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Nantucket Watercolor of Catboat and Steamship at Brant Point by Robert Spring
Nantucket Watercolor of Catboat and Steamship at Brant Point by Robert Spring

Nantucket Watercolor of Catboat and Steamship at Brant Point by Robert Spring

By Robert Spring

Located in Nantucket, MA

Robert Spring was famous for his scrimshaw whale's teeth, but first studied as a watercolorist and returned to painting in 1987.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship
Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship

Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship

Located in Haarlem, NL

Many times he brought scrimshaws sperm whale teeth that he tried to sell.

Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Iron

19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft

19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft

Located in Milan, IT

Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved whale tooth, of exquisite workmanship, length 12.6 cm, depicting the bust of a Woman and on the back a whale and whalers at sea with the boat overt...

Category

Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Teeth

19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art
19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art

19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art

Located in Milan, IT

The word "scrimshaw" refers to an art form and to the different products of this art, born on board American whaling ships between 1745 and 1759 as a way to occupy time during the l...

Category

Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Teeth

Baleen Inkwell Inlaid with Whale's Tooth
Baleen Inkwell Inlaid with Whale's Tooth

Baleen Inkwell Inlaid with Whale's Tooth

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H 5.5 in W 8.75 in D 5.75 in

Baleen Inkwell Inlaid with Whale's Tooth

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Ebonized baleen pen stand inlaid with a motif of tusk rounds, and scrimshaw whale teeth depicting a commemorative attribution to an American sailor.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Inkwells

Materials

Bone, Ebony

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