EXOTIC HARDWOOD SEA CHEST. 19TH-CENTURY.IT IS Alift top with British ship under sail painted on the underside of the lid. Fish shaped escutcheon. Brass bound and dovetail constructed box. Contains American flag,...
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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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A Scrimshaw Tooth Depicting Herculesand the Cretan Bull
Third Quarter 19th Century
illustrating the Seventh Labor of Hercules on a dramatic scale, and on the back a bust portrait of an unidentified woman wearing...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TOTHE LOCKET ENGRAVER 1840S LENGTH 5.75". INCLUDES WOOD STAND. HEIGHT ON STAND APPROX. 7.25". THE LOCKET ENGRAVER, 1840s, Obverse depicts a characteristic Locket Engraver...
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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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WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY SWIFT MID-19THCENTURY LENGTH APPROX. 15". CAGE DIAMETER APPROX. 17".WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY SWIFT, Mid-19th Century, Whale ivory yarn cup, turned adjustment collars and a beautiful...
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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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WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY SWIFT MID-19THCENTURY LENGTH APPROX. 15". CAGE DIAMETER APPROX. 17".WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY SWIFT, Mid-19th Century, Whale ivory yarn cup, turned adjustment collars and a beautiful...
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SCRIMSHAW OSTRICH EGG ON STANDdepictinga portrait of James Madison and clipper ships Provenance: The Estate of Penny Marshall egg: 5 1/2 inches high; stand: 3 inches high Condition:...
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TWO CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORNSTwocontemporary scrimshaw powder horns, one is a map horn with central Pennsylvania towns, the other with swan holding a banner, inscribed James D. Smith , with mermaid, eagle...
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SCRIMSHAW OOSIK, CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.Scrimshaw oosik with decoration of Captain James Cook, and scene of men in boats shooting at sea lions, another ship, rigging and nautical star, titled 'Sea horses found on...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Whale's Toothwith engraved decoration, depicting a bust portrait of James Madison and an image of a standing Lady Liberty with two flags and American shield verso, unsigned, 5" long....
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2 SNUFF BOXESca. 18th-early 19th century;rare PA German attributed scrimshaw carved horn hinged lid snuff box, unusual form with round cut horn side and narrow cut case band, the box with brass rivet assembly and...
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CUSTOM JIMMY LILE FOLDING KNIFE WITHINLAYSThis folding knife was handcrafted by the late Arkansas Master Knifemaker James B. Lile, inventor of the famous "Lile Lock" folding knife. He is also the creator of...
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2PCS SIGNED JAMES W. LEE FOSSIL SCRIMSHAWTwo pieces of signed James W. Lee fossil scrimshaw, comprising a fossil woolly mammoth tooth slice with a portrait of a masted ship in a harbor, having no apparent signature...
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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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FIVE SIGNED SCRIMSHAW TEETH INCLD. RASHIDIFive signed scrimshaw teeth by various artists comprising, a whale's tooth by James W. Lee depicting a busy wharf filled with ships including the A. E. Whyland of New Bedford,...
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A Scrimshaw Corset Busk with Man andWoman
Mid 19th Century
cut from sperm whale panbone, illustrating a flowering plant, a female figure with ringlets flanked by spiral-pattern pillars, and surmounted with geometric...
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A Scrimshaw Corset Busk with Whale HuntingScene
Mid 19th Century
cut from sperm whale panbone and crudely engraved with a whaling scene, showing a monument plinth surmounted by a pediment with a long pennant, a fashion...
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An Unusual Scrimshaw Panbone Oval DittyBox With Engraved Surfaces and Panbone Bottom
Mid 19th Century
with engraved decoration on visible surfaces including a full-rigged ship with American ensign, a patriotic...
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A Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk with EroticDepictions
19th Century
Length 18 inches.
Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth Depicting Two ShipsUnderway
Mid 19th Century
depicting broadside portraits of a full brig flying an American ensign, being followed by an unidentified American full-rigged, two-decker ship-of-war,...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth with Whaling Scene
Mid19th Century
accurately depicting a sperm whaling scene, showing a full-rigged ship with four whaleboats in various stages of pursuit of a pod of four whales, with three small,...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth with Depiction ofFemale Pirate Fanny Campbell and a Patriotic Device
Third Quarter 19th Century
depicting the fictional female pirate standing on acanthus leaves, also illustrated as part...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth with Patriotic Decoration,Signed A.E. Hall
Mid 19th Century
decorated on all sides with images of a teamster and wagon, a patriotic eagle, two hearts pierced by an arrow, and with sawtooth and vine...
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An Unusually Large Scrimshaw Tooth DepictingA Seaport
Mid 19th Century
depicting an unidentified port-of-call, featuring a huddle of buildings, one flying an American flag, two distinctive church towers surmounted with...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth with Polychrome Depictionof the USS Pennsylvania
Mid 19th Century
one side depicting an American full-rigged ship-of-the-line, most likely the USS Pennsylvania, the other side with an unusual, contemplative...
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A Scrimshaw Tooth with Polychrome Portraitof a Woman and Dog
Circa 1830-45
depicting a colored pinprick-transfer image, likely after a monochrome fashion plate in a popular magazine, the back polished but undecorated.
Length...
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Three scrimshaw whale teeth 20th c.decorated with an American eagle and the Whaler James Arnold Out of New Bedford 5" l. 7" l. and... ?...
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