Sailor Made Walnut and Ivory Box, 19th century, dovetail constructed hinged rectangular box, the top and sides with turned and carved pendant ring ivory handles ringed with red and black wax, kite-shaped carved ivory escutcheon, ht. 8 5/8, wd. 17 3/4, dp. 9 1/4 in. Note: Oral history relates that this box came from a ship named "Carolus," which operated out of Boston.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-06-06
Sailor made walnut box, mid 19th c. , with anchor, star, shield and sawtooth mother of pearl inlays, 4 1/2" h., 12" l. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2001-12-01
Sailor Carved Walnut and Whalebone Jewelry Chest, America, 19th century, ornately carved box with rosette, fan, lapped leaf, pendant and other designs, front and side Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-02-24
Eleven Sailor-made Fids and Tools, 19th century, seven fids carved or turned from various woods, three carved from whalebone, and a single flat whalebone tool Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-25
Carved and painted sailor made mahogany and whale bone model of an American three-masted ship, 19th c. , in a mahogany and bird's-eye maple case Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2015-10-03
Sailor-made Watercolor and Shellwork Framed Valentine, probably France, c. 1830, with a circular watercolor half-length portrait of a French military officer within a leafy border, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-08-10
Fine Continental Art Deco Burl Walnut and Ivory-inlaid Writing Table, c. 1930, the top with finely matched burlwood veneers, the center section with three ivory Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-10-24
Carved and Turned Walnut and Ivory Sewing Stand, New England, mid-19th century, the round, four-tiered, graduated stand with a pincushion mounted on the top above Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-06-09
Sailor made ivory and walnut rolling pin, 19th c. , 17 1/2" l. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-04-20
Sailor-made Youth's Whalebone and Seashell-mounted Ivory-inlaid Walnut Armrocker. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-13
Sailor Made Whalebone, Ivory, and Inlaid Ebony Yarn Swift, 19th century, the swift with turned ivory yarn cup, whalebone axis spoke and shaft, expanding panbone Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
