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Set of 9 Shaker Style Nesting Wooden and Painted Ditty Boxes

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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December 1 Auction Gallery Preview 30

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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19th Century Panbone Ditty Boxes

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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19th Century Panbone Ditty Boxes & Bonnet Box

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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Outstanding Collection 19th C. of Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Boxes

Offered: August 1, 2015

19th C. Ditty Boxes

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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Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Boxes, circa 1850

Offered: August 1, 2015

19th C. Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850

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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Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Oval Ditty Boxes, circa 1850

Offered: August 1, 2015

19th C. Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Boxes, circa 1850

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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Outstanding Collection of 19th Century Scrimshaw Sailor Made Ditty Boxes

Offered: August 1, 2015

19th C. Bone Ditty Boxes

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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Collection of H. Mottes Hand Painted Ditty Boxes

Offered: December 6, 2014

Collection of H. Mottes Hand Painted Ditty and Band Boxes with Nantucket Cottages and Street Scenes

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