BOTTLE OF "NYE" SPERM WHALE SEWING MACHINEOIL. 5" TALLBottle of "Nye" sperm whale sewing machine oil. 5" tall. Very good condition....
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PHARMACY BOTTLE, SPERM MACHINE OIL& WHALE OIL GRADERPharmacy glass bottle stamped sperm sewing machine oil & a 7" glass vile for grading whale oil. Very good condition....
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2 1/2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER 8" BY10", SIGNEDby Goddard London, dated November 9, 1849. Lemuel Goddard was an American sperm oil merchant in England and a partner to New Bedford shipowners Swift and Allen...
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REGGIE NICKERSON WHALING PAINTINGPrimitiveAmerican oil on canvas of a South Seas whaling scene SPERM WHALING, GOVERNOR STRONG signed Asa Chase (Reginald Nickerson). 15 x 23 inches, framed 18 x 26....
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FINE DIMINUTIVE SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALETOOTH ATTRIBUTED ... TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TO ALBRO , circa 1830s, a wraparound whaling scene depicting an American bark with deckhands in full sail under a crescent moon with...
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BRIAN COOLE OIL ON BOARD "A SHOAL OFSPERM WHALE, 1833"...Brian Coole (United States/United Kingdom b. 1939) Oil on Board "A Shoal of Sperm Whale, 1833" , signed lower right in molded wood frame with gilt slip.
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OIL ON OLD FLOOR BOARD "NANTUCKET PRIMITIVEWHALING SCE...Oil on Old Floor Board "Nantucket Primitive Whaling Scene" 20 th Century, depicting a longboat going on a sperm whale with mothership on the horizon.
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GEORGE S. HOMER RARE LARGE BOTTLE OFSPERM, WHALE AND B...George S. Homer (1838-1912) Rare Large Bottle of Sperm, Whale and Blackfish Oils, New Bedford, circa 1850-1860 , the stoppered clear colorless glass two-part...
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OIL ON CANVAS "FIVE SPERM WHALES", CONTEMPORARYOilon Canvas "Five Sperm Whales", Contemporary , depicting five sperm whales with number of oil barrels each rendered from the "Whaling Ship Eliza of Nantucket", eyelets at the...
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RALPH EUGENE CAHOON, JR. OIL ON MASONITE"MERMAIDS WITH...Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. (1910-1982) Oil on Masonite "Mermaids with Flags" , depicting two mermaids touring the harbor on the back of a sperm whale, American...
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19TH C. FIJI TABUA (WHALE TOOTH & SENNETCORD)South Pacific, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A polished sperm whale tooth known as a tabua with a woven cord made from sennet attached to both tips...
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ALBUM CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 75 PIECESOFEPHEMERA RELATED TO WHALING AND NEW BEDFORD. MOST ARE 19TH C TO INCLUDE 3 BOOKS INCLUDING STORIES FOR CHILDREN ABOUT WHALES, 1843. RECEIPTS AND LETTERS, GEORGE DELANO,...
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4 LETTERS HANDWRITTEN ON BOARD THE WHALESHIPGOSNOLDWHILE ON A WHALING VOYAGE WITH STOPS AT HONOLULU, YOKOHAMA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE FIRST LETTER IS DATED FEB. 16, 1873. IT IS WRITTEN TO MR. HENRY WILLIS, NEW BEDFORD,...
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SPERM WHALE-FORM PAINTED WOODEN SIGNCONTEMPORARY LENGTH 46”., Contemporary, "Nye Sperm Oil" in red and black lettering on a white and gray ground. Dimensions: Length 46"....
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LARGE BOTTLE OF SPERM WHALE OIL 19THCENTURY HEIGHT 10.5".LARGE BOTTLE OF SPERM WHALE OIL, 19th Century, "Ol. Sperm." label on front and "V.V. Brown Druggist Central City, Iowa" label on back with handwritten...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DATED 1842 LENGTH4.25".SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DATED 1842, Depicts a ship portrait, captioned "Seringapatam Commanded by Capt. E. Courtenay. Returned from a Voyage to the South Seas with...
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BOTTLE OF SPERM WHALE OIL 19TH CENTURYHEIGHT 5.75”.BOTTLE OF SPERM WHALE OIL, 19th Century, Amber glass bottle. Paper label marked "Sperm Oil Simon Rau & Co. Apothecaries Bethlehem, PA". Dimensions: Height...
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TWO BOTTLES OF "NYOIL" SPERM WHALE OILWITH ORIGINAL PAPER BOXES 19TH CENTURY BOTTLE HEIGHTS 4.5". BOX HEIGHTS 4.75". WITH ORIGINAL PAPER BOXES, 19th Century, Both sealed, corked and full of oil. Manufactured...
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HANDWRITTEN WHALEMAN'S TELEGRAPHIC CODEBOOK DATED 1883 APPROX. 5.5" X 3.5". BOOK, Dated 1883, Inscribed on cover "1883 Telegraphic Code J & W.R Wing[?] New Bedford, Mass and San Francisco, Cal". Contains several...
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WHALING LOGBOOK DOUBLE-ENDED STAMP 19THCENTURY HEIGHT 1.5". LENGTH 1.75".WHALING LOGBOOK DOUBLE-ENDED STAMP, 19th Century, Carved from dark tropical wood, roughly in the shape of a whale's tail. Larger end stamps...
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VERY RARE PIECE OF PAINTED PANBONE MID-19THCENTURY 10.75" X 20".VERY RARE PIECE OF PAINTED PANBONE, Mid-19th Century, One of the largest pieces of panbone we have ever seen. Depicts a panoramic whaling scene of a...
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PAINTING OF WHALING SCENE LATE 19TH/EARLY20TH CENTURYPAINTING OF WHALING SCENE, Late 19th/Early 20th Century, Depicts a sperm whale stoving a whaleboat, with a French whaleship at left and another ship in the distance...
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WHALE IVORY-INLAID WOODEN BOX LAST HALFOF THE 19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 4". WIDTH 9". DEPTH 6".WHALE IVORY-INLAID WOODEN BOX, Last Half of the 19th Century, Geometric inlay throughout. Plaque on lid marked "Elvira...
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TWO BOTTLES OF SPERM WHALE OIL 19THCENTURY HEIGHTS TO 5".TWO BOTTLES OF SPERM WHALE OIL, 19th Century, A Nye Clock Oil bottle with its original cardboard box and a Donnell Mfg. Co. Sewing Machine Oil bottle....
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"LAMP OIL" CASK, MADE FROM A SWORDFISHINGCASK LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 14.5”. DIAMETER 12.5”. CASK, Late 19th/Early 20th Century, Painted chrome yellow with stenciled "Lamp Oil", sperm whale silhouette...
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RARE BOTTLE OF "MOBY DICK SPERM OIL"LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 7"., Late 19th/Early 20th Century, Original paper label depicts a sperm whale. Contains eight fluid ounces. Unopened. Dimensions: Height...
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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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8 PIECE WHALING LOT TO INCLUDE A LEATHERWRAPPEDBRASS 4 PULL TELESCOPE, A 6" RELIEF CARVED WHALES TOOTH DEPICTING A SPERM WHALE, NEW BEDFORD HARBOR SIGNAL BOOK, SMALL BOOK TITLED "A WOMAN HAS AN AWFUL LOT TO THANK...
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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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WAYNE ROBBINS (BATH, ME, CONTEMPORARY)SCULPTURE "Sperm Whale in Linden, #5252", carved and oil base stained wood, with incised title and signature under tail "W. A. Robbins, 22", depicting adult and juvenile sperm...
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1834-1838 Whaling Ledger of Ship GovernorFenner 13 x 8 in. hardcover accounting ledger for the whaling ship Governor Fenner of Bristol Rhode Island; Alexander Swain II Captain. Built in 1827 the Governor Fenner was...
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