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What are rowing oars called?
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Rowing oars are sometimes called ‘sculls’ after the term ‘sculling,’ which refers to the use of both oars at the same time. Shop a collection of vintage rowing items from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Set of 2 Hand Painted Inspirational Rowing Oars or Paddles Priced Individually
Located in Manhasset, NY
Set of 2 hand painted inspirational rowing oars or paddles. Only "Outdoor" and "Bistro Coffee" are
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Artist Lawrence Argent (1957-2017) Life Size Bent Iron Rowing Oars Sculpture
Located in Las Vegas, NV
From artist Lawrence Argent, comes these solid iron castings of antique rowing oars with a bent
Category
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
12' Presentation Rowing Oar Trophy, Oxford University, 1897 Balliol
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Rowing Oar, 1897 Balliol College Oxford, 2nd Torpid.
The full-length oar is an original
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memo...
Materials
Pine
12' Presentation Rowing Oar Trophy, Cambridge University 1st & 3rd Trinity Boat
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Rowing Oar, Fairbairn Cup 1946, 1st & 3rd Trinity Boat Club 1946.
The full-length oar, 12
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Pine
Original Vintage Silkscreen Travel Poster Fly BOAC Airline Italy Aldo Cosomati
By Aldo Cosomati
Located in London, GB
wearing a red and white striped hat and holding a rowing oar with a gondola boat on the canal in the
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century French Hand-Painted Barbotine Boat and People Composition
Located in Dallas, TX
rowing oar, and a gentleman and woman seated, with the man serenading his lover with a mandolin while the
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain


