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Period: 1850s
Raro scrimshaw di grande dente di balena in verticale a bassorilievo un marinaio
Located in Milan, IT
Raro scrimshaw di un grande dente di balena raffigurante in verticale a bassorilievo il profilo di un baleniere barbuto e con cappello in testa, altezza cm 16. Databile attorno alla...
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Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Teeth

Vernier Octant by John Todd, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London, circa 1850. An eleven inch radius vernier octant by John Todd with ebonised wooden frame with inset bone scale marked ...
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English Victorian Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The triangular blade is cast at one end of a long cylindrical handle, the other end is wr...
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English Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

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Iron

American Nautical Brass Housing & Wood Collar Floating Distress Beacon, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.
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American American Empire Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Flying Red Ensign, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Flying Red Ensign, circa 1850, a hand crafted sailor's woolwork picture of a British warship with single gun deck, under full sail w...
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English Folk Art Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
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English Folk Art Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Carved Wood Sternboard from Captain's Gig On "Terpsichore"
Located in Norwell, MA
Captain's gig sternboard hardwood with rope carved border and brass lettering "Terpsichore Sandefjord" Norway. Great old sternboard from the Captain's gig from the Terpsichore. Circa...
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Norwegian Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

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Brass

American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper painted banner "The London and New York Trading Company"...
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American American Empire Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Rope, Wood, Paint

English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
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English William IV Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Pair of American Nautical Gimbaled Nickel Silver & Brass Wall Sconces, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American nautical gimbaled nickel silver over brass mounted wall sconces with bulbous flared amber glass shades. Gimbals kept candles straight in rough seas. Pair are candle ...
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American American Empire Antique 1850s Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Nickel

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Framed ICS Letter Signal Pennant "X"
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Silk Embroidered Hand Painted Seascape by Thomas Willis, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
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Mid-19th Century Hand Painted Asian Wallpaper Panels
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Located in Downingtown, PA
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Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
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Scrimshaw of engraved whale tooth depicting the Captain F. Swain 1850
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19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
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19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Antique Nautical Workmanship
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Located in Charleston, SC
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Mid-19th Century Set of Three Charts of the West Coast
Located in Stamford, CT
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American Cast Brass Yachtsman's Spearing Trumpet, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
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Located in Charleston, SC
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Located in Charleston, SC
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