE WHALESHIP ROUSSEAUNEW BEDFORD, 19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 18". WIDTH 19". DEPTH 12"., New Bedford, 19th Century, Stamped on top "Rousseau, New Bedford". Hangs from a wrought iron frame mounted to...
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WHALING JOURNAL OF THE WHALESHIP "HIBERNIA"15.25" X 10.5"., Begins on November 1, 1857 and ends February 6, 1860. Vessel departed from New Bedford under William Booker, master. The Hibernia was eventually condemned....
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RARE WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP"KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH TOOTH LENGTH 6.5". "KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH, Begins August 5, 1890 and ends March 2, 1892. Vessel departed from New Bedford...
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* ENGRAVED SECTION OF WHALEBONE DEPICTINGWHALING SCENES LENGTH 19.5". WHALING SCENES, One side depicts a whaleship and six whaleboats in pursuit of a pod of six whales. Crude rendering of a sun face above the pod...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP "ARNOLDA"13" X 8.25"., Begins November 12, 1855 and ends April 26, 1859. Covers a journey from New Bedford to the Pacific. Contains approx. 82 whale stamps within the journal and...
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PHOTOGRAPH OF WHALESHIPS AT DOCK 14.5”X 18.25”. FRAMED 28.75” X 33”.PHOTOGRAPH OF WHALESHIPS AT DOCK, Either being refitted or salvaged. Signed lower left "Copyright 1892 by J. O'Neil New Bedford". Frame...
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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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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...
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTIONOF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN." 14" X 20.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 21.75" X 28.5". OF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN.", Designed and drawn on stone by Captain Kelly...
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CASED SAILOR-MADE MODEL OF THE WHALESHIP"MARTHA" OF NEW BEDFORD CIRCA 1926 CASE HEIGHT 25.5". LENGTH 31.25". WIDTH 11". "MARTHA" OF NEW BEDFORD, Circa 1926, Made by W.G. Collins of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts....
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FOUR SCRIMSHAW WHALE’S TEETH. Fourscrimshaw whale’s teeth, including: the ship Horatio with verse 5”L, Whaleship Mary Mitchell with Captain Elihu Coffin 5.5”L, Whaleship Lydia with Captain William Ramsdell...
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NEW BEDFORD WHALESHIP PHOTOGRAPH. EARLY20TH C. Aframed photograph of a whaleship at the dock in New Bedford Harbor, unsigned, but in the style of Albert Cook Church. Sight size 20" x 15", overall in modern silver...
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IMPORTANT CASED MODEL OF THE AMERICANWHALESHIP "JAMES ARNOLD" CIRCA 1935 CASE HEIGHT 26". LENGTH 31.5". WIDTH 8.25". WHALESHIP "JAMES ARNOLD", Circa 1935, By renowned Boston ship model builder Peter Ness (1890-1976)....
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BRONZE WHALESHIP'S WATCH BELL BELL HEIGHT6.75". DIAMETER OF BASE 6.75".BRONZE WHALESHIP'S WATCH BELL, Stamped for maker "A.D. Richmond & Co New Bedford". On a contemporary mount. Dimensions: Bell height 6.75"....
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EXCEPTIONAL WHALESHIP CARPENTER'S YARDSTICK19TH CENTURY LENGTH 36"., 19th Century, Whalebone stick with whale ivory caps, inlaid abalone bands and a central inlaid translucent shell panel showing the "Abby H. Butts"...
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2 SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH, LATE 20THC BY NOTEDNEW BEDFORD ARTIST ROBERT MONFILS. ON CUSTOM MADE BASES. ONE DEPICTS A WHALESHIP WITH PORPOISES IN WATER, 6 1/2" LONG. THE OTHER DEPICTS WHALESHIP WITH WHALE...
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WHALING JOURNAL TO THE PACIFIC ON BOARDTHEWHALESHIP "GOOD RETURN II" OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED MAY 30TH, 1839. 243 HANDWRITTEN PAGES WITH NUMEROUS WHALE STAMPS. THE JOURNAL WAS KEPT BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TABER WHOSE...
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FRANCISCO RAPOZA (BORN 1911, NEW BEDFORD,MA,STUDIED SWAIN SCHOOL OF DESIGN, WAS TUTORED FOR 6 YEARS BY HARRY NEYLAND, FORMER DIRECTOR OF SWAIN, WAS ACCOMPLISHED SCRIMSHAW HANDLER AND TAUGHT PART-TIME AT TABOR ACADEMY...
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SEVEN PIECE EPHEMERA LOT RELATED TOWHALING. TOINCLUDE: 1) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “BIRTH OF A WHALE SHIP” BY REGINALD B HEGARTY. PUBLISHED BY NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1964. COVER DESIGNED BY MILTON...
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C. H. GIFFORD (CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD,1839-1904,FAIRHAVEN) OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS, DEPICTING THE WHALESHIP ALICE B. KNOWLES LEAVING NEW BEDFORD HARBOR WITH PALMER'S LIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND. FISHING BOAT IN FOREGROUND...
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"WHALESHIPS OF NEW BEDFORD: FROM DRAWINGSBYClifford Ashley with introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt''. First limited edition, 1929, Houghton Mifflin Co. 60 illustrations depicting whaleships and whaling scenes....
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Whaleship Niger.
Description The WhaleshipNiger sailed from New Bedford on May 29, 1866 for the North Pacific and returned May 12, 1870 captained by Charles Grant. The tooth is beautifully scrimmed with an image of...
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HALF MODEL OF THE NEW BEDFORD WHALESHIPJAMES ALLEN20th CenturyBackboard painted Whaling Bark - James Allen'' above model ''Built at Fairhaven 1844'' below and ''Maiden Voyage Oct. 1844 to May 1848...'' at side.''...
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