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Scrimshaw — Precious Objects

Lots 1—96 Found 589

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Colonial scrimshaw pan bone depicting two ships and whaling scene 29 x 18 cm
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A collection of scrimshaw, including a whale's tooth scrimshaw engraved with sailor in a cannon, a whales tooth scrimshaw…
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A collection of marine carvings, comprising a scrimshawed whale's tooth decorated with a sailing ship, one with a lady in a…
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A Colonial scrimshaw desk set comprising of two sperm whale teeth engraved with tallships standing on a baleen and timber base…
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An engraved whalebone scrimshaw panel, Australian, 19th century, depicting a whale hunt with Ball's Pyramid near Lord Howe…
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Pair of early colonial whale's tooth scrimshaws with inscribed scenes of young couples in colonial costumes, faint inscriptions…
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Pair of scrimshaw powder horn's by Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky 1828 - 1868, made from bullock horns. Beautifully…
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Eden Twofold bay interest: a fine pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth pertaining to the Davidson family showing five generations…
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A scrimshaw powder horn engraved 'Advance Australia, William M. Martin Esq. Beechalparroo River', signed and dated 'Louis M.F.…
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A very fine scrimshaw whale's tooth, 19th century, finely engraved with a ship to one side and a whaling scene to the other, 12…
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A pair of carved scrimshaw walrus tusks, probably American, first half 20th century, each 45 cm long
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A 19th century whale tooth scrimshaw, carved with a scene of 19th century Fremantle as recorded from landmarks taken from…
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw engraved with a 3-masted sailing ship sporting English ensign, 14 cm
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Walrus Tusk: Scrimshaw decoration of a whaling scene & inscribed 'First Mate. Thomas Payne. Ship Balfour. 1851'. 33.5 cm
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19th century whale pan bone, etched with a two mast and a three mast boat, 14.5 x 23.5 cm
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A group of eight whales' tooth scrimshaws, 19th century, the teeth incised as follows: a young man, a canon and six flags…
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A large scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a tallship and inscription on reverse 'Tooth Of A Sperm Whale, 90 Foot Long,…
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A large scrimshaw whale's tooth with harbour scene, 21.5 cm high
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'Whaling in Twofold bay 1828-1930' scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting Eden's Twofold bay with whaling scene, signed 'Rene…
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Gary Tonkin (Albany, Western Australia) scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Blackfish, ready the Greenhand', signed 'G.R. Tonkin',…
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with shipping route from England to Australia, on later wooden stand, tooth 22…
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Ship Runnymede of Hobart Town. Capt. James Bayley. 5 Month Voyage - 500 tuns…
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19th century scrimshaw powder horn with various engraved scenes including Napoleon, the Australian Coat of Arms, 'Advance…
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A pair of New Zealand scrimshawed cattle horns
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Pair of early colonial double sided whale's tooth scrimshaws, the fronts with three quarter portraits of young ladies, the…
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw, inscribed with naval motifs, anchors and semi-naked woman, soldiers, cannons and display of…
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Sperm Whales Off Japan. Boiling Sperm Whales. Success To Whalers, J. Nutbrown',…
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A carved and incised buffalo horn scrimshaw by Louis M. F. Gauvin, dated February 15th 1870, further incised 'Louis McGauvin…
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A scrimshaw desk display, whales teeth, baleen and pan bone, 19th century. 16 cm high. Note: This lot has been identified at…
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Two scrimshaw whale's teeth, 19th century, 14 cm high. Provenance: The Erik Dare Collection, Christie's, lot 229, 13th November…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'North Cape, New Zealand, 1839', reserve with American eagle and flag engraved 'Pluribus…
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Colonial Australian scrimshaw powder horn engraved with man and woman flanking a shield marked 'V.D.L 1839' (Van Diemen's Land)…
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A scrimshaw pan bone plaque depicting English tall ships, 19th century, 15 cm x 23 cm
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A pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth with hand coloured decoration as well as British and American flags. One engraved 'Peace,…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth, incised with an image of a tall ship at sea, with long boats and submerged whales in the foreground,…
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A powder horn with scrimshaw decoration, a barque in full sail, above the inscription 'Louis M.E. Govin, Maker, AD1868,…
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw engraved with a 3-masted sailing ship, 14 cm
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth with flag and whaling scene engraved 'Greasy Luck To Whalers Sperm Whaling Off Van…
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An antique scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with two dancing African American slave figures, the reverse with courting couple…
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long800 Gary Tonkin Australian scrimshaw whales tooth titled 'Dutch Galliot', Albany, Western Australian origin, 20th century…
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A pair of antique scrimshaw whale's teeth with engraved portraits, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 10 cm and 10.5 cm high.…
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Fine scrimshaw whale tooth, depicting whaling boats chasing whales
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Whales tooth scrimshaw finely etched with an 18th century British three mast barque merchant ship rigged fore-and-aft to one…
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Finely engraved scrimshaw, titled Boatheads, three mast ship in a polar landscape, signed G Tonkin, 13 cm long
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Antique whales tooth scrimshaw, decorated with a family group mother, daughter, puppy and cat, reverse decorated with a…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with whaling ship and whaling scene, reverse engraved with shield and owner's initials 'H. K…
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A 20th century scrimshaw sperm whale tooth, engraved one side 'Chatham Is. 1882' and with chart, the other with a whale and…
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A 19th century large scrimshaw whale's tooth, finely lined and dot engraved, a classical woman in formal dress with floral…
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Early 19th century scrimshaw whales tooth showing flowers and a three masted ship, inscribed 'Albion' and 'Rose bud'
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An ornately carved scrimshaw nautilus shell, with an Australian coat of arms, 19th century, also engraved with the English and…
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An erotic ivory carving of a phallus, European early 20th century, with scrimshaw decoration and carving, 18 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Cutty Sark, London, 1869' with ship portrait and romantic scene on reverse, later wooden…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Whaling In Tasmanian Waters. Tooth Taken From Large Bull Sperm Whale 'Alfred', 1825', 19.5…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'The Sunbeam, 1856', 15 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Charles W. Morgan, Launched 1841 New Bedford, Mass.', 19 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth finely carved with female portrait surrounded by ferns and roses with rope carved border, 19th…
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An antique scrimshaw walrus tusk with female and male portraits, 19th century 38 cm long
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'Old Tom and Friends' scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting the famous killer whale (orca) and the Boyd tower, signed 'Rene…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Master Whaler, Twofold bay, George Davidson 1863-1952' depicting George holding a harpoon,…
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A 19th century scrimshaw whale's tooth, incised with a scene showing a tall ship hunting a whale in rough seas, polychrome…
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Finely engraved scrimshaw, Mise A Mort, signed and dated lower right, 84, Vincent Bonnet, Sydney
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An, early 19th century scrimshaw powder horn dated May 3, 1836, the neck carved and inscribed 'Jjb', the body profusely…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with portrait of Matthew Flinders and map of Australia titled 'New Holland New South Wales, 1804',…
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A pair of impressive scrimshaw whale's teeth with tallships and female portraits, 19th century, 18 cm each
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Scrimshaw whale bone and mahogany Ditty box 19th century, likely English Riveted construction, good patina. Height 9.8 cm.…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth 20th century, elaborately decorated with double sided cartographic illustration, 15 cm
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Sperm Whaling In Tasmanian Waters, In Memory Of William C.J. Kirkwood Of Boston Mass. Who…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait titled 'Hannah Young nee Adams, Pitcairner, The Bounty', 13 cm high
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A carved scrimshaw whalebone box with a set of whalebone dominos, 19th century, 3.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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Two Whale Tooth scrimshaws, mid 19th century, the first tooth incised to one side Cambrian 40
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An unusual scrimshaw whale's tooth, engraved with a skull, dissected organs, (lungs and heart), along with skeletal sections.…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Cape Of Good Hope, September, 1855', reverse engraved 'Marianne, Sperm whale milled around…
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Two scrimshaw whale's teeth with ship portraits, 14 cm and 14.5 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with deer hunting scene, an impressive 19 cm high
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Scrimshaw whale tooth, tall ship entitled 'Arctic Star' and 'Sank by a storm off the coast of New Zealand whilst engaged in…
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Two 19th century scrimshaw powder horns, one incised with a female figure, palm tree and exotic bird and the words Unity and…
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A Des Baker scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scene and portrait, black stained highlights, the whaling scene entitled 'The…
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A finely carved and engraved scrimshaw whales tooth, second half 19th century, inscribed to the base of the images 'Sperm Whale…
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Scrimshaw: a pair of whales teeth each decorated with a military figure on horseback. 16 cm each
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Whale tooth scrimshaw, depicting whaling scenes and gold mining in the mountains, 12 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Whaleship Neptune, 1849. Stove Boat', 20 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship portrait, 19th century, an impressive 18 cm high
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A pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth engraved with British tallships, 19th century, 14.5 cm high
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Scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting a man with two ladies and a tall ship
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Pair of scrimshaw whales teeth with portraits, 19th century. 14 cm each.
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A large scrimshaw and carved whales tooth, 19th century, decorated with a ship, 16 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting coastal chart in South Australia engraved 'South Australian Whaling Co. Encounter Bay'. 15…
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Scrimshaw walrus tusk, three females (on timber base), 39 cm
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Antique whales tooth scrimshaw, decorated with a lady in period dress, reverse decoration with a girl with skipping rope.…
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Coast Of Madagascar, 1846', 17.5 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Metacom, 1842', with sperm whaling scene, 16.5 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with a highland Scot in full regalia, 15.5 cm high
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A 19th century scrimshaw whale's tooth incised with a scene depicting girl in a flowing dress, standing at the entrance to a…
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Group of three scrimshaw whale's teeth depicting Captain James Cook, General Howe and The Ohio, largest 11.5 cm
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A finely engraved scrimshaw whale tooth, 19th century, 14 cm long
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Two engraved scrimshaw whales teeth, 19th century, the largest 12 cm