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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AMERICAN ARCTIC WHALING SCENE PAINTING19thcentury American School oil on canvas depicting American whaling ships in the Artic and men in longboats harpooning a whale. Unsigned. 15.5 x 22.25 inches, modern frame 20...
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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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FRANKLIN MATCHIAN (B. 1966) LARGE ESKIMOCARVINGThe lot features a fantastic Seal Hunter carving by Eskimo Cevak, Alaska artist, Franklin Matchian. The piece comes with a small paper denoting that it was purchased...
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19TH C. INUIT BONE HARPOON + 2 WOODCARVINGS**Originally Listed At $200**
Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Inuit, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a fine collection of 3 hand-made...
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TWO 19TH C WHALES TEETH. ONE HAS SCRIMSHAWSCENE.ONE IS 4" LONG AND WEIGHS 86.1 GRAMS. IT HAS SCRIMSHAW ON BOTH SIDES, ONE SIDE DEPICTS AN AMERICAN WHALESHIP AND A SCHOOL OF WHALES. THE OTHER SIDE IS DECORATED WITH...
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WHALING TOGGLE HARPOON WITH WOODEN SHAFTAmerican. Maritime whaling toggle harpoon having a wooden shaft with rope. Unmarked. Approx. length 96.25"....
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MICHAEL LUIZ CARVED SWORDFISH BILL SCRIMSHAWMichael Luiz, (American, 20th Century). A hand carved swordfish bill decorated with a lighthouse, two maritime ships, a compass, grouping of whales and a harpoon. Signed...
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SEVEN BOOKS ON WHALING TOPICSSEVEN BOOKSON WHALING TOPICS, 1-2) Two-volume set History of the American Whale Fishery, by Alexander Starbuck, 1964. Limited edition of 750 copies. 3) The Yankee Whaler, by Clifford...
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* ENGRAVED WHALE'S TOOTH WITH WHALINGMOTIFS 20TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". MOTIFS, 20th Century, Obverse depicts an American spread-wing eagle above a whaling scene with an American-flagged whaleship cutting in, a...
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BARBER'S BRUSH WITH SCRIMSHAW WHALEIVORY HANDLE 19TH CENTURY TOTAL LENGTH INCLUDING BRISTLES 6". IVORY HANDLE, 19th Century, Bell-form handle depicts a whaleman holding a harpoon, an American-flagged ship...
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EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTHBY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.75". BY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST, Mid-19th Century, A wide tooth providing a sizable canvas. Obverse depicts a whaling scene...
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VERY FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONEBUSK MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 11.25". BUSK, Mid-19th Century, A red geometric band separates two vignettes: a whaling scene and a patriotic spread-wing eagle. The whaling...
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PAIR OF POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE’STEETH MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 3.25”.PAIR OF POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH, Mid-19th Century, One tooth depicts a whaling scene with an an American-flagged whaleship,...
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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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* CONTEMPORARY POLYCHROME ENGRAVED WHALE'STOOTH IN THE MANNER OF EDWARD BURDETT 20TH CENTURY LENGTH 7.25". TOOTH IN THE MANNER OF EDWARD BURDETT, 20th Century, By J.R. Laubin. Obverse depicts a whaling scene with...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TOTHE ARCH ENGRAVER MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 9.25". THE ARCH ENGRAVER, Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a ship under sail, flying a long pennant from the mainmast and a large...
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TWO SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSKS MID-19THCENTURY LENGTHS 12.5".TWO SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSKS, Mid-19th Century, One with lobed top and canted bottom depicts six vignettes, including intersecting hearts, three potted...
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SCRIMSHAW, TWO SHIP DECORATED OBJECTS,ONE SPERM WHALE TOOTH AND ONE REPRODUCTION ON RESIN, DETAILS INCLUDE: SPERM WHALE TOOTH INSCR...Scrimshaw, two ship decorated objects, one sperm whale tooth and one reproduction...
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NAUTICAL: SCRIMSHAW, 19TH C., WHALE'STOOTH, OBVERSE INSCRIBED "ROBERT F. MURPHY/ HARPOONER/ NEW BEDFORD, MA", SURROUNDED BY MERMAID..19th C. American scrimshaw on whale's tooth, obverse inscribed "Robert F. Murphy/...
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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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LOT OF 8 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATEDTO WHALESAND NEW BEDFORD TO INCLUDE (1) AN 1858 COPY OF "THE HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD" BY DANIEL RICKETSON, CLOTH BOUND, 412 PAGES, GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR FOXING; (2) PAPER...
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19TH C. SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH PORTRAITOF SAILOR Full Length Portrait of a Proud Sailor holding his whaling harpoon, flanked by whale tails, with American Revolutionary War flag above and riband inscribed "Paradise",...
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Model Whaling Boat Probably American.A painted wooden model of the Bark Clarice with mast oars and harpoons; lg. 27 in....
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Scrimshaw whaling scene, rare large-scalepan bone panel with scrimshaw and ink decoration depicting whaling scene, the three-masted ship with flag "Emma" with numerous whales and harpoon boats, American,...
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TWO NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BASKETS:a Makah covered basket with scene of Indians in canoe about to harpoon a whale other figures and geese in polychrome designs 3.50'' diameter 3.75'' tall; plus a northwest...
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WHALING HARPOON. American mid 19thcentury iron. Lewis Temple-type toggle-headed harpoon with rope lashing possibly original. Expected wear. 33 1/2''l. Born a slave in Virginia Lewis Temple (1800-1854)...
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