Scrimshaw Bone
Sterling Silver scrimshaw Bracelet Owl on Bone 3 Ring feathered Cuff
Located in Wallkill, NY
Stunning Carved Bone Scrimshaw Owl Bracelet. Measuring 1.57 inches x 1.22 inches on the Owl
Category
Vintage 1960s American Bangles
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Antique Early 1900s American Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Bone
Early 19thc Scrimshaw and Walnut Hand Carved with Heart Cutlery Caddy
Located in Savannah, GA
Scrimshaw is the art of carving bone, ivory, or other materials. It was a popular pastime for
Category
Antique 1820s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone, Walnut
Scrimshaw of whale tooth with whaler named Fox and engraved Greek vase 1850s
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw di un dente di balena inciso, databile attorno alla metà del XIX secolo, di pregevole
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 1.2 in W 4.9 in D 1.6 in
A.Jeschel Fossil and Roman Coin Signed Pendant necklace
By A.Jeschel One-of-a-kind
Located in Miami, FL
sterling silver beads. A clasp set in sterling silver is a Chinese carved ox bone scrimshaw butterfly
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Morganite, Opal, Sterling Silver
"SAM HOUSTON" HORN CARVING 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL AMAZING WORK
Located in San Antonio, TX
carvings resemble the traditional art of scrimshaw, carvings from whale bone, we’ve not been able to
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Recent Sales
Antique Horn Carved Scrimshaw Powder Horn Flask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century carved scrimshaw "Walrus" powder horn flask. This one of a kind carved scrimshaw bone
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone, Leather, Wood
Late 19th century Dutch ebonised ripple frame style mirror
Located in London, GB
Ebonised Dutch style ripple frame mirror with amber style cabochons and bone scrimshaw corners. The
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Scrimshaw carved/inked "Shunga" plates 19th century. Great piece
Located in Firenze, FI
Antique Scrimshaw bone etched/carved panels from the 19th century.
It is richly adorned with
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
H 18.12 in W 14.18 in D 1.97 in
Geoff Olsen Scrimshaw Grizzley Bear on Fossilized Walrus Bone
Located in Fulton, CA
Geoff Olsen fine scrimshaw carving on fossilized walrus bone. Depicting a mother grizzly bear and
Category
Late 20th Century North American Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Antique Inuit Carved Bone Folk Art Scrimshaw Cribbage Game Board
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Inuit folk art carved bone cribbage board featuring a Polar Bear propped up by Seals
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Games
Materials
Bone
Group of Four Chinese Carved Ox-Bone Scrimshaw Immortal Figures, 20th Century
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Standing 8 inches tall these four figures feature excellently detailed carving and scrimshaw
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
19th Century Scrimshaw Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Scrimshaw Snuff Box
We are proud to offer an early 19th Century fork art bone
Category
Antique 1820s British Folk Art Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bone
19th Century Scrimshaw Spanish Powder Horn
Located in London, GB
19th century Scrimshaw Spanish powder horn
We are proud to offer an early 19th century Spanish
Category
Antique 1840s Spanish Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Mid-19th Century English Horn Scrimshaw Beaker
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century Scrimshaw beaker
A rare example of a mid-19th century scrimshaw beaker. Detailed
Category
Antique 1840s British Folk Art Taxidermy
Materials
Bone
Rare English 19th Century Scrimshaw Sailors Gaming Dice Game
Located in London, GB
A rare 19th century scrimshaw sailors gaming dice game
We are proud to offer a rare 19th century
Category
Antique 1890s British Folk Art Game Boards
Materials
Bone
19th Century Sailor Made Scrimshaw Box, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor Made Scrimshaw Box, circa 1850, a rectangular mahogany box with cross-band
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
Georgian Horn Scrimshaw Folk Art English Hand Carved Beaker, circa 1810
Located in London, GB
Georgian horn scrimshaw beaker circa 1810
We are proud to offer a folk-art English scrimshaw
Category
Antique 1810s English Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Scrimshaw di dente di balena inciso verticalmente pregevole fattura datato 1882
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw di un dente di balena inciso verticalmente, di pregevole fattura datato 1882, lunghezza
Category
Antique 1880s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
A.Jeschel Carved Fossil Pendant suspendend from a rich green Chrysoprase stones
By A.Jeschel One-of-a-kind
Located in Miami, FL
Sterling Silver, Walrus bone, Somme scrimshaw, and chrysoprase stone suspended from rich green Chrysoprase
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Chrysophrase, Sterling Silver
Modern Brooch/Pendant with Scrimshaw Bone and Jasper Set in Silver
Located in Point Richmond, CA
silver artfully juxtaposed with a fragment of carved buffalo bone from the Dayak culture of Borneo. This
Category
Late 20th Century American Artisan Brooches
Materials
Jasper, Silver
Japanese Bone Veneer Sword Form Letter Opener and Scabbard
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive Japanese carved and scrimshaw bone veneer letter opener in the form of a large sword
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Letter Openers
Materials
Bone
Antique Chinese Scrimshaw carved/inked "Shunga" plates 19th century. Great piece
Located in Firenze, FI
Antique Scrimshaw bone etched/carved panels from the 19th century.
It is richly adorned with
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
H 18.12 in W 14.18 in D 1.97 in
Pair of 20th Century Chinese Incised Bone Samurai Style Swords
Located in Vero Beach, FL
carved and intricate scrimshaw bone Samurai type swords with bone blades, complete with scabbards. Each
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Antique Nautical Sundial with Scrimshaw
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool antique nautical sundial with scrimshaw on bone inlay, circa late 1800s. The piece is of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Scrimshaw Beaker
Located in London, GB
folk art.
Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically, it
Category
Antique 1880s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
19th Century English Hunting Scene Scrimshaw Beaker
Located in London, GB
19th century English hunting scene Scrimshaw beaker
We are proud to offer a very exquisitely
Category
Antique 1850s British Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
1835s Scrimshaw Vertically Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved whale tooth, of
fine workmanship, length 12.7 cm, depicting the
Category
Antique 1830s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.2 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, very fine
workmanship, made in the half of the 19th century
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.6 in D 2 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, of fine workmanship from the half of the 19th century, length
Category
Antique 1850s Desk Sets
Materials
Bone
H 4.3 in W 1.55 in D 1 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of Antique Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, very fine
workmanship, half of the 19th century,
length 15
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.5 in D 1.8 in
Antique Set of Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Cribbage Items and Alaskan Utensils
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a rare and collectible group of three Alaskan scrimshaw articles with a 19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
Large Vintage Japanese Bone Veneer Sculpture of Ebisu on a Turtle Dragon
Located in Austin, TX
multitude of smaller turtles scurrying around him.
Carved and scrimshawed pieced bone veneer over a wooden
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
1960s Sherwin Boyer Nantucket Lidded Basket with Handle
By Sherwin P. Boyer 1
Located in Tarrytown, NY
down: 6.5"
Paper inside and stamp on bottom in wood
Bone carving of a wale atop and bone closure
Category
Vintage 1960s Arts and Crafts Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bone, Oak
Antique Scrimshaw Style Carved Bone and Brass Bottle Openeer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare 19th century elephant and tree raised hand-carved motif bone and brass can opener. Brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Barware
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique Inuit Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Concord, MA
Rare Antique Inuit Walrus Tusk scrimshaw fashioned into a cribbage board and adorned with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Game Boards
Materials
Bone
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Antique Victorian Vintage Chinese Ivory Bovine Walking Stick Cane Carved Dragon
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Example of a Chinese Export Hand Carved Bovine Ivory Walking Stick of small proportions, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
This quite rare and exquisite...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorab...
Materials
Horn, Ebony
H 25.75 in W 2.75 in D 25.75 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Scrimshaw of vertically engraved orca tooth depicting vessel mid-19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved hour's tooth depicting a vessel bow to left flag of the United Kingdom, above li initials L.G.F. On the back vase with beautiful plant decoration s...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Scrimshaw of whale tooth engraved with 1820s truncated pyramid cippus and Man
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale's tooth, depicting on one side, truncated pyramid cippus culminating with a half sphere and surmounted at the top by a six-pointed star, symbolism trac...
Category
Antique 1820s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Scrimshaw of engraved whale tooth depicting the Captain F. Swain 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, depicting on one side the half-bust of the smartly dressed and handsome Captain F. Swain. On the Back the inscription Master The WHALER SWAN f...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Sculpture of a Lokapala
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty terracotta Pottery Tomb figure of the Lokapala Warrier Deity. Figure molded wearing heavy armor, standing in a dynamic pose with left arm raised in a threatening gesture...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Life-Size Vintage Faux Elephant Tusks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1940s carved wood tusks with an original lacquered painted finish.
Measurements:
Height: 67.5?
With: 30?
Depth: 12.5?.
Category
Vintage 1960s Animal Sculptures
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Authentic Scrimshaw carved into and antique tortoise shell with brass legs. Carved aboard the Ship Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carv...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Rare scrimshaw of large whale tooth in vertical bas-relief a sailor
Located in Milan, IT
Rare scrimshaw of a large whale tooth depicted vertically in bas-relief the profile of a bearded whaler with hat on his head, height 16 cm. Datable to around the mid-19th century. O...
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic or World-bearing Turtle
Probably Germany, late 19th century
L. 32 x W. 26 x H. 20...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf
H 7.88 in W 10.24 in D 12.6 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian)
Morocco
The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco.
I att...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
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Scrimshaw Bone For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the scrimshaw bone you’re looking for. Frequently made of bone, glass and mahogany, every scrimshaw bone was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect scrimshaw bone — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A scrimshaw bone is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one scrimshaw bone that is appealing in its simplicity, but Elaine Silverstein produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Scrimshaw Bone?
A scrimshaw bone can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,375, while the lowest priced sells for $295 and the highest can go for as much as $3,200.