Antique Sawfish Rostrum on Stand
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare and striking sawfish rostrum presented on a custom stand. This natural object, with its rhythmic succession of teeth and raw, tactile surface, evokes both primitive weaponry and...
Bone
Important 18th C. Engraved Figural Drinking Horn Regular price
Located in Mount Horeb, WI
A superb late 18th century engraved drinking horn with a figural cat head. The cat head is carved with inlaid copper eyes. The engraved imagery unfolds around the entirety of the horn with folk art chickens...
Horn
Mid-Century hand-carved horn sail boat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mid-Century ship or sailboat accessory, hand-crafted out of carved horn. An artistic piece that can be placed just about anywhere! We know it’s hard to find one-of-a-kind pieces! Sh...
Brass
Vintage Hand Carved Cow Horn Sailing Ship Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Hamburg, DE
Hand Carved Cow Horn Sailing Ship Sculpture
Horn
Two Antique Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Whalebone Sculptures Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A finely carved pair of whalebone lighthouse figures depicting the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its distinctive black and white spiral daymark. One having an openwork lanter...
Bone, Organic Material
American Cast Brass Engraved Yachtsman's Speaking Trumpet, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American hand held cast brass engraved Yachtsman's speaking trumpet with bell shaped soldered mouthpiece, coned-shaped column with original interior red paint, and terminating on a r...
Brass
Nautical Folk Art Hand Carved Wooden Whimsy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American whimsy with traditional 'ball in cage' decoration, all carved and whittled from one continuous piece of wood, circa early 20th century. The bottom tip suggests that this pie...
Wood
Gold Carved Eagle, Don't Give Up the Ship
Located in Norwell, MA
"Don't give up the ship" carved eagle with flowing wood banner. Also has a patriotic badge. Finished in old gold. Overall Dimensions: 10"H x 29"W x 5"D. 3 pounds.
Wood
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Paper
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Shellwork Table
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful folk art rectangular shellwork table featuring a top with foliate polychrome sand design around shells under glass, with the entire surface of the sides and legs covered with small seashells set...
Shell, Glass, Wood
Set of 4 Mid-Century Rope & Wood Stool
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Set of four Mid-Century Rope & Wood Stool after Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet ,the top is upholstered with a white fabric. Measures: Height / 13 inches. Diameter / 11 inches.
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Antique Star Form Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming antique sailors valentine handcrafted in exotic seashells in a star form with a rocky coastline image under a convex oval lens.
Organic Material
Antique British Colonial Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual English 19th century sailors valentine handcrafted with exotic seashells. Around images with figures and architecture. Under a convex lens.
Shell, Organic Material
Early 20th Century English Pond Boat
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this pond boat dates from the 1920s. This appears to be a model racing cutter with four, blue cloth sails. There are brass details and fittings and black rigging. T...
Brass
19th Century English Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama A delightful and highly decorated example of a late 19th century English folk art ships model diorama...
Glass, Wood
$15,000 / set
H 16 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
Nautical Folk Art: British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Nautical Folk Art: A Rare Pair of Royal Navy Sailor's Woolworks, Same Sailor Artist, Circa 1865-70 This magnificent, matched pair of mid-Victorian British sailor's woolworks—affecti...
Wool
American Folk Art Sea Shell Sailors Valentines
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Exquisite American folk art sea shells Sailors Valentines octagon with central purple agate , sea shell flowers and a butterfly.
Shell
$2,152
H 24.51 in W 38.19 in D 10.63 in
Late 19th Century Cased British Sailing Vessel Folk Art Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 19th/early 20th century cased display of a painted British sailing vessel, built by Joseph Packer, who was a carpenter in Ramsey The detailed s...
Blown Glass, Pine
Antique British Colonial Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting 19th century English sailors valentine handcrafted in exotic seashells, in horse shoe form, lovingly arranged around an image of a steamship under a convex lens.
Organic Material
$40,056
H 60 in W 12 in D 11.7 in
19th Century Carved Ship Figurehead Oak Wood Female Figure Antique Maritime
Located in Milan, IT
Figurehead in carved oak depicting a female figure whose body has the shape of a siren, symbol of fertility and protection, with female features in the upper part and fish tail inste...
Wood
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H 14 in W 15 in D 3.5 in
Vintage Horn-Carved Clipper Ship Sculpture — Mid-Century Folk-Art Nautical Decor
Located in Lomita, CA
Vintage Horn-Carved Clipper Ship Sculpture — Folk-Art Nautical Statement Piece A distinctive mid-century folk-art sculpture carved from genuine cow horn — this clipper-ship features...
Horn
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H 1.2 in W 4.9 in D 1.6 in
Scrimshaw of whale tooth with whaler named Fox and engraved Greek vase 1850s
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, datable to around the mid-19th century, of fine workmanship length cm 12.5, depicting on one side whaling ship with islands and birds in the ba...
Bone
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H 5.5 in W 1.6 in D 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, length 13 cm,- inches 5.1, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat trying to harpoon a whale and brig / whaler and islands in the background. The back of the tooth is engraved THE WHALER BERWICK. Very good condition. 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 long leisure hours...
Bone
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H 4.3 in W 1.55 in D 1 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 11 cm, inches 4.3, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat...
Bone
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Game Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic prisoner of war game set An aged example of an early 19th Century mutton bone hand crafted prisoner of was games set. Including a slide top sec...
Bone
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H 20 in W 20 in D 4.5 in
Carved and Painted Double Diorama of a Whaleship and Whaleboat by Frank Finney
By Frank Finney
Located in Nantucket, MA
A carved and painted double diorama by master carver Frank Finney. The top half with a red whaleboat, the lower half with a whaleship under sail. The background painted with water an...
Bone, Wood, Paint
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 decorated mid-19th century English scrimshaw horn beaker. ...
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 exceptional quality with an oblong octagonal wood base wrapped with brass and a bone inlay. The scrimshaw is of fine detail and starts at the lower end with a partial picture of the sun rising and then moves into a "tall ship" in full sail on the water and then into a vintage sundial...
Brass
Early 20th Century Inuit Snow Goggles
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Early 20th century Inuit snow goggles in patined bone. The Inuit people were up until the 1960s a mostly self-sustaining culture. Although they now ...
Bone
19th Century Coconut Ladle with Carvings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fascinating rustic ladle crafted from a coconut and decorated with hand carved stars, moons, animals, and a building and featuring a bone handle with a carved hand at the end. Hard t...
Bone, Coconut
Sailor’s Folk Art Game of Recluse, Late 18th-Early 19th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Sailor’s Folk Art game of recluse, late 18th-early 19th century. An antique hand carved sailor’s game of Recluse or Solitaire, dating from the late 18...
Bone, Rosewood
Shark Vertebrae Cane, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Sailors mid – 19th Century hand carved folk art shark vertebrae walking cane For sale in this LOT is highly unique and collectable sailors walking can...
Bone
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H 11.75 in Dm 2.75 in
Carved Marine Powder Horn Mermaids, Seahorses, Ship Maiden Dated May 19, 1864
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Carved marine powder horn mermaids, two seahorses, ships maidenhead, dated May 19, 1864. Marked Arden's Bay Cove, Neptune's Teem, Large Cross, Hope & Wood Cap. The powder horn is in ...
Horn
19th Century Scrimshaw Horn Vessel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual scrimshaw decorated horn vessel with a figure of a woman standing in a full dress with arms akimbo.
Horn
Early 19th Century Nautical Octant Now as Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
English octant with bone inlay used for celestial navigation with original box. Recently converted into a table lamp.
Bone