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Painting Ship Whale

19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
painting would likely benefit from a cleaning. A Captain Edward Howes sailed the whale ship VESPER out of
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Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Large 19th Century Hand Painted Wall Panels on Canvas in Gilt Frames
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Dallas, TX
medallion in the typical style of Claude Vernet with a harbor scene at dawn with ships, fishermen and moon
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Antique Early 17th Century French Louis XV Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
MORGAN is the most famous Yankee whale ship, and the only surviving 19th Century whaleship from the age
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very early 18th century Dutch woodblock engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720, a hand
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Antique 1720s Dutch Baroque Prints

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Paper

1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
. Titled "South Sea Whale Fishery", after a painting by William John Huggins (English, 1781-1845
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Antique 1820s English George IV Prints

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper

A 'scrimshaw' engraved turtle shell commemorating the Transatlantic slave trade
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, British and Danish flags, with clockwise depicted middle left a slave ship annotated ‘THE SLAVE SHIP
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Early 20th Century Virgin Islands Historical Memorabilia

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Marine turtle

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Three Framed Plates from "L'ornement Polychrome" Edited by Racinet
By Auguste Racinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Three mounted and giltwood framed chromolithograph plates from L'Ornement Polychrome: Motifs de tous les styles, art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVIIe et XVIIIe sièc...
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Prints

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Giltwood

Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket woven purse from during the first few years Reyes was making Nantucket baskets, having a cane weave on ratta...
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Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

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Cane, Pine

Inuit Eskimo Igloo Life Polar Region Hunting Dog Sled Rollable Wallchart
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The vintage pull-down wallchart illustrates the Inuit life in the polar region with an inside view of an igloo, dog sleds, fishing with boats (umiak) and ice fishing. The artist is G...
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Vintage 1980s German Country Prints

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Canvas, Wood, Paper

19th Century French Blue and White Gien Porcelain Dinnerware, 67 Pieces
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table or shelving with this antique porcelain service set of 67 pieces. Crafted in France circa 1880 by Gien, each plate and dish with foliate and floral motifs, is...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain Vase with Snake Handles from Gien
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in France circa 1890 by the faiencerie de Gien, the antique vase is round in shape and stands on a circular base decorated with bird and leaf motifs. The large vessel feature...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...

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Porcelain

19th C., Vanity Fair Framed Chromolithographs of Gentlemen Ex. Christie's, 12
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Morristown, NJ
[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are ...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

SMALL RARE OIL PAINTING ANTIQUE BIRD STUDY 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
SMALL RARE OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century in a Gold Frame Description. Stunning painting of birds /Co...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

37-Piece Gien Faience Corne D'Abondance Dinnerware, Midcentury
Located in valatie, NY
37-piece Gien Faience Corne D'Abondance dinnerware (Horn of Plenty or Abundance), circa 1950. French dinnerware decorated in French blue, burgundy, yellow and dark green with abundan...
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20th Century French Delft and Faience

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Faience

19th Century French Red and White Gien Porcelain Peacock Dinnerware, 32 Pieces
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table or shelving with this antique porcelain service set of 32 pieces. Crafted in France circa 1880 by Gien, each plate and dish features a large peacock, and is s...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Early 19th Century American Hand Carved and Gilded Mirror, circa 1820s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century American hand carved and gilded mirror, circa 1820s Wonderful early American antique mirror. Beautifully carved and gilded. Acorns hang from the top and a shell c...
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Wall Mirrors

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Wood, Giltwood

19th Century French Blue and White Gien Porcelain Dinnerware, 77 Pieces
By Gien
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table or shelving with this antique porcelain service set of 77 pieces. Crafted in France circa 1880 by Gien, each plate and dish with foliate and floral motifs, is...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

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Porcelain

Knole Settee, Cowdray Park, English, Lengyon & Co, olive velvet, tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- EXCEPTIONALLY, RARE, MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE, THE COWDRAY PARK KNOLE SETTEE, INVENTORY NUMBER D2029 - Supplied by Lengyon & Co, the pre-eminent maker, to Viscount Cowdray, Cowdray Pa...
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Early 20th Century English Charles II Settees

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Tapestry, Velvet

Pair French 18th-19th Century Chinoiserie Circle of Jean B. Pillement
By Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 18th-19th century whimsical rococo style chinoiserie oil on canvas, circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. (French, 1728-1808). One oil painting depicting an outdoo...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Handcrafted Wood Whale Puzzle Sculpture Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted what sculpture made of solid wood. Amazing design an workmanship. Signed and dated.
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1990s American Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Set of 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Wall Panels in Faux Bamboo Frames
Located in Richmond, London
A superbly decorative and rare set of four Chinoiserie wallpaper panels, exquisitely hand-painted with exotic birds and butterflies in the garden, on a pale pink background. Each pan...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings

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Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint

The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The “Standard” Edition of The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, Translated out of the Original Tongues, Together with Cruden’s Complete Concordance… an...
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Antique 1880s American Late Victorian Books

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Leather, Paper

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Oil On Canvas Maritime Seascape
Located in Woodbury, CT
the ship Pequod hunting the great white whale.
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20th Century American Paintings

Oil On Canvas Maritime Seascape
Oil On Canvas Maritime Seascape
H 29 in W 41 in D 2 in
Seascape with Whale Ship, by J.H. Appleby, circa 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century seascape with whale ship, by J.H. Appleby, circa 1880, an oil on board view of a
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Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century China Trade American Ship Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Possibly the Niantic, a whale ship that traveled to China around 1840 and then back to San
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paint

Martha Farham Cahoon Painting
By Martha Cahoon
Located in Downingtown, PA
vivid, detailed painting shows a New England dock with an American sailing ship about to depart from the
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings

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Masonite

A Ralph Cahoon Painting of a Sailor holding a Cape Cod Painting
Located in Downingtown, PA
painting whimsical scenes of sailors and mermaids frolicking on the backs of whales, in hot air balloons
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20th Century American Paintings

An Unusual & Important Painting by Ralph Cahoon
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Mermaid in Canton RALPH CAHOON (1910-1982), 1970-1980 The painting depicts a mermaid and
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

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Masonite

19th Century Original Whaling Painting by Benjamin Russell, circa 1880
By Benjamin Russell
Located in Nantucket, MA
, an oil on board intimate seascape with Yankee whale boat approaching a sperm whale, with whale ship
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Antique 1880s American Other Paintings

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Other

19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
whalemen. The painting is unusual in having both an American Bark and a Dutch Ship, so much activity in
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
H 24.63 in W 52.25 in D 2 in
"Fishing and Wishing" by Ralph Cahoon
Located in Downingtown, PA
rectangular format painting depicts a whimsical seascape scene of a mermaid upon the back of a whale. The
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20th Century American Paintings

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Masonite

Crayon or Pastel on Muslin Naive Map of America
Located in York County, PA
church and a tall ship. Through the Midwest there are locomotives, cowboys, horses and haystacks. In New
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Cotton

Exceptional Naive Antique Map of America, Crayon or Pastel on Muslin, 1920-30
Located in York County, PA
and a tall ship. Through the Midwest there are locomotives, cowboys, horses and haystacks. In New York
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20th Century Paintings

Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
, sloops, and whales to discover. The painting and execution of the tiles are of exceptional quality
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Delft and Faience

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Ceramic

Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
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H 31.5 in W 36.62 in D 0.99 in
Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Located in Nantucket, MA
cutting-in and trying out a whale alongside), four whale boats lowered (three ready to dart harpoons and
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Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

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Pine

Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
H 13.5 in W 33.75 in D 0.75 in
Antique Nantucket Hand Decorated Folding Double Chair from Steamship or Theater
Located in Nantucket, MA
the Main Street Water Fountain, the Sconset Rotary, a Whale Ship, Bluefish, Striped Bass, Scallop Boat
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Benches

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Wood

Painting Engraving by W.J.Huggins, Northern Whale Fishery, 1829
By William John Huggins
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Painting by William John Huggins engraved by E.Duncan, 1829. This engraving/painting shows great
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Antique 1820s English Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Mid Century 8 Foot Long Abstract Moby Dick Sailing Ahab Theme
Located in New York, NY
movement and colors and shows the huge whale beneath the ships. It is painted on masonite and has the
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

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Masonite

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