Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $1,220 Whaler Made Schrimshawed Whale Bone Busk, circa 1850, scalloped top with ebony dots inlay above a floral urn, full portrait of a fashionable lady, whaling bark in full sail, “Elizabeth”, with flowers. Each panel framed with decorative motifs. Length 13 ¾ in. Width 1 ½ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $732 American Scrimshawed Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, the front engraved with a village scene, American flag and letter “M”, with Barbara Johnson “Delector in Balaenis” sticker on reverse. Length 12 ¼ in. Width 1 3/8 in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Scrimshawed Whalebone Busk, circa 1860, engraved on both sides, with Lady Liberty, eagle and memorial with figure; the reverse with full portrait of a lady under drapery, geometric designs and Arctic harpoon head, initialed “C.E.P.” Length 13 ½ in. Width 1 ¾ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Scrimshawed Whalebone Busk, circa 1840, engraved with whale, anchor, bird, flowerpot, tree, crescent moon and sun, pinwheels, etc. Length 12 ¾ in. Width 1 ½ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Scrimshawed Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, arched top engraved with an American house of worship, above a bark, over a dock scene. Length 12 ½ in. Width 1 ½ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $508 Whaler Made Scrimshaw and Polychrome Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, engraved with a formally dressed seated lady wearing a necklace and holding a staff, flanked by two turkeys, all within a leaf vine. The verso with 2 leaf scrolls flanking a butterfly. Length 14 in. Width 1 5/8 in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $1,143 Engraved Baleen Busk, circa 1838, engraved with a pinwheel, mourning scene, poem and date. “In many a gale has been this whale, Where in this bone did rest, The day is past his bone at last, Supports a females breast. March 10, 1838.” Length 12 ½ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $732 Finely Engraved Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, depicting a half-profile portrait of a young lady in a central cameo with roses engraved on the top and bottom. Length 13 in.
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