Sold for:
$750
$750
Early 19th C Whalebone Scrimshaw Busk Scribed with a sea battle scene between the USS Chasseur American privateer clipper ship and an unknown British ship (possibly the HMS St. Lawrence); measures approximately 7-1/2" long. The Chasseur was from the shipyard of Thomas Kemp in Fells Point, Baltimore. She was captained by Thomas Boyle and was responsible for the sinking of at least seventeen British ships during the War of 1812 and the blockade of merchant ships from the British Isles. After her return to the United States, she was renamed The Pride of Baltimore.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2015-09-19
