Offered: December 5, 2020
Set of 9 Shaker Style Nesting Wooden and Painted Ditty Boxes, finger lap and copper tack construction. Largest: Height 6 in. Width 13.5 in. Depth 10 in. Smallest: Height 1.5 in. Width 3.75 in. Depth 2.5 in.
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Offered: December 1, 2018
December 1 Auction Gallery Preview 30 Two Hand Painted Betty MacLaren Ditty Boxes depicting ‘Sconset and Nantucket, signed BFM 1987 Stephen Ketchum Folk Art Sculpture of “Nantucket’s Old Mill” Height 15 in. Antique Oversized Old Salt Doorstop in original paint Height 15 in. 19th C. Sailor Made Nautical Sewing box, inlaid with abalone hearts and dots, ivory star and diamonds 19th C. Whale Ivory and 10k Gold Walking Sticks
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Offered: August 5, 2017
Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone and Mahogany Oval Ditty Box, circa 1860, domed wood with bone band, the box with a large piece of panbone joined by a piece of vertical bone with double line of rivets. Height 6 in. Length 10 in. Width 7 ½ in. Provenance: The Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 1, 2015; Private Collector Sailor Made Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1860, oval form with pine wood inset star within a circle top and heavy […]
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Offered: August 5, 2017
Fine Sailor Made Panbone Oval Ditty Box, circa 1850, mahogany lid and base wrapped with single piece of panbone joined by double line of rivets, the lid inlaid with 4 hearts and diamond motif. Height 4 in. Length 7 ¾ in. Width 6 in. Sailor Made Petite Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1860, oval form with pine top and bottom, joined with copper rivets. Height 1 ¾ in. Length 4 ⅛ in. Width 3 in. Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Oval Ditty Box, circa 1850, the top […]
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Offered: August 1, 2015
Outstanding Collection of 19th C. Scrimshaw Sailor Made Panbone Ditty Boxes, circa 1820-1870 Provenance: The Nantucket Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell
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Offered: August 1, 2015
Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850, oval form with wood top and bottom, saw tooth overlap with rivets. Height 1 ¾ in. x 6 in. x 4 ½ in. Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850, round form with pudding mahogany top and base, wrapped with a single piece of panbone with 7 scallop laps and a double line of rivets. Height 4 in. Diameter 8 in. To be offered individually. Provenance: The Nantucket Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell
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Offered: August 1, 2015
Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850, the oval mahogany lid wrapped with a single piece of panbone joined by double line of rivets ending in a saw tooth design. Hand written on bottom: T.J.H. Nantucket, Mass. Height 3 in. x 8 ½ in. x 6 ¼ in. Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850, the oval pine top and bottom wrapped with panbone, scalloped bands and rivets. Height 3 in. x 9 ¼ in. x 6 in. Offered as individual lots. Provenance: […]
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Offered: August 1, 2015
An Outstanding Collection of 19th Century Scrimshaw Panbone Sailor Made Ditty Boxes, circa 1820-1870 Provenance: The Nantucket Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell
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Offered: December 6, 2014
Collection of H. Mottes Hand Painted Ditty and Band Boxes with Nantucket Cottages and Street Scenes
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