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Scrimshaw Walrus Jawbone Cribbage Board
Lot: 481Sold for: $6,600$5,500Scrimshaw Walrus Jawbone Cribbage Board, with relief-carved eagle's head and nine swimming salmon, with four carved bone animal figural playing pieces, cribbage board 9 x 8, playing pieces 1 1/2 more ...
Pair of Scrimshaw-decorated Whale's Teeth
Lot: 482Sold for: $492$400Pair of Scrimshaw-decorated Whale's Teeth, 19th century, engraved with allegorical figures wearing plumed helmets, one figure holding a Union Jack flag, the other figure resting against an anchor, more ...
Fifteen Scrimshaw Articles
Lot: 483Sold for: $390$325Fifteen Scrimshaw Articles, a dipper with a rosewood handle with carved facets, which attaches to a coconut shell bowl with a carved heart and lady's leg bracket; a small slide-lid box inscribed more ...
Seven Small Scrimshaw Bone Fids and a Crochet Hook
Lot: 484Sold for: $360$300Seven Small Scrimshaw Bone Fids and a Crochet Hook, 19th century, three fids with carved fist finials, one with baluster-carved finial with a loose ring, and one with faceted sides; and a crochet more ...
Five Scrimshaw Seals and a Group of Herreshoff Yacht Manufactory-related Items
Lot: 485Sold for: $984$800Five Scrimshaw Seals and a Group of Herreshoff Yacht Manufactory-related Items, the 19th century seals composed of turned bone handles with brass imprints, one with the initials "WVK" for William K. more ...
Three Herreshoff Yacht Manufactory-related Items
Lot: 486Sold for: $369$300Three Herreshoff Yacht Manufactory-related Items, Bristol, Rhode Island, a mahogany walking stick with brass handle, the handle terminals with engraved "VIGILANT/DEFENDER/COLUMBIA" and "1899"; a more ...
Attributed to Robert Salmon (Britain and Massachusetts, 1775-after 1845) Shipping off Whitehaven
Lot: 487UnsoldAttributed to Robert Salmon (Britain and Massachusetts, 1775-after 1845) Shipping off Whitehaven. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 17 1/4 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: more ...
Attributed to Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837) Fishing Boat and Distant Vessels with Approaching Storm.
Lot: 488Sold for: $2,520$2,100Attributed to Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837) Fishing Boat and Distant Vessels with Approaching Storm. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, more ...
William Clark (British, 1803-1883) Portrait of the French Ship TAMARU in Coastal Waters, 1862.
Lot: 489Sold for: $3,360$2,800William Clark (British, 1803-1883) Portrait of the French Ship TAMARU in Coastal Waters, 1862. Signed and dated "1862" l.l. Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 44 3/4 in., in a period carved and gilded more ...
Honore Pellegrin (French, 1793-1869) Portrait of the Bark Bonne Adele Leaving Marseilles
Lot: 490Sold for: $1,320$1,100Honore Pellegrin (French, 1793-1869) Portrait of the Bark Bonne Adele Leaving Marseilles, 1839. Signed and dated "1839" l.r., titled along lower edge. Watercolor on paperboard, 16 3/4 x 23 1/8 more ...
After Thomas Birch (American, 1779-1851),...The U.S. Frigate Constitution Capturing His Britannic Majesty's Frigate Guerriere...
Lot: 491Sold for: $900$750After Thomas Birch (American, 1779-1851),...The U.S. Frigate Constitution Capturing His Britannic Majesty's Frigate Guerriere..., 1813 or later, engraved by Cornelius Tiebout, published by James more ...
Possibly Thomas Buttersworth, Jr. (British, 1797-1842) Frigate and Man-O-War of the Channel Squadron.
Lot: 492Sold for: $3,480$2,900Possibly Thomas Buttersworth, Jr. (British, 1797-1842) Frigate and Man-O-War of the Channel Squadron. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 16 3/4 x 21 in., in a later gilt-gesso wood frame. Condition: more ...
William Callcott Knell (British, 1830-1876) Battle at Sea.
Lot: 493Sold for: $615$500William Callcott Knell (British, 1830-1876) Battle at Sea. Signed and dated "W.C. Knell 1852" l.r. Watercolor on paper, 8 7/8 x 12 3/4 in., in a later frame. Condition: Paper laid down onto more ...
Attributed to Thomas Buttersworth, Sr. (British, 1768-1842) The Battle of Trafalgar.
Lot: 494Sold for: $1,845$1,500Attributed to Thomas Buttersworth, Sr. (British, 1768-1842) The Battle of Trafalgar. Unsigned. Ink wash on paper, 18 x 29 1/4 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Previous more ...
Thomas Rose Miles (British, fl. 1869-1906/10) North Sea Trawlers.
Lot: 495Sold for: $1,200$1,000Thomas Rose Miles (British, fl. 1869-1906/10) North Sea Trawlers. Signed l.l., titled on a plaque below. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 50 1/4 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, more ...
William Howard Yorke (British, 1847-1921) Portrait of the Brig Emerald in a Gale
Lot: 496Sold for: $2,280$1,900William Howard Yorke (British, 1847-1921) Portrait of the Brig Emerald in a Gale, 1879. Signed and dated "W. Yorke. L'pool 1879" l.l., inscribed "Brig Emerald/Capt. Henry" l.r. Oil on canvas, 20 more ...
Sea Captain's Writing Box
Lot: 497Sold for: $570$475Sea Captain's Writing Box, America, late 19th century, the rectangular bird's-eye maple box with hinged lid, brass swing handles, and a side drawer with compartments, the interior with more ...
Sailor's Brass-bound Leather-covered Camphorwood Sea Trunk
Lot: 498Sold for: $600$500Sailor's Brass-bound Leather-covered Camphorwood Sea Trunk, China, early 19th century, rectangular trunk, the lid centered with an engraved pewter plaque "Peleg Simmons/New Bedford," the sides more ...
Inlaid Walnut Box
Lot: 499Sold for: $615$500Inlaid Walnut Box, America, late 19th century, possibly sailor-made, the dovetail-constructed rectangular box with overhanging hinged lid, the top centered with an inlaid shield surrounded with more ...
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Screw Steamer CHATTAHOOCHIE.
Lot: 500Sold for: $5,700$4,750Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Screw Steamer CHATTAHOOCHIE. Signed and dated "A Jacobsen 1902 31 Palisade Av. West Hoboken NJ" l.r., vessel more ...
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Screw Steamer CITY OF MACON.
Lot: 501Sold for: $31,200$26,000Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Screw Steamer CITY OF MACON. Signed and dated "A Jacobsen 1888 705 Palisade Av. West Hoboken NJ" l.r., vessel more ...
Painted Wooden Model of the Ship Pauline R of Boston
Lot: 502UnsoldPainted Wooden Model of the Ship Pauline R of Boston, late 19th/early 20th century, vessel identified on a label affixed to the bow and stern, the deck with painted wooden furniture and accessories, more ...
Painted Wooden Half-hull Boat Model
Lot: 503Sold for: $677$550Painted Wooden Half-hull Boat Model, late 19th/early 20th century, the cabin windows and portholes with inset mirrors, the laminated hull painted black with dark red painted applied trim, scribed more ...
Large Half-hull Ship Model
Lot: 504Sold for: $3,900$3,250Large Half-hull Ship Model, probably Maine, early 20th century, shaped laminated contrasting wood segments, mounted on a dark green-painted panel with applied gilt molding, the back of the panel more ...
Mounted Half-hull Yacht Model
Lot: 505Sold for: $270$225Mounted Half-hull Yacht Model, America, late 19th/early 20th century, shaped laminated wood mounted on a mahogany panel with molded edges, (abrasions, loss),6 1/8 x 28 3/8 in. more ...
Schooner Diorama
Lot: 506Sold for: $840$700Schooner Diorama, America, late 19th/early 20th century, painted wooden half-hull three-masted schooner flying an American flag, sailing with two small steam vessels, a lighthouse and cottage in the more ...
American School, 19th Century View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Stromboli, Italy.
Lot: 507Sold for: $1,020$850American School, 19th Century View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Stromboli, Italy. Signed "Whitehouse" l.l., inscribed "Stromboli, Italy" l.c. Oil on canvas, 14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in., in a more ...
American School, 19th Century Mt. Vesuvius at Midnight.
Lot: 508Sold for: $2,160$1,800American School, 19th Century Mt. Vesuvius at Midnight. Initialed "J.A.M." l.r., titled below. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. more ...
John Amory Codman (Massachusetts, 1824-1886) Sunset with Vessels at Newport.
Lot: 509Sold for: $1,560$1,300John Amory Codman (Massachusetts, 1824-1886) Sunset with Vessels at Newport. Signed l.l., the location identified on a label affixed to the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 in., in a later more ...
Wendell Macy (Massachusetts, 1845-1913) Moonlight over the Bark Minmanueth Ashore on the South Side of Nantucket.
Lot: 510Sold for: $2,760$2,300Wendell Macy (Massachusetts, 1845-1913) Moonlight over the Bark Minmanueth Ashore on the South Side of Nantucket. Inscribed with the artist's name, date "July 30th, 1873," and scene on verso. more ...