Scrimshaw Whale Tooth-handled Steel Dagger, 19th century, shaped whale tooth hilt, with carved bird's head terminal, one side engraved with a surfacing and spouting sperm whale with distant whale ship, the other side with a leafy oval wreath, the top with a leafy vine with berries, with brass quillon and steel blade, lg. 10 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
SCRIMSHAW WHALE"S TOOTH; Decorated with an eagle and dove, sailing ship, houses, a church, man with dagger and flowers, 19th c.; 8 1/2" x 4" Read more…
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2013-12-07
Collection of Small Scrimshaw Items, mostly carved ivory, baleen, and bone, including a slide-lid box containing twenty-eight bone and ebonized wood dominoes, two ivory clamps, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
Eleven Small Scrimshaw Trinkets and Whaling Related Items, 19th century, an engraved whalebone slide-lid book-form box with tortoiseshell inlay, one side with a heart-in-hand motif, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
Cased Carving Set with Ivory Scrimshaw Handles, "Taylor Witness/Sheffield," c. 1881, the set with a carving knife, the handle engraved with the inscription "Cap'tn Orson, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Antique Scrimshaw Straight Razor, "Josias Lane" carved to one side with a figure of a whale, the other side decorated with a flower and a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-08
