Carved "Dove Peace" Whale Ivory and Baleen Cane, Massachusetts, c. 1865, the carved dove knob above a braided baleen sailor's knot spacer and shaft of wrapped baleen with two whale ivory doves, and a whale ivory tip, lg. 35 3/4 in. Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection. Literature: Catherine Dike, Canes in the United States (Cane Curiosa Press: Ladue, Missouri, 1994), p. 217.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-04
Turned and Carved Hardwood and Whale Ivory and Coconut Dipper, America, 19th century, slightly curved handle with ivory finial joined to the hollowed coconut shell Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-01
Carved and Inlaid Whale Ivory and Whalebone Walking Stick, 19th century, sailor's knot knob inlaid with tortoiseshell and silver above a tapering neck with spacer Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-04
Carved and Inlaid Whale Ivory and Whalebone Cane, 19th century, geometrically carved knob with inlaid ebony-bordered mother-of-pearl squares and ebony dots, the shaft with diamond-shaped Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-04
Carved and Turned Whale Ivory Jagging Wheel, America, 19th century, with ribbed and spiral-carved sections separated by ebony bands, with two-tined fork, zigzag wheel, and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-01
Carved Whalebone and Whale Ivory Yarn Swift, 19th century, turned stem supporting slats, the clamp in the form of a pig's head, ht. 15, opens Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-11-04
Carved Whalebone and Whale Ivory Walking Stick, America, 19th century, the Turk's head top above an elaborate shaft with diamond cross-hatch, rope decoration, and sailor's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-04
Carved and Engraved Whale Ivory Jagging Wheel, 19th century, the handle with scrolled terminal, one side with engraved with a rose stem, heightened with red Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04
Carved Whale Ivory and Whalebone Cane, 19th century, the top depicting a dove on a tapering undecorated shaft, (imperfections), lg. 31 1/4 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-10-28
Four Carved Whale Ivory Eagle Heads, an Ivory Eagle Head Cane, and Two Other Items, 20th century, the whale ivory eagles with glass eyes; cane Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-03-03
Carved Whale Ivory and Whalebone Cane, 19th century, rounded knob with shell inlay on the top and segmented octagonal carving below, the shaft with rectangle Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-04
