Antique Whale Art
15
to
16
130
64
120
65
65
52
23
23
17
14
12
9
9
6
6
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
3
2
2
Sort By
Vintage Whale Weathervane
Located in Houston, TX
This wonderful vintage whale weather vane has a fantastic aged patina. The rustic wooden whale sits
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Whale Art
Materials
Metal
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
multiple ships, whales and alternating back drops of mountains on one side and a palm tree covered shores
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
The Whale's Back [Connecticut]
By Kerr Eby
Located in Storrs, CT
The Whales Back. 1925. Etching. Giardina catalog 95 stateiii. Image: 6 1/2 x 12 (sheet 10 x 16
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Whale Art
Materials
Etching
![Antique The Whale's Back [Connecticut]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/kerr-eby-prints-works-on-paper-the-whales-back-connecticut-for-sale/a_3352/a_115476821673484515318/whalesbackeimage3_master.jpg?width=240 "Kerr Eby - The Whale's Back [Connecticut]")
Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The
Category
1850s English Antique Whale Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Grey Whale Shop/Trade Sign
Located in Hastings, GB
'Thar She Blows' a fabulous rare shop/trade sign of great scale, hand made in riveted zinc and hand painted. This superb piece sits on an iron stand and would have spun outside of a ...
Category
1920s French Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Zinc
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine
Pair Inuit Seal and Whale Scrimshaw Walrus Ivory Tusks
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of antique Alaskan walrus tusks with scrimshaw decoration, one with three different whales
Category
Early 1900s American Tribal Antique Whale Art
Materials
Bone
Whales, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Whales, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815.
From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Whale Art
Materials
Engraving
Large 19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship, circa 1850, a large plank on frame model
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine
North Atlantic Right Whale - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
North Atlantic Right Whale is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul
Category
1850s Modern Antique Whale Art
Materials
Lithograph
H 10.63 in W 7.09 in D 0.08 in
Late 18th-Early 19th Century Swing Post Mount Whale Oil Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A late 18th-early 19th century swing post mount whale oil lamp, a fine example of a ships or wall
Category
19th Century British Colonial Antique Whale Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Irish Folk Art. This sperm whale tooth was etched during the 19th century, in Ireland. There'sa a
Category
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Antique Whale Art
Materials
Other
Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Asian works of art come with our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee.
We are members of the North American
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Whale Art
Materials
Ceramic
H 18 in W 18 in D 1 in
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I
By Johannes Sadeler I
Located in Meinisberg, CH
the Whale (First Sheet)
Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Bernard aka Dirck
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Whale Art
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
Free Shipping
H 15.56 in W 13.19 in D 0.6 in
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II
By Johannes Sadeler I
Located in Meinisberg, CH
the Whale (Sheet II)
Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Bernard aka Dirck Barendsz
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Whale Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
Free Shipping
H 15.56 in W 13.19 in D 0.6 in
Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
whale at age 16 and continued in the whaling business into his 30s.
Later, as curator of the Whaling
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
H 18.25 in W 34.25 in D 4 in
Vintage Folk Art Hand Carved Driftwood Whale Sculpture or Door Stop
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming Folk Art hand carved driftwood door stop or sculpture in the form of a whale, perfect
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Antique Whale Art
Materials
Driftwood
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
. In Makah art, thunderbirds and whales are often depicted together as whales are the preferred prey of
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Cedar
Multi-Figure 7 Foot Nuu-chah-nulth TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Cedar
Art Deco bronze sculpture whale in the waves by Marcel André Bouraine 1925
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture whale in the waves by Marcel André Bouraine
Bronze with silver patine
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Whale Art
Materials
Alabaster, Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
H 13.39 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Original Antique Print of a Whale, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whale.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your
Category
1840s English Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Whales and Dolphins, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of whales and dolphins
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up
Category
1830s English Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 14 in W 9.5 in D 0.07 in
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model
Located in Nantucket, MA
folk art carving of a Pequot-Mohican Indian in the form of a ship's figurehead: this is in fact the
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine
H 19.75 in W 3.5 in D 4.25 in
North Side of the Great Court, Sommerset Palace
Located in Middletown, NY
address, of 103 Long Acre, to which he moved in 1792. Dedicated to the Prince of Whales.
Category
Late 18th Century English School Antique Whale Art
Materials
Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Watercolor
H 10.24 in W 12.49 in
Whaling – 1900 Monumental Zoology Vintage Lithograph
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
.
This Artic whaling scene depicts a Greenland whale in the foreground pursued by whalers. A whaling ship
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Antique Whale Art
Materials
Lithograph
PERU
By Johannes Jansson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jansson). Nice cartouche and with sailing ships and whales at the bottom. In generally good condition, the
Category
1630s Old Masters Antique Whale Art
Materials
Engraving
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes I" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
undulate, the whale’s head at the foot of the image doubles as a yin/yang symbol, providing a voyeuristic
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Whale Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Barnetts purchased the remains of a large whale, the 40-ft magnificent humpback whale skeleton. Barnett and
Category
19th Century Antique Whale Art
H 27.5 in W 33.5 in D 0.75 in
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
Located in Point Richmond, CA
which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic North West Coast styling and motifs.
This comb has a
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Other Antique Whale Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Circa 1900 Salish Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
. in Seattle, WA. The pole depicts an inverted killer whale, although the identities of the other
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Cedar
13' Vancouver Island TOTEM by Don Colp 158"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
time. Inspired by watching Henry Stettlebauer carve works of art in a matter of minutes on a television
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Cedar
Art Deco Black Lacquer & Marcasite Cigarette Case & Matching Matchstick Case
By Finnigans, London 1
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Art Deco Ladies Black Lacquer & Marcasite Cigarette & Matchstick Case 1930's.
Both Within a
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Whale Art
Materials
Enamel, Brass
H 0.79 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
, an oil on canvas folk art seascape of the South Seas Whale Fishery with panoramic view of four whale
Category
1850s American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Canvas
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
French Wrought Iron Garden Table with Steampunk Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
steampunk illustration of a whale shaped hot air balloon carrying three sailors in a suspended boat.
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Whale Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Paper
Martin Lewis Signed Limited Ed. Etchng Street Booth, Tokyo New Years Eve, 1927
By Martin Lewis
Located in Studio City, CA
in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York and the Art Gallery of New South Whales
Category
1920s American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
H 21.5 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Arts & Crafts Scarab Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
By Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Whale Art
Materials
Porcelain
Arts & Crafts Ochre Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
By Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Whale Art
Materials
Porcelain
Arts & Crafts Blush Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau for University City
By Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Whale Art
Materials
Porcelain
Arts & Crafts Crystalline Cerulean Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
By Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Whale Art
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer, Neptune, the God of Sea
Located in Downingtown, PA
of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at
Category
1730s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Whale Art
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Ancient Marble Sculpture Fountain, Late 16th Century
Located in Milano, IT
, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Whale Art
Materials
Carrara Marble
Anglo Raj Antique Century Brass Oil Lamp
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj antique, early 20th century brass Indian temple oil lamp.
Whale oil lamp with 4 wick
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Moorish Antique Whale Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Whale Tail Adze
Located in North Egremont, MA
wonderful, 19th century boatwright's adze in the form of a whale's tail. wrought iron blade made in
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Whale Art
19th Century Sailor done Whale Silhouette
Located in North Egremont, MA
The fragmentary lid of a seaman's trunk with a wonderful and iconic image of a sperm whale. The lid
Category
19th Century American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine
Jonah Thrown Into the Whale - 1582 Old Master Engraving Religious
By Johannes Sadeler I
Located in Albany, OR
"Jonah Thrown Into the Whale". FIRST STATE. Original Old Master Northern Renaissance Engraving
Category
16th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Whale Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
Samuel L. "Mommie" Schwarz Art Deco Watercolor of a Whale
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
This beautiful and rare watercolor by Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz was made during the Art Deco
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Whale Art
Materials
Paper
Couple on a Rocky Hill - 18th Century, Old Master, Landscape Painting
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Arles, FR
painter, and with the history painter Philippe Sauvan.
The sight of the whales near Marseille before his
Category
1740s Old Masters Antique Whale Art
Paint Decorated Early Wooden Whaler Weathervane
Located in Hadley, MA
weathervane, depicted blowing his horn, indicating sighting of a whale. Cut from a single pine board
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Whale Art
Materials
Pine
Nice Large Ichthyosaur Vertabrae
Located in London, Greenwich
ancestors of modern-day dolphins and whales, which they gradually came to resemble in a case of convergent
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Medieval Antique Whale Art
Materials
Bone
Cirica 1860 Map of North America
By George Virtue
Located in New York, NY
. Parry Wintering in the Arctic Regions, Whale Fishery, First Landing of Columbus, Remains of Ancient
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Whale Art
Materials
Engraving
Tocht naer Nova Zemla in den Jaere MDXCVI.
By Jan Luyken
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Zembla), showing whales, polar bears and walruses, and sailors hunting a walrus from a dinghy. The second
Category
Early 1700s Antique Whale Art
Materials
Engraving, Etching
19th Century Tagua Nut Carved Snuffbox
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Tagua nut carved snuffbox featuring a whale's head with sulphur eyes.
The lid is
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Very Fine 19th C. Whalebone Crochet Needle with Fist.
Located in Woodbury, CT
. Throughout the 19th century whalers would practice the art of scrimshaw to keep themselves occupied since
Category
19th Century American Antique Whale Art
Early 20th Century Folk Art Copper Whale Weathervane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early weathervane in the form of a sperm whale in copper, of hollow body form with raised tail
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Copper
Nantucket Sperm Whale Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Sperm Whale Weather Vane Whirligig, having slender hand-whittled flukes with great
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Wood
scimshaw sperm whale teeth
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Two engraved whales teeth one with a whaling scene
Category
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Folk Art Carved and Decorated Sei Whale, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art carved and decorated Sei Whale, circa 1920s. An early vintage or antique hand carved and
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Materials
Wood
Carved and Painted Whale Board
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
Featuring twelve carved whales mounted on a painted pine board with roped frame.
Signed on the
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Art
Mid-20th Century Whale Weathervane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
east coast, this weathervane was made in New England which is very famous for their whale watching
Category
1920s American American Colonial Antique Whale Art
Materials
Copper, Metal
- 1
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Antique Whale Art", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Antique Whale Art For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of antique whale art for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, paper and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect item from our selection of antique whale art — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each choice in our collection of antique whale art bearing Folk Art, Art Deco or Industrial hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made object in our assortment of antique whale art over the years, but those crafted by Captain George Grant, Gong Bell Mfg. Co. and Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Antique Whale Art?
A piece of antique whale art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $898, while the lowest priced sells for $25 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.