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Offered: December 7, 2024
Antique Whalebone Busk, 19th Century, with later scrimshaw depicting sperm whale, anchor and square rigged bark Length 19.5 in. Width 2 in. Provenance: Estate of Anne Gardner DiVenere, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
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Scrimshaw Antique Whalebone Busk, 19th Century, polychromed engraved Apollo and lyre, eagle and wreath, flower filled vase Length 14 in.
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Scrimshaw Antique Whalebone Busk, 19th Century, polychromed engraved flower filled basket and geometic motifs Length 13.5 in.
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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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Engraved Whaleman Baleen Busk, circa 1850, with ten cameos, inscribed on reverse: Vira Bennett, Ruth Bennit (sic), Elera, Peace, Job Length 13 in. Width 1.25 in.
Offered: August 7, 2022
Antique Walrus Scrimshaw Busk, late 19th Century, engraved with 5 vignettes within a sawtooth border Length 10.75 in. Width 1.5 in.
Offered: August 7, 2022
Whaleman Scrimshawed Polychrome Antique Whalebone Busk, circa 1860, engraved with a bark, bird on foliage, heart, planter with tree, 5-point stars, etc.; encompassed within a zigzag and diamond border 14.25 in. x 1.5 in.
Offered: August 7, 2022
Scrimshaw and Polychromed Whalebone Busk “Harvest – J.W. Minor”, circa 1825-1862, depicting two whaling barks flying colors and flanking a South Pacific island and longboat out with 3 whales; The reverse with two customs houses flanking a steam-sail paddle wheeler with initials “N.S.” Note: the ship had 31 voyages, some from Nantucket Length 12.5 in. Width 1.25 in.
Offered: April 23, 2022
Currier & Ives Print “Race for the America’s Cup at New York Nov. 9-10, 1881” depicting the race between the American yacht “Mischief” (winner), Capt. J.R. Busk of The New York Yacht Club, versus the Canadian yacht “Atlanta”, Capt. Cuthbert of The Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, “Printed in Oil Colors by Currier & Ives 115 Nassau St. New York”; matted and framed 22 in. x 29 in. Framed 28 in. x 38.5 in.
