Whaling Antiques
Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whaling scene
Copper-plate engraving
Published C.1800
Unframed.
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Stuart M
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.5 in D 1.25 in
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes, mid 19th Century
Category
Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Antique 1798 James Colnett A Voyage to the South Atlantic & Round Cape Hope Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique book titled "A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 1 in W 10 in D 1 in
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 Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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
Category
Antique 1860s American Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
H 2.5 in W 38.38 in D 0.75 in
1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
Whale Fishery". Fine colored antique engraving depicting a whaling boat with several smaller boats
Category
Antique 1820s English George IV Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper
H 25.75 in W 30.75 in D 0.5 in
Martha' Vineyard Houses and Gardens, First Edition
By Polly Burroughs
Located in valatie, NY
wildflower meadow. Illustrated is the diversity of the island from a formal Edgartown whaling captain's house
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Old Hand-colored Print of a Dugong, a Narwhal and a Right Whale
Located in Langweer, NL
The creatures on this original antique print are: —The Dugong, Narwhal, and Right Whale—They are
Category
Antique 1840s Prints
Materials
Paper
Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
society.
Provenance Sold at Grosvenor House antique fair in the 1970s to a trade collector until our
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Nantucket Lightship Basket from the South Shoals Lightship, circa 1870s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Nantucket Lightship Basket from the South Shoals Lightship, attributed to Captain Thomas
Category
Antique 1870s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Wood
H 4.25 in W 10.13 in D 9.25 in
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Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
Category
Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Signed Francesco La Monaca Bronze Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Francesco La Monaca
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique well executed bronze bust was done by the well known Francesco La Monada of France in approximately 1900 in his signature style. The bust depicts a realistic study of Na...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 17 in W 10 in D 18.5 in
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First Trade Edition with Kent Illustrations. Rebound in full leather. Housed in a matching cu...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 8 in W 6 in D 2.5 in
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fine Presentation Sword Given to Lieutenant Charles Peake
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine presentation sword given to Lieutenant Charles Peake as a token of gratitude by the Men of His Ship when recommissioned for Foreign Service in 1821, the citation reading, the ...
Category
Antique 1820s English Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Metal
Vintage Composite Marble Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte as Caesar 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Anthony Redmile large white composite marble bust of Napoleon Bonaparte as Caesar, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.
Napoleon is shown with a laurel crow...
Category
Late 20th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
H 24.41 in W 12.6 in D 11.82 in
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths 'Hunting' Drinks Set, 1920s
By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
An impeccable and unique sterling silver drinks set with a hunting theme, featuring a large cocktail shaker in the form of a hunting horn as the centre-piece. The shaker, partly lemo...
Category
Vintage 1920s British Other Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stephen Hawking, My Brief History, 1st Ed Signed with Thumb Print of Hawking
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen.
TITLE: My Brief History. A Memoir.
PUBLISHER: London: Bantam Press, 2013.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK T...
Category
2010s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain *First Edition, 1875
Located in Gardena, CA
Mark Twain's Sketches, new and old by Mark Twain *First Edition, 1875
Additional information:
Binding: Hardcover
Year Printed: 1875
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Dimension:...
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
"Moche Owl Pot, " Animalic Ceramic Vessel created in Pre-Columbian Peru
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This piece is a pot made by an unknown artist in Pre-Columbian Peru. It takes the shape of an owl and has a circular handle with the opening on its back. This pot is a light beige an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H 8 in W 6 in D 4.75 in
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM
Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin
Set of 12 Original Antique Sporting Prints. Dated 1801
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great set of 12 sporting prints
Copper-plate engravings after the original drawings mainly by Gilpin
Published by Bunney & Gold, London
Unframed
The measurement give bel...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique Print After Rembrandt, Tobit and the Angel, C.1850
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rembrandt
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Jones & Co., London. C.1850
Unframed.
Category
Antique 1850s English Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique Wooden Bench, circa 1800
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique bench having central hex decoration flanked by vertical rails, circa 1800.
Category
Antique Early 1800s Benches
Materials
Wood
Large Original Antique Natural History Print, Eagles, circa 1835
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of eagles
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. Brown and Marechal with original hand ...
Category
Antique 1830s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 13.5 in W 9 in D 0.07 in
Wooden Folk Art Plane, circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large, handcrafted wooden Folk Art plane with articulated pilot and original paint surface. Great hand carved folk art pilot.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sheet Metal
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Antique Builder's Half Hull Nautical Folk Art Ship Model
Located in Palm City, FL
to commemorate the launch of the whaling schooner Addie M. Chadwick in East Boston, MASS in 1864. The
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art whaling seascape on wooden panel, unsigned. An 18th century carved pine raised panel from
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Pair, New England Nautical Whaling Harpoons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of semi-antique whaling harpoons with hand forged spear tips. Found in a Cape Cod MA home.
Category
20th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Miniature Whaling Decorated Sea Chest, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Miniature Whaling Decorated Sea Chest, circa 1920s, the top painted with the tail flukes of
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Large 19th Century Quadruple Gimballed Whaling Oil Light
Located in Haarlem, NL
Impressive and unique in its size this large rare oil whaling ship lamp.
It is heavy because it is
Category
Antique 19th Century British Nautical Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Turn of the Century Folk Art Whaling Scene Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Turn of the Century Folk Art whaling scene hooked rug, late 19th or early 20th century, a
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Rugs
Materials
Wool
Tin Biscuit Box with Hand Painted Whaling Scene, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Tin Biscuit Box, circa 1920s, with a wonderful folk art hand-painted whaling scene on the
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Tin
Impressive Antique Sternboard Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection, Part I, December 11 & 12, 1981
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Antique Model of the Famous Whaleship "Lagoda"
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique model of the famous whaling bark "Lagoda" of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Fully rigged with
Category
Early 20th Century Nautical Objects
Antique Oak and Brass Ships Wheel and Salters Scales for Whale Meat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb and very sturdy antique Victorian stained oak and brass set ships wheel together
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 29.14 in W 3.55 in D 3.55 in
Sculpture Whale Plaque Signed Randy Kolhoff
By Randy Kolhoff
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Folk Art carving from Randy Kolhoff NY sculpture from Sag Harbor NY home to New England Whaling
Category
2010s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fir
Early Whale Weathervane Directional Hand Made
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is and example of an early American Antique weather vane Sperm whale. Hand made by a skilled
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American High Victorian Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
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
Category
Antique 1860s English Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
"The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Tender" by Elisha Taylor Baker
By Elisha Taylor Baker 1
Located in Wiscasset, ME
lot 928, USA
Quester Gallery, USA
Private Collection, USA,
Bradbury Art and Antiques, USA
Elisha
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique Print of a Whaling Ship by Brandard, circa 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Whalers'. Steel engraving of a whaling ship. Engraved by R. Brandard after a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Signed American Whaling Lance, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Whaling Lance, signed Peters, circa 1900, a hand wrought whaling lance with ovate
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
Large 19th Century Quadruple Gimballed Whaling Oil Light
Located in Haarlem, NL
Impressive and unique in its size this large rare oil whaling ship lamp.
It is heavy because it
Category
Antique 19th Century British Nautical Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
1800s British Sailors Sea Chest Trunk Painted Whaling Scene Flags Rope Beckets
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Antique British monogrammed sailors sea chest / trunk with original very detailed braided rope
Category
Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 16.63 in W 36 in D 18 in
1835s Scrimshaw Vertically Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
to the different products of this art, born on board American whaling ships between 1745 and 1759 as
Category
Antique 1830s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.2 in
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
Category
Antique 1850s Desk Sets
Materials
Bone
H 4.3 in W 1.55 in D 1 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
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
H 1.75 in W 29 in D 1.75 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft
Located in Milan, IT
the different products of this art, born on board American whaling ships between 1745 and 1759 as a
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.6 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of Antique Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
background brig / whaling.
The back of the tooth us engraved DORIC.
Good condition.
Measures: Lehgt cm
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.5 in D 1.8 in
19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art
Located in Milan, IT
brig / whaling ship.
The back of the tooth bears the following incision THE WHALE SHIP GLEANER.
Very
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
H 1.5 in W 1.6 in D 5.5 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
board American whaling ships between 1745 and 1759 as a way to occupy time during the long leisure hours
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.6 in D 2 in
Amazing Scrimshaw
Located in Peekskill, NY
Antique Ostrich egg with unparalled scrimshaw whaling scenes. More than likely 1880s. Entire egg is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Primitive Nautical Objects
Ship Decanter from Whaleship Wanderer
Located in Nantucket, MA
bottles. It was purchased from an antique dealer from New Bedford, Mass in 1947
New England, c. 1880, 3
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Dry Bars
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Whalebone Dominoes
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Set of Whalebone Dominoes. Probably made by a sailor on a whaling ship in the 1800's. One piece
Category
Antique 19th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Ink
Ship's Trunk
Located in Millwood, VA
Original antique pine ship's chest with rope handles and depicting Nantucket whaling scene
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Very Large Antique Whale Vertebrae
Located in Concord, MA
This antique whale vertebrae is signed Husvik Whaling Station, South Georgia
Dimensions: 26 x 17 x
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
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An assortment of whaling antiques is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct whaling antiques — often made from bone, paper and metal — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of whaling antiques available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. folk art and Georgian whaling antiques are consistently popular styles. Many whaling antiques are appealing in their simplicity, but Polly Burroughs produced popular whaling antiques that are worth a look.
How Much are Whaling Antiques?
Whaling antiques can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,122, while the lowest priced sells for $30 and the highest can go for as much as $12,875.