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Style: Folk Art
Technique: Hand-Carved
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 carved and painted detail to open jaw, in original black paint with highlights. A ve...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

Very Rare Large Victorian Hand Carved Salesman Sample Skiff Boat American C 1865
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare large size salesman sample skiff boat, circa 1865; hand carved out of a single piece of wood (perhaps maple) with Victorian period black print stenciling to the side in inc...
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1860s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

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Wood

American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American three masted clipper ship in bottle with cloth rigging in full sail on a painted sea, flanked by a sea side town with evergreen trees, a pain...
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint

Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner, circa 1920, a hollow-carved shell half hull model with clipper bow and great shear, and nice serpentine carved trailboard....
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model, circa 1920s, a wonderful folk art carving of a Pequot-Mohican Indian in the form of a ship's figurehead: this is in fact the figurehead of the Whale Ship...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

19th Century Whaler Made Turned Ebony Stemmed Cup
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century whaler made carved and turned ebony stemmed cup. "Manila P.I." painted on one side. Manila, Philippine Islands would have been a port of call on ...
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

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Ebony

Folk Art Ship Model
Located in Doylestown, PA
A naive Folk Art ship model in carved wood with fabric sails and elaborate rigging, American, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Monumental 19th Century Fisherman Atop Fish Double Whirligig Weather Vane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Monumental 19th century fisherman atop fish double whirligig weather vane, from Harpswell, Maine, circa 1890, an exceptionally large rustic weather vane from a fisherman's shanty, with whirligig arms on figure and at tip of fish's snout. Great little details include the individual fingers on the tips of the arms. Very worn weathered traces of the original paint. Descended within the family from the Great Grandfather maker. Truly an exceptional piece of New England folk art...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

American Gilt Carved Wood and Poly Chromed Roman Guard Figurehead, Circa 1890
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt carved wood and poly chromed nautical figurehead of Roman guard in military attire. Late 19th century.
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1890s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Ship Carved Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved figure of a woman standing upright on a scrolled base. Carved from Pine with in service paint, American, circa 1850.
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Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

Ship Diorama
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ship diorama depicting a two mast ship with two lighhouses in the background, one of them on top of a rock. The sails, hull, rock, and lighthouse are carved from wood, the sea is pai...
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Carved Nautical Objects

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Masonite

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