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Australian & Historical, Session II — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:430
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Session IILots with images:419
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:368
Date:19-Nov-2023
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with whaling ship and whaling scene, reverse engraved with shield and owner's initials 'H. K. 1870', 14.5 cm high
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with image of Richard the lion heart on horseback in front of the Walls of Jerusalem, 18 cm high
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A pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth with hand coloured decoration as well as British and American flags. One engraved 'Peace, Liberty, Unity' and the other 'I love Thee Still' with Queen Victoria sypher and signed on reverse 'W. Kelly'. (2 items). 15
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with tallship in tropical setting, 17.5 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with cartouche depicting a sea battle, 16 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with tallship and female portrait on reverse titled 'Eternity, Eliza Coffin', 15 cm high
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An antique whale's tooth with remains of possible mounting, 19th century, an imposing 21 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with a highland Scot in full regalia, 15.5 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with naive whaling scene, 15 cm high
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An antique whale's tooth of impressive proportions, 19th century, an imposing 19.5 cm high, 10 cm wide
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A Napoleonic prisoner of war bone model tallship housed in glass dome with base, early 19th century, the ship 35 cm high, 40 cm long, 44 cm high overall
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Ship's wheel, antique timber and iron, 19th century, 151 cm wide
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A vintage Japanese diver's helmet, used in the early pearling industry in Broome, Western Australia. Rare. 42 cm high
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Narwhal tusk, an exceptional antique example mounted on a fine carved mahogany base, 19th century, 213 cm high
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An antique whalebone walking stick, 19th century, 92 cm high
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An antique whalebone walking stick with whale tooth handle and baleen spacers, 19th century, 86.5 cm high
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An antique whalebone walking stick with Australian sample wood timber segments and whale tooth handle, 19th century, with later engraving 'M.A.d. Avanzo, Queensland, 1925', 84 cm high
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An antique walking stick with whale's tooth handle carved with maritime crest, with baleen spacer, ebony shaft and brass ferrule, 19th century, 93.5 cm high
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An antique expanding telescope by Broadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd., of London, with original leather fittings, extends to an impressive 105 cm long
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Nantucket Lightship basket with carved whale decoration, signed on the base 'Farnum', early 20th century, 31 cm high
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Two antique whale oil ship's hanging lamps with gimbaled mechanisms, 19th/20th century, 10 cm and 15 cm high
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An antique whalebone fid, 18th/19th century, has been holed for mounting, 42.5 cm long
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An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 36 cm long
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An antique whalebone fid with seven engraved bands to handgrip, 18th/19th century, 31.5 cm long
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An antique whalebone fid with two engraved bands to handgrip, 19th century, 31 cm long
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An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 28 cm long
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An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 26 cm long
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Jagging wheel antique whale bone example with turned handle, 19th century, 20 cm long
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Kassen's 1' antique boat builder's auger bit with whale bone handles, 19th century, 49 cm high
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An antique branding iron with whalebone handle, 18th/19th century, 48.5 cm long
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J. Thompson, (whaling scene), oil on canvas, signed lower right 'J. Thompson', 25 x 40 cm, 37 x 52 cm overall
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An antique whale harpoon, double fluted, stamped 'Laurel B., R. Flinn. 1812', 19th century, 89 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon, double fluted, stamped 'London, Corpar', 19th century, 91.5 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon, double fluted, stamped (illegible), 19th century, 103.5 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon, double fluted, stamped (illegible), 19th century, 74.5 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon, double flued with additional binding to haft end, stamped (illegible), 19th century, 111.5 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon, double flued, 19th century, 69 cm long
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An antique whale harpoon with folding flue, 19th century, 94 cm long
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An antique toggle harpoon, 19th century, 91 cm long
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An antique toggle harpoon with period huon pine tip guard, 19th century, 70 cm long overall
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A whaler's antique percussion cap bomb lance gun with skeletonised stock, 19th century, 97 cm long
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A whaler's antique percussion cap bomb lance gun with skeletonised stock, 19th century, 92 cm long
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A whaler's antique bomb lance gun in bronze with skeletonised stock, 19th century, 94 cm long
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An antique percussion cap line-throwing gun with octagonal barrel, mid 19th century, 83 cm long
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An antique toggle harpoon with timber haft, 19th century, 138 cm long
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An antique flensing blade with hooked end, impressed maker's mark (obscured), 19th century, 39 cm long
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An antique flensing blade with spade tip, impressed maker's mark (illegilbe), 19th century, 44 cm long
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An antique flensing blade with crescent-moon spade tip, attractive relic condition, 19th century, 27 cm long
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An antique flensing blade of triangular form, 19th century, 41 cm long
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An unusual antique flensing blade, maker's stamp 'Morris. Devon', 19th century, 26 cm long
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An antique barbed flensing blade with spade tip, 19th century, 23 cm long
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An antique flensing tool with unusual circular head and wooden handle, 19th century, 29 cm long
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An antique harpoon tip with folding toggle, together with unusual small size harpoon tip, 19th century, (2 items), 27 cm long and 29.5 cm long
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Harpoon heads group of four small sized examples used for small whales, tuna and marlin, 19th and 20th century, the largest 24 cm long
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James Cumberland brown (Albany, Western Australia) scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Nantucket sleigh Ride', signed 'J. F. C. Rms', 18.5 cm high
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James Cumberland brown (Albany, Western Australia) scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Splicing the Foreganger to the Harpoon', signed 'J. F. C. Rms', 12.5 cm high
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An antique walrus tusk with high relief carving of a tallship and mermaid sirens, early 20th century, 75 cm long
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An antique walrus tusk of impressive size, holed at one end most likely part of a dinner gong, early 20th century, 73 cm long
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James Cumberland brown (Albany, Western Australia) scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Rottnest lighthouse built in 1895', signed 'J. F. C. Rms', 11 cm high
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Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. 15 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with sailor, tallship and a female portrait on reverse, 14.5 cm high
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An antique whale bone cutthroat razor attractively adorned with scrimshaw port scene, 19th century, 16 cm long when closed
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An antique sail maker's tool/fid, user made from old rasp with attractive rope spliced handle, 19th century, 25 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with erotic scene, 17 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with erotic scene, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with four Sirens, 10.5 cm high
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Whale's tooth ornament on stand in glass dome, titled 'Dr. C. Von Bonde, with Every good Wish from Captain a. N. Solyanik. F/S Slava, April 1952', 22 cm high, 26 cm high overall
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with sailing ship, 10 cm high
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A pair of whale's teeth with three dimensional carved cartouche interior scenes adorned with female nudes, the larger an impressive 19.5 cm high
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Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. Note: one end cut down at a later date most likely in the 19th century, 14 cm high
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An antique whale's tooth ornament with cut down base, 19th century, 13 cm high
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'Old Tom and Friends' scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting the famous killer whale (orca) and the Boyd tower, signed 'Rene Davidson, Eden 17-7-2003', 12 cm high
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'Whaling in Twofold bay 1828-1930' scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting Eden's Twofold bay with whaling scene, signed 'Rene Davidson, Eden 13-12-2003', 18 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Master Whaler, Twofold bay, George Davidson 1863-1952' depicting George holding a harpoon, signed 'Rene Davidson, Eden 21-5-2003' 17 cm high
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Oosik (walrus penis) carved as a phallus and engraved with erotic scenes titled 'Taming of the Shrew' and 'Much Ado Nothing', 41.5 cm long
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Eden Twofold bay interest: a fine pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth pertaining to the Davidson family showing five generations with portrait
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship portrait titled 'Liberty Love', signed with scrimshander's monogram mark, 13 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scene in rope border, signed with scrimshander's monogram mark, 14 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting Neptune, 15 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with three dimensional carved sperm whale; has been holed for use as a necklace, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with penguin carving in high relief, 11 cm high
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Walrus tusk carved in relief with serpent and figures, Alaskan origin, 42 cm long
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'Charles W. Morgan' impressive scrimshaw carving on false killer whale jaw depicting nautical scenes of whaling, ship's portrait, map and bearing compass, 53 cm long
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'Hobart Town' scrimshaw whale jawbone adorned with scene of Salamanca, battery point, Tasmania, 47 cm long
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'A chart of the Gulf Stream' scrimshaw whale bone carved into the form of a whale's tail, mounted on blackwood, 21 cm high
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A carved whalebone narwhal figure group on wooden stand, 14.5 cm wide
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Narwhal statuette, carved whalebone, 12 cm long
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Three whales tooth ornaments, all carved in deep relief, the largest 8 cm high
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A scrimshaw whalebone busk with engraved decoration, a whalebone pocketknife engraved with an apple and a whale's tooth carved with rose decoration, (3 items), the busk 15 cm long
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A scrimshaw jawbone with whaling and nautical scenes, 36 cm long
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An antique carved ivory kangaroo ornament, 6.5 cm high
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An antique ivory paperknife with scrimshaw vignettes of tallship and sea Captain, 19th/20th century, 31 cm long
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A vintage bronze statue of a whaler with harpoon, 20th century, 12 cm high
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A whale's tooth carved with spider decoration in high relief, mounted on cedar stand, 12 cm high overall
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Fishing Jigs group of five Japanese examples made from carved whalebone, steel and brass, the largest 17 cm overall
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A scratch built model whaling boat with oars, 42 cm long
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Smiths 'Astral' vintage nickel plated ship's bulkhead clock, 18.5 cm diameter
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Schatz 'Ship's Bell' German eight day marine clock, 11 cm diameter
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Chelsea clock Co., Boston, U.S. Marine commission bulkhead clock, 18 cm diameter
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'Abigail new Bedford' desk ornament paperweight in the form of a whaler's harpoon, mounted on whale's tooth, 10 cm high, 15 cm wide
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