Offered: August 6, 2016
Whalebone, Ivory and Exotic Wood Cane, 19th century, the curved tapered L-form handle of ivory, the upper shaft ornated with multiple exotic wood and ivory separators, tapering whalebone shaft. Length 32 ½ in. Provenance: Nina Hellman, Katona, NY 25 April 1992 Turned Whale Ivory and Baleen Cane, 19th century, the bulbous head with red wax stringing and inset with baleen ring, the tapered shaft with paired baleen separators and brass tip. Length 35 ¼ in. Provenance: Frank Sylvia, Nantucket, MA 29 August 1992 Turned Whale […]
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Mid-19th Century “Pagoda Artisan” Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, (by name of Sylvanus Baker of Dennis, Massachusetts), the large tooth incised and inked in black with a multi-storied building recto and verso; stylized trees and potted plants frame the views. Length 9 ½ in. Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection Sold Rafael Osona Auction 13 August 1994 Lot 25 The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $48,000 Pair of Mid-19th Century “Banknote Engraver” Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Teeth, incised and inked recto with framed oval reserves of lovely young women, verso with harbor scenes, one depicting two three-masted ships anchored before a town, the other shows an American ship entering a foreign port, the national flags inked in blue and red. Length 6 ¾ in. Provenance: Nina Hellman, Nantucket, MA The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $4,800 Whalebone and Pinewood Rope Twister, 19th century. Height 26 in. (including modern display base) Length 19 in. Diameter 12 ½ in. “Individual strands were affixed to the whalebone rods after which the crank was turned and the individual strands were twisted into a single length of rope.” Source: E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972. Literature: Illustrated pgs 47 and 125 E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972 Exhibited: American Museum of Folk Art, New York […]
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Fine Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, mid 19th century, engraved and polychromed in black and red with starboard portrait of a French brig and depiction of a bird perched on a leafy branch, verso with a finely detailed whaling scene showing a right whale being harpooned and a sperm whale upending a boat, tossing crewmen in the air, foliate vinery borders issuing shamrocks all around. Length 5 in. Note: A scrimshanded baleen strip, circa 1830s, with remarkably similar depictions of the two whales and the chaotic […]
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SOLD FOR $6,600 Rare Nantucket Pierced Whalebone Swing Handled Oval Knitting Basket, mid 19th century, formed of a single piece of panbone with riveted joinings, handle inscribed with initials “MTL”, exotic hardwood floor. Height 6 ¾ in. (including handle) Length 7 ¼ in. Width 5 in. Literature: Illustrated p. 143 Martha Lawrence “Scrimshaw, The Whaler’s Legacy”, Schiffer, 1993 Provenance: Paul Madden, Sandwich, Massachusetts The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $5,400 Sailor’s Folk Art Toy Whalebone Mounted Wheelbarrow, mid 19th century, shaped oak box on frame with carved whalebone braces, cleats, and ferrules, iron bound wheel with mahogany spokes inserting into turned whalebone hub, brass axles held by whalebone sockets. Height 9 ¼ in. Length 31 in. Width 14 ½ in. Exhibitions: Smithsonian Institute, Mystic Seaport Museum Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection, Sotheby’s September 25, 1982 Catalog lot 533 Rafael Osona Auctions August 7, 1999 Catalog lot 144 The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th […]
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SOLD FOR $18,000 19th Century Carved and Turned Whale Ivory and Whalebone Swift on Exotic Wood Base, whalebone shaft and staves, ivory cup finial, segmented standard and clamp with screw adjustment, the octagonal stand is fitted with four small drawers alternate with dummy drawers, all with ivory knobs below a whalebone balustrade with ivory corner posts, circumscribing four concentric whalebone bands, the whole raised on turned ivory feet. Height 20 ½ in. Case: 15 in. x 15 in. Provenance: Rafael Osona Auctions August 7, 1993, […]
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SOLD FOR $3,600 Whalebone Inlaid Rosewood Cutlery Box, 19th century, of rectangular form with carrying handle flanked by two hinged covers, inlaid with eating utensils and opening over a tapered case. Height 17 ¾ in. Length 15 in. Width 10 ¼ in. Provenance: Rafael Osona Auctions August 19, 1995, Lot 75 The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $3,600 19th Century Carved Whalebone Single Pulley Block, with spliced rope strap, turned wood eye and copper rivets. Block Length 6 ¾ in. Overall Length 10 ½ in. Provenance: Rafael Osona Auctions, 06 August 1994 SOLD FOR $1,440 Two 19th Century Carved Whalebone Blocks, one single and one double pulley, with copper rivets and rope straps. Block Length 2 ¾ in. and 3 in. Overall Length 4 ½ in. Provenance: Robert Eldreds Auction, 30 July 1992 Both Lots from The Carol and Stephen […]
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