Whale Board
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
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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 Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
$18,000
H 18.25 in W 34.25 in D 4 in
Mid Century Modern Mixed Media Abstract Whimsy Painting on Board Framed Signed.
Located in Seattle, WA
The painting features a bear and a beluga whale, intertwined with elements of nature, including
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
$3,895
H 28.5 in W 45 in D 2.3 in
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
pictorial black cloth front board, with silver embossed titles and silver embossed whale illustration to
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
$4,250
H 7.82 in W 6 in D 2.38 in
Recent Sales
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 Sculptures and Carvings
People Also Browsed
Antique Vintage Wooden Ebony Lapis Lazuli Walking Stick Cane Sterling Silver 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Ebony Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Cane of English origin, mid to late Nineteenth Century.
The extremely elegant beautifully grained Lapis Lazul...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorab...
Materials
Sterling Silver
$810
H 35.5 in W 35.5 in D 35.5 in
American Victorian Ship and Lighthouse in a Bottle
Located in Queens, NY
American/English (19/20th Cent) sailing ship with 4 masts and a light house in a bulbous shaped glass bottle on a green wood base.
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass
Marco Bogazzi Modern Outdoor Adirondack Chair in Teak or Mahogany
Located in Portland, OR
Modern outdoor rocking chair designed for traditional/transitional and modern/contemporary outdoor decks, patio, porches, and poolsides.
Built using mortise and tenon joinery, th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Teak
$1,200 / item
H 29 in W 34 in D 32 in
Mexican Ceramic Corn Skull Sculpture Hand Crafted Folk Art Day of the Dead
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
“My purpose in making this skull is to represent the different types of native maize that since remote times have brought food security to our ancestors, giving them the time to deve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$2,600
H 8.67 in W 7.09 in D 9.65 in
Miniature illuminated manuscript on vellum with 12 full-page miniatures
By Francois-Jacques Boeri
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A tiny and complete Parisian Book of Hours with a plethora of intricate illuminations.
91 x 65mm (3.6 x 2.6in). 190 leaves on vellum, additional 4 paper leaves after (plus 3 paper e...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European French Provincial Books
Materials
Leather
$78,058
H 2.1 in W 1.5 in D 1 in
A corner sofa by J.M. Middelraad for H. Pander & Zn, circa 1900, The Netherlands
By H.Pander & Zonen
Located in Delft, NL
A corner sofa by J.M. Middelraad for H. Pander & Zn
A corner sofa with fabric upholstery. The beautiful hand-carved details in Art Nouveau patterns and dragonflies, as well as on th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Palmwood
$19,214
H 71.66 in W 82.68 in D 25.6 in
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810
Russia, circa 1810
Tapestry woven carpet
Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg
Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Hin Qua Attrib: Chinese Export "Anita" Ship Painting on Canvas C. 1869
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hin Qua (Chinese, 19th century), circa 1869
Attributed to Hin Qua: Chinese Export "Anita" Ship Painting on Canvas C. 1869.
A well accomplished oil on canvas maritime painting of th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
$8,950
H 25.5 in W 30 in D 2 in
Lavishly-Filled German Wooden Grocery Dollhouse Store Toy 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful grocery shop room box, painted and stained wood with lithographed wall and floor papers, side stair case and upper gallery, some drawers on rear wall with metal handles a...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric, Wood
George IV Gilt Sugar Bowl
By Benjamin Smith
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite George IV period silver sugar bowl by the celebrated Benjamin Smith is crafted in an exuberant Rococo style. From the floral and foliate handles to the delicately engr...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Rococo Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Jerusalem Rosary Cross – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Exquisite 19th-century rosary cross from Jerusalem, crafted from olive wood and adorned with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques. The cross and beads are made of authentic olive wood, a...
Category
Antique 1860s Religious Items
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 1900 Large Black Forest Fine Carved Burling Stag / Deer Sculpture Statue
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size and beautifully carved, wooden Black Forest stag sculpture.
From the posture it is obvious that this impressive stag, with his head turned up, is attempting to attract and...
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,501
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 6 in
French Wicker Dome Pendant Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage wicker dome light from France, 1960's. Beautiful woven dome wicker shades with newly added brown silk tassel detail. Newly re-wired and new brass canopy. Measures 14.25...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Black Forest Cuckoo Clock
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved Walnut Black Forest Cuckoo Clock in form of a Chalet, with applied carved wooden leaves, grapes and bird, circa 1900, with pierced resin hands and numerals. In very fine condi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Large Italian Clam Shell
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian clam shell. Large sculptural shell in Scagliola with natural patina, Italy, early 20th century.
Dimensions: 32" W x 20" D x 9.5" H.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Scagliola
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - 1843 - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 1 ...
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Fabric
$24,000 / item
H 6.63 in W 4.38 in D 0.5 in
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Whale Board", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Whale Board For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal whale board for your home. Each whale board for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using bone, wood and paint. Your living room may not be complete without a whale board — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right whale board, those designed in folk art and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. Benjamin Russell and Captain George Grant each produced at least one beautiful whale board that is worth considering.
How Much is a Whale Board?
A whale board can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,497, while the lowest priced sells for $995 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.