Offered: August 6, 2016
Two Scrimshaw Baleen Busks, 19th Century, one engraved with stylized leafy branches, the other with four vignettes, woman with basket, bird in tree, etc. Lengths 12 ½ in. and 13 in. Provenance: The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $480 Sailor Scrimshaw Whalebone Corset Busk, mid 19th Century, inscribed and inked in black with geometric motifs and jardinière issuing blossoming vine centering script initials “B.K.W.” Length 14 ½ in. Provenance: Ex-E. Ham Collection, Nantucket Sam Sylvia, Nantucket, MA The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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Offered: August 6, 2016
Sailor Scrimshaw Whalebone Busk, 19th century, engraved with flag draped obelisk over tower with weathervane, palm trees, crowns, conjoined hearts and Lady Liberty. Length 14 ½ in. Provenance: Richard A Bourne, Hyannis, MA 15 November 1991, Lot 88 The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th Century Scrimshaw Collection
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Sailor Scrimshaw Whalebone Busk, 19th century, engraved with figures of three children playing musical instruments. Length 14 in. Provenance: Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, MA 22 August 1992, Lot 184 The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th Century Scrimshaw Collection
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Offered: August 6, 2016
Sailor Scrimshaw Whalebone Corset Busk, 19th century, engraved and inked in red and black with pinwheel flanked by two potted plants, a star centered heart at the top conforms to the shape of the whalebone, a circumscribed six-pointed star enclosing a five-pointed star at the bottom. Length 12 in. Sailor Scrimshanded Whalebone Corset Busk, 19th century, incised and inked (from top to bottom) with compass rose, flower filled urn, initials “REW”, pinwheel, 2 conjoined hearts pierced by arrows and a star with 13 points. Length […]
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SOLD FOR $600 Sailor Scrimshaw Polychrome and Rivet Decorated Whalebone Busk, American, 19th century, engraved with a Federal eagle spread winged above initials “A. H.”, a frigate and the Boston State House, within copper rivet border and heart and star motifs, respectively, at the ends. Length 12 ½ in. Width 2 ¼ in. Provenance: Nina Hellman, Nantucket, Massachusetts The Carol and Stephen Memishian 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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SOLD FOR $51,000 Exceedingly Rare and Sophisticated Polychrome Scrimshaw Walrus Ivory and Baleen Busk, mid 19th century, finely executed by a highly skilled artisan, the double arched top scribed with amatory motifs (torch, bow and arrows, billing doves) and conjoined hearts inlay of baleen above four engraved pictorial registers depicting a British warship between two fashionable beauties and flower filled urn, engraved overall with stylized floral garlands. The baleen verso engraved with five registers, viz., a fashionable beauty centering depictions of warships and flower filled […]
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Very Fine American Polychromed Busk, circa 1830, seven panels and initials “L.C.S”, all within a contrasting block boarder depicting a full portrait of a lady with apron, child on a swing, mermaid, American flag and eagle, a blooming flower pot, square rigged ship, trees. Length 12 in. Sold for $5,220.00 Exceptionally Large Whalebone Pie Crimper, circa 1870, carved of a solid piece of bone with turned handle and flat square wafers ending in a polyhedron knob, and 3” zigzag wheel. Total Length 11 in. Sold […]
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Engraved with town scenes, sailor and wife, dog, stars and ships. Length 14 in. Provenance: William Boylhart Collection.
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