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French 17th Century FOUENE - Harpoon
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful 17th century FOUENE from the South of France. A FOUENE is a pronged harpoon like piece
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17th Century French Antique Harpoon

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Iron

Antique French 17th Century FOUENE - Harpoon
French 17th Century FOUENE - Harpoon
H 14.25 in W 61.5 in D 0.25 in
Early XIX Harpoon Metal Part
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique fishing metal harpoon metal pioint. Made in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1800
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Early 19th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Antique Harpoon

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Metal

Antique Early XIX Harpoon Metal Part
Early XIX Harpoon Metal Part
No Reserve
H 13.78 in W 3.15 in D 1.19 in
19th Century Hand Forged Wrought Iron Harpoon
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful hand forged wrought iron fishing harpoon with five prongs and arrow tips. This piece
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Late 19th Century American Country Antique Harpoon

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Iron

19th Century Hand Forged Iron Harpoon with Wooden Handle
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique wooden & iron hand made harpoon. This would be ideal for an installation on a
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Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Harpoon

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Iron

19th Century Hand Forged Iron Harpoon on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Elkhart, IN
A sculptural 19th century hand forged iron fishing harpoon on custom steel wall mount. USA, Late
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Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Harpoon

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Iron

American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, Marked Macy, for Bark Sunbeam
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, made by E.B. and F. Macy, New Bedford, for the
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1860s American Other Antique Harpoon

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Steel

Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
), son of whaling captain Charles Grant, born aboard a whaleship and harpooning his first whale at the
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Pine

French 19th Century Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statue, Stamped Tiffany
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
a medallion around his neck while holding up a harpoon to catch the fish. An impressive ormolu
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19th Century French Antique Harpoon

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Bronze, Ormolu

19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
"boatsteerer" standing in the bow with harpoon raised to dart; in the background rises a stark rocky island
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1850s American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Canvas

Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
birth to all her children at ports in the Pacific during voyages. George Grant harpooned his first
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Pine, Paint

1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
harpooning whales. Engraved by "T. Sutherland" after a painting by W.J. Huggins, Published January 1, 1825
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1820s English George IV Antique Harpoon

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper

Un Homme a La Mer
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
: MAN OVERBOARD! – Harpoon him more firmly!…. we can’t get him otherwise! And you, hold his legs up in
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1840s Realist Antique Harpoon

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Lithograph

Nautical Log in Its Wooden Box to Measure Boats Speed Walker Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Walker log in 1861, patenting the A1 Harpoon Log two years later. His son, Thomas Ferdinand Walker
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Early 20th Century British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Vase by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Paris, FR
(Little Harpoon Fisherman) (1893), Acte´on (Actaeon) (1897), Le Genie des arts (The Genius of the Arts
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

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Early Map of Puerto Rico Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: S.Giovanni Publication Info: Venice Date: 1572 Place created: Venice Marvelous example of Porcacchi's map of the Island of Puerto Rico. One of the earliest obtainable maps of...
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16th Century Antique Harpoon

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Paper

19th Century Scottish Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly handsome Flame Mahogany Chest from Scotland. The chest has sejven drawers in total one large top Central drawer with no pull and the uppermost drawer appearing to be ...
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19th Century Scottish Rustic Antique Harpoon

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Mahogany

American Maritime Copper and Brass Deep Sea Divers Helmet on Stand, NY C. 1930
Located in Hollywood, SC
American maritime copper and brass deep sea divers helmet with the original three glass cross hatched windows, latching bonnet, air line intake with hose, and exterior mounted rear v...
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1930s American American Craftsman Antique Harpoon

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Brass, Copper

Mounted Half Block Ship Model of a 1936s America's Cup Sloop the Endeavour II
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Mounted Half Block Ship Model of a 1936s America's Cup Sloop This half block miniature boat model is dedicated to Joe and has quiet the provenance: "To Joe: ENDEAVOUR II J...
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Harpoon

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Cherry, Maple

19th Century English Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama A delightful and highly decorated example of a late 19th century English folk art ships model diorama. Encased in a well-crafted glass ...
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19th Century British Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Glass, Wood

Fishing Model Boat, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
This handmade, high-quality decorative wooden fishing boat, with its stunning 17.7-inch length, 5.5-inch width, and 6-inch height, is sure to impress. This handmade boat can be used ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique Harpoon

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Wood

Fishing Model Boat, Museum Quality
Fishing Model Boat, Museum Quality
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H 6 in W 5 in D 18 in
Vintage Handmade Boat Model Diorama
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage handmade boat model diorama of the "Sovereign of the Seas" a three masted schooner, displayed in its original case. Originally built in Massachusetts in 1852 and in 1854, thi...
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19th Century American American Colonial Antique Harpoon

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Hardwood

Scottish 19th C Early Victorian Pencil Veined Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A very elegant and versatile Scottish (Edinburgh) 19th Century early Victorian pencil veined Carrara marble fireplace surround. A substantial square edged top shelf sits directly abo...
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1840s Scottish Early Victorian Antique Harpoon

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Carrara Marble

19th Century Italian Chiminea Preserve Pot #5
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Italian ceramic chiminea preserve pot with handles. These pots were used to preserve food such as fruits, meat or vegetables. They were designed to be used in conjunctio...
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19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Harpoon

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Ceramic

WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena "Fussartillerie" artillery compass
Located in London, GB
A WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena "Fussartillerie" artillery compass. 3¾ inch dial marked with N W S points, the Carl Zeiss Jena logo, and B.R. 565 FUSSARTILLERIE. Compass ring marked ...
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Early 20th Century German Antique Harpoon

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Brass, Bronze

Antique Sailor Fabric Hat, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Fabric traditional sailor fabric hat. Made by unknown manufacturer, circa 1950. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful p...
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1950s Asian Mid-Century Modern Antique Harpoon

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Rattan

Antique Sailor Fabric Hat, circa 1950
Antique Sailor Fabric Hat, circa 1950
No Reserve
H 3.15 in Dm 10.63 in
Pair of Japanese cast iron chôshi 銚子 (sake kettles) with lacquered lids
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Pair of enticing cast iron chôshi (sake kettles) with a detailed lacquered lid, raised by three low feet. Its rotund body with a subtle embossed design of stylized symbols, like myth...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Harpoon

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Silver, Iron

Large Oval Arts & Crafts Copper Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
A substantial oval Arts & Crafts mirror in hammered copper having a mellow patinated finish with riveted copper cabuchons at the four compass points. Original beveled mirror plate a...
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Early 1900s English Antique Harpoon

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Copper

Large Oval Arts & Crafts Copper Mirror
Large Oval Arts & Crafts Copper Mirror
H 24.5 in W 34.5 in D 1 in
Moroccan Pierced and Ornamented Brass Coal Burning Stove
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual and rare antique Moroccan coal or wood burning stove in pierced brass with solid brass ornamentation. Functional and beautifully adorned with acanthus leaf and Egyptian style...
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20th Century Moroccan Antique Harpoon

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Brass

French Wooden Steam Trunk with Runners, Brass, Iron, Leather Details, circa 1880
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French wooden steam trunk from the late nineteenth century features locks stamped Depose, or trademarked. Its wooden runners with brass rivets and brass corners offered protecti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Harpoon

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Brass, Iron

Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner, circa 1920, a hollow-carved shell half hull model with clipper bow and great shear, and nice serpentine carved trailboard....
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Pine

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Iron Tool Hay Bale Harpoon of Abstract Form
Located in New York, NY
Mechanical iron tool for retrieving bales of hay. The nose spike goes into the hay bale and tilts from the handle to pull the bale of hay. Mounted on an American Primitive black met...
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Late 19th Century American Machine Age Antique Harpoon

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Iron

19th Century Bronze Fisherman Sculpture by Ernest Justin Ferrand
By Ernest Justin Ferrand
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century bronze of a fisherman with a harpoon, he is sitting on a rock with waves
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19th Century Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

American Toggle Iron Harpoon, circa 1850s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American improved toggle iron harpoon, circa 1850s, having a 7-1/4 inch long toggle head
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Steel

American Toggle Iron Harpoon, circa 1850s
American Toggle Iron Harpoon, circa 1850s
H 1.5 in W 32.25 in L 1.5 in
Huge 19th Century Whale Sails Harpoon Base
Located in Haarlem, NL
This heavy metal harpoon base was used circa late 1900 for whaling and was probably used in
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Late 19th Century European Antique Harpoon

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Metal

Antique American Toggle Iron Harpoon, circa 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Toggle Iron Harpoon, circa 1880, having an improved toggle head with sharply
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Late 19th Century American Other Antique Harpoon

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Steel

19th Century Greener Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique greener gun toggle iron harpoon. Having an 8-1/2 inch long toggle head with acute barbed
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1860s English Other Antique Harpoon

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Steel

19th Century Hand Forged Iron Harpoon With Wooden Handle
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful antique wooden & iron hand made harpoon. This would be ideal for an installation on a
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Late 19th Century American Country Antique Harpoon

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Iron

Early 19th Century American Grommet Iron Harpoon, circa 1830
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century American Grommet Iron Harpoon, circa 1830, having a wide flat 5 - 1/2 inch long
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Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Steel

Bronze Sculpture Fisherman with Harpoon by Ernest Justin Ferrand
By Ernest Justin Ferrand
Located in Paris, FR
Late 19th century patinated bronze Fisherman with harpoon. He is sitting on a rock emerging from
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture "the Fisherman with a Harpoon" Signed Ferrand
By Ernest Justin Ferrand
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture "the Fisherman with a harpoon" also known as "The Conger Fisherman" in patinated bronze
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1880s French Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Nautical Log Harpoon Shaped to Measure Boats Speed Walker 1861
Located in Milan, IT
Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed T. Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, from
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1860s British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Patented 18th Sept. 1866 Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Patented 18th Sept. 1866
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1860s Antique Harpoon

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Brass

19th Century T Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log a 1 London Antique Maritime Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed T. Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, from
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1860s Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Log or Nautical Speedometer Made of Brass in the Shape of a Harpoon, Mid-1800s
Located in Milan, IT
Log or nautical speedometer made of brass in the shape of a harpoon, signed The Friction Roller
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1860s British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Ship Log Made of Brass in the Shape of a Harpoon Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Ship log made of brass in the shape of a harpoon, signed T. Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1
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1860s British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Ship Log Made of Brass in the Shape of a Harpoon Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Ship log made of brass in the shape of a harpoon, signed T. Walker's Patent Harpoon Yacht Log A 1
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1860s British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Huge Photograph of a "Nantucket Sleighride", circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
ride when a whaleboat was towed along by a fleeing harpooned whale. While some footage exists of such
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1920s Peruvian Other Antique Harpoon

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Other

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Inlaid Box
Located in Nantucket, MA
construction and breadboard edges, with ebony, walnut and tropic wood inlaid harpoons, diamonds, stars and
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Oak

Bronze Sculpture "the Conger Fisherman" Signed Ernest Justin Ferrand
Located in Nice, FR
the harpoon. This Art Nouveau-style sculpture is signed hollow on the FERRAND base then HC for hors
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19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Very Important Indo-Gangetic Bronze Spearhead, India, Bronze Age, 3000 B.C.
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with a long thick midrib, triangular barbed blade, eight
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15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Very Important Indo-Gangetic Bronze Spearhead, India, Bronze Age 3, 000 BC
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, triangular barbed blade, three pairs
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15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Very Important Indo-Gangetic Bronze Spearhead, India, Bronze Age 3, 000 B.C.
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, triangular barbed blade, two pairs of
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15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

Ancient Egyptian Painted Sarcophagus Panel, 100 BC
Located in London, GB
harpoon, protected to his rear by Osiris, Nepthys, Isis and Horus, as he awaits the evil snake Apophis
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique Harpoon

Carved and Painted Whale Board
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
gave birth to all her children at ports in the pacific during voyages. George Grant harpooned his first
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

Carved and Painted Whale Board
Carved and Painted Whale Board
H 8.5 in W 10.5 in D 1.5 in
Bisque "The Rape of Proserpina" after a Sevres Model by Louis-Simon Boizot
By Louis-Simon Boizot
Located in Paris, FR
century.) Very good condition, missing the harpoon in Pluto's hand. This piece was displayed for the
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harpoon

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Porcelain

19th Century Whaleman's Letter Delivered on Whaling Grounds in the Indian Ocean
Located in Nantucket, MA
, experienced harpooners and tradesmen (like ship's carpenters, sailmakers and coopers) received a larger lay
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1870s American Federal Antique Harpoon

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Paper

Map of Nantucket by Austin Strong '1881-1952', circa 1925
Located in Nantucket, MA
on the island, in addition to Austin's own invented Nantucket Seal with Harpooner and Quaker flanking
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Paper

Inuit Walrus Hunting Harpoons, Alaska
Located in Leuven , BE
The harpoon is one of the fundamental hunting weapons of the Inuit. It is used to hunt sea mammals
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19th Century North American Antique Harpoon

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Organic Material

Inuit Walrus Hunting Harpoons, Alaska
Inuit Walrus Hunting Harpoons, Alaska
H 71.26 in W 1.97 in D 1.19 in
Antique Azorean or Madeiran Improved Toggle Iron Harpoon, Early 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Azorean or Madeiran Improved Toggle Iron Harpoon, early 20th century, having a low profile
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Early 20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Antique Harpoon

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Steel

Whale Fishery, a set of four colour aquatints after John Heavenside Clark, 1813
By Matthew Dubourg
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
', 'Whale Fishery Plate 4 Shooting the Harpoon at a Whale'. 180mm by 230mm (platemark)
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1810s Victorian Antique Harpoon

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Aquatint

19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
, length 13 cm,- inches 5.1, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat trying to harpoon a whale and brig
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1850s Antique Harpoon

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Bone

19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art
Located in Milan, IT
cm, depicting 2 rowing boats with six whales each trying to harpoon a whale, in the background the
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1850s Antique Harpoon

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Teeth

19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
11 cm, inches 4.3, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat trying to harpoon a whale and brig / whaling
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1850s Antique Harpoon

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Bone

Brass Log Signed Walker’s Excelsior IV Patent Log, 1920 circa
Located in Milan, IT
patented his first Walker log in 1861, patenting the A1 Harpoon Log two years later. His son, Thomas
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1920s British Antique Harpoon

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Brass

Goya's "Origen de los arpones o banderillas" from his Bullfighting Series
By Francisco Goya
Located in Alamo, CA
"Origen de los arpones o banderillas" (Origin of the Harpoon of Banderillas), plate 7 from the "La
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Early 19th Century Romantic Antique Harpoon

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Electric Harpoon
Located in New York, NY
Diabolical design
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Early 20th Century German Antique Harpoon

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Steel

Electric Harpoon
Electric Harpoon
H 71 in Dm 4 in
Harpooning a Whale
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on canvas by the well-listed American illustrator Douglass Crockwell offers a regionalist in style look at pre-industrial whaling, evoking the epic Moby Dick by Herman Melvi...
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1920s Modern Antique Harpoon

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Canvas, Oil

6 Harpoons from Nova Scotia
Located in New York, NY
Detached blade and stick with noose.
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Early 20th Century Canadian Antique Harpoon

Gorham Co. Polar Bear Ice Bowl and Tongs
Located in New York, NY
featuring two polar bears perched on each end, and tongs, modeled after a harpoon, are rarely found as a set
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19th Century American Antique Harpoon

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Sterling Silver

Seaman's Chest
Located in Millwood, VA
Nantucket whaler as well as harpoons used around this time period. The blue exterior gives a lovely aged
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19th Century Scottish Antique Harpoon

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Pine

Seaman's Chest
Seaman's Chest
H 17 in W 35 in D 17 in
Arab Water Carrier by Marcel Debut, French School
By Marcel Debut
Located in Marseille, FR
memorable: Sommelier of the 15th century (1889), Small Harpoon Fisher (1893), Acteon (1897), Arts' Genius
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Late 19th Century French Moorish Antique Harpoon

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Bronze

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Antique Harpoon For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique harpoon you’re looking for. Each antique harpoon for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, steel and brass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique harpoon, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique harpoon is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique harpoon has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ernest Justin Ferrand are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Harpoon?

An antique harpoon can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,650, while the lowest priced sells for $600 and the highest can go for as much as $3,135.