ANTIQUE SIGNED SPERM WHALE TOOTH SCRIMSHAW.An antique double sided signed and titled sperm whale tooth with etched scrimshaw work. A masterfully executed depiction of sea captain escaping a whale attack on the obverse,...
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SCARCE WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY ANDWHALEBONE LIQUEU... WHALEBONE LIQUEUR SERVICE , circa 1870, each cup carved of a single whale tooth, the bottle carved of a single sperm whale tooth, the circular tray carved...
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JOURNAL OF THE BARK MERMAID OF WESTPORT,E.E. HICKS MAS... E.E. HICKS MASTER, BOUND ON A WHALING VOYAGE TO INDIAN OCEAN, KEPT BY GEO. E. ALLEN, FIRST OFFICER VOYAGE OF AUGUST 28TH 1873 - APRIL 16TH 1876. The whaling...
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THE SHIP HARBINGER LOG BOOK "ON A WHALINGVOYAGE TO THE...Log Book: The Ship Harbinger Log Book "On a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean", kept by Francis Fisher, Master. The Ship Harbinger out of Westbport Point,...
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14 BOOKS ALL RELATED TO WHALING EXCEPTONEON ASTRONOMY. SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY BY ASA SMITH, NY, 1855, QUARTRO, 79 PAGES, FAIR CONDITION. SHOWS STAINING, TEARS, CHIPPING AND FADING. A NEW BEDFORD MERCHANT...
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DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE NEW BEDFORDWHALING BARK “ANDREW HICKS” CIRCA 1910-1912 WHALING BARK "ANDREW HICKS", Circa 1910-1912, Approx. 150 documents, including letters, billheads, invoices and receipts...
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WHALEBONE CASK MEASURE ATTRIBUTED TOSAG HARBOR WHALING MASTER BARNEY GREEN CIRCA 1850S LENGTH 52". SAG HARBOR WHALING MASTER BARNEY GREEN, Circa 1850s, Square at the top tapering to a wedge fitted with a V-shaped...
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WHALING MASTER SPENCER PRATT COLLECTIONMID-19TH CENTURY, Mid-19th Century, Includes a scrimshaw inlaid mahogany trinket box, photographs, a logbook, a brass speaking horn and two Asian reverse paintings on glass....
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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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HAND-COLORED AQUATINT "SOUTH SEA WHALEFISHERY." 17.75" X 26" SIGHT. FRAMED 24.5" X 33". FISHERY.", After William J. Huggins (United Kingdom, 1781-1845). Subtitled "A Representation of Boats attacking a Sperm...
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WATCH HUTCH WITH LABEL FOR WHALING MASTERJETUR R. ROGERS 19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 6". WIDTH 4.25". JETUR R. ROGERS, 19th Century, In the form of a miniature mantel clock, made up of a carved whale's tooth within a wooden...
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SIGNED AND DATED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTHPERTAINING TO THE SHIP "NORTHERN LIGHT" DATED 1861 LENGTH 6.75". PERTAINING TO THE SHIP "NORTHERN LIGHT", Dated 1861, Obverse depicts a full-rigged ship flying an American...
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EXCEPTIONAL INLAID AND IVORY-HANDLEDROLLING PIN ASSOCIATED WITH WHALING MASTER CHARLES LITTLE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 16". ROLLING PIN ASSOCIATED WITH WHALING MASTER CHARLES LITTLE, 19th Century, Wooden roller...
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WHALE IVORY PIE CRIMPER ASSOCIATED WITHWHALING MASTER CHARLES LITTLE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7". WHALING MASTER CHARLES LITTLE, 19th Century, Wheel yoke carved as an eagle's head terminating in two opposing hearts....
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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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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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HAND-COLORED AQUATINT "SOUTH SEA WHALEFISHERY." CIRCA 1834 18" X 25.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 26" X 33". FISHERY.", Circa 1834, After William J. Huggins (United Kingdom, 1781-1845). Fully titled "South Sea Whale Fishery....
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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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ACCOUNTING BOOK OF THE WHALING BARK"MARY FRAZIER" 13.25" X 18.25". "MARY FRAZIER", Manuscript officer's and crew account book for the bark's 1867-1871 whaling voyage to the Pacific under Thomas F. Caswell,...
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2 PC LOT FROM WHALING MASTER JENNEY'SDESCENDANTSTO INCLUDE AN ACCOUNT BOOK FOR THE WHALESHIP "AMETHYST" 1850, OUT OF NEW BEDFORD, GORHAM B. HOWES, MASTER. BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 22 HANDWRITTEN PAGES....
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9 PC SCRIMSHAW LOT, 19TH C FROM DESCENDANTSOFFAIRHAVEN WHALING MASTER SIMPSON JENNEY, TO INCLUDE A 4 3/4" SEAM RUBBER WITH BOLD CARVED TURNINGS. A PLAIN 12 1/2" BALEEN BUSK, SIGNED "MAG", 7" IRON AND CARVED WHALE'S...
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19TH C SCRIMSHAW BALEEN COVERED BOXBELONGINGTO CAPTAIN SIMPSON JENNEY OF EAST FAIRHAVEN. HE WAS A WHALING MASTER. THE BOX IS ENGRAVED WITH A FEDERAL STYLE HOUSE, POSSIBLY FAIRHAVEN AND AN URN AND FLORAL DESIGN....
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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVASOF YOUNG CHILDSEATED WITH RED DRAPE AND LANDSCAPE IN BACKGROUND. PAINTING IS FROM THE FAMILY OF WHALING MASTER SIMPSON JENNEY OF EAST FAIRHAVEN. FRAME SHOWS DAMAGE. SIGHT...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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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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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,PORTRAIT OFCAPTAIN JOHN TABER'S DAUGHTER. JOHN TABER WAS THE WHALING MASTER OF THE SHIP "GOOD RETURN". PAINTING HAS BEEN LINED ON MASONITE BOARD AND WOODEN CRADLE. IN ORIGINAL...
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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,PORTRAIT OFCAPTAIN JOHN TABER, WHALING MASTER OF THE SHIP "GOOD RETURN" OUT OF FAIRHAVEN. DEPICTING THE YOUNG CAPTAIN WITH RULER IN HAND, WHALESHIP IN BACKGROUND. PAINTING...
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EARLY 19TH C PAINTED TOLE WARE DOCUMENTBOX,ORIGINAL RED PAINT, GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL DECORATION. 3 1/2" HIGH, 7" WIDE, 3 1/4" DEEP. PROVENANCE: FROM THE ESTATE OF SIMPSON JENNEY, FAIRHAVEN WHALING MASTER....
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LARGE LOT RELATED TO WHALING MASTERAND UNIONNAVY OFFICER IN THE CIVIL WAR SIMPSON JENNEY, TO INCLUDE: A LEATHER AMMUNITION POUCH WITH TORN LATCH, A LEATHER CIVIL WAR BELT WITH BRASS BUCKLE, LEATHER IS BROKEN,...
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EARLY 19TH C SEA CHEST IN OLD BLUE PAINT,ROPEHANDLES MISSING. DOVETAILED CANTERED FRONT. 16 1/2" HIGH, 45 1/2" WIDE, 21 1/2" DEEP. PROVENANCE: CAPTAIN SIMPSON JENNEY, WHALING MASTER OF FAIRHAVEN....
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MID-19TH C BRASS BOUND CAMPHOR WOODCHEST, VERYGOOD CONDITION, OLD REFINISHED SURFACE. 19" HIGH, 41" WIDE, 19 3/4" DEEP. PROVENANCE: FROM THE ESTATE OF SIMPSON JENNEY, WHALING MASTER FROM FAIRHAVEN....
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BOUND PARTIAL WHALING JOURNAL KEPT ONBOARD THESHIP "THREE BROTHERS" OF NANTUCKET, MASTER HENRY PHELON, JOSEPH MITCHELL CHIEF MATE, JOHN CROWELL SECOND MATE, THOMAS RUSSELL THIRD MATE. BOATSTEERERS CHARLES STARBUCK,...
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RARE 16 PAGE WHALING MANUSCRIPT, 1834,extensivelydetailed. Instructions for Captain John Egbert Howell (1813-1840) of the whaling ship Telegraph, Sag Harbor, New York, bound for the Pacific. Signed by his brothers, agents/owners...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALES TOOTH, DATED 1857.POLISHED ATtop and engraved Alfred Gibbs. Script on one side reads "Ship Alfred Gibbs, latitude 5 49N, longitude 40 23W North Atlantic, June 27, 1857". On the other side inscribed...
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A HUNT FAMILY NW COAST TSONOKWA ORCAFIN CARVINGThe unsigned and apparently unique cedar carving from the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation (formerly 'Kwakiutl') blends two popular cultural themes: the larger-than-life Wild...
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Manuscript: (Whaling Log) Folio manuscriptlogbook titled ''Sperm Whales Seen and Taken in Bark Fanny.'' lists whales take from August 18 1860 - February 15 1867 with stamp figures of whales (2 pages); ''Bowheads...
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