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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:47
Lots with images:47
Prices available:47
Category:
Scrimshaw
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A scrimshaw scapula bone engraved 'Bringing In The Body Of A Whale, Hawaii, 1879', 15 cm across ***
*** Two scrimshaw whale's teeth with yachting scenes 13 cm and 10 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Hoisting the Mainsail', signed 'J.F.C.', 20th century, 16 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a portrait of a young boy, 12 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a portrait of an American sailor, 12 cm high ***
*** James Cumberland brown (Albany, Western Australia) scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Rottnest lighthouse built in 1895', signed 'J. F. C. Rms', 11 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth on stand, 15 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw powder horn engraved 'Allen Martin', 33 cm long ***
*** Two scrimshaw whale's teeth, one engraved 'South Seas Fishery' the other with a walrus, 14 cm and 15 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved 'Lagona - New Bedford, 371 ton, 31,409 Barrels Oil, 267058 Pds. Baleen', 13 cm long ***
*** Tabua whale's tooth with later scrimshaw decoration depicting a whaling scene, 13.5 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with engraved portrait of a lady, 12 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting Neptune, 15 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw jawbone with whaling and nautical scenes, 36 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whales tooth titled 'Ship Susan. 1871' with whaling limerick on reverse, 11 cm long ***
*** A convict forget me not sweetheart token, engraved 'Lizzie Bass', reverse with scrimshaw tallship, 19th century, 4.5 cm diameter ***
*** A scrimshaw whalebone brush with naval scene, 19th century, 16.5 cm across ***
*** A scrimshaw whalebone paperweight with tallship titled 'Tea Clipper', 19th century, 13.5 cm across ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Brig Of War, 1765', 14 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a female portrait, 19th century, 13 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with sea monster, 11 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with a portrait of a boy, 11 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw rib bone engraved 'The Farewell, 1857', 32 cm long ***
*** An antique powder horn with scrimshaw decoration, early 19th century, 30 cm long ***
*** Scrimshaw c1750-1850, of unknown, origin. Well toned large whale teeth each with faint image. One male, one female. Teeth show age and use. (2) ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Sperm Whale', 9 cm high ***
*** An antique whale bone cutthroat razor attractively adorned with scrimshaw port scene, 19th century, 16 cm long when closed ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with penguin carving in high relief, 11 cm high ***
*** Crystal Palace, 1851, a combination ivory letter opener/ page turner and page marker. Ascrimshaw image of the palace and below action fgures of people, horse drawn carriages, families and people on horseback Also marked 'The Great Exhibition Hyde Park'.… ***
*** A scrimshaw pocket snuffbox, whale's tooth and silver, engraved 'Christian', 13 cm high ***
*** A vintage scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'H.M.S. Investigator - Capt. M. Flinders - 1802' by K. Neil, 20th century, 13 cm long ***
*** Scrimshaw, whale's tooth scrimshaw of a sailing ship, with scrimshander's initials 'J.F.C.'. Very good condition ***
*** A scrimshaw baleen busk, 19th century 32.5 x 4 cm ***
*** A scrimshaw whalebone busk with steamship titled 'Atalanta, 1883', 20 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a tree, 10 cm high ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth adorned with four Sirens, 10.5 cm high ***
*** Reproduction scrimshaw tusk, two teeth, two boxes and two pictures, 20th century, the tusk 30 cm high. Provenance: The Erik Dare Collection, Christie's, November 15th, 1995. ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallships, monogrammed 'J.F.C.', 11 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with three dimensional carved sperm whale; has been holed for use as a necklace, 12 cm high ***
*** 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 ***
*** Three whalebone cotton bobbins with scrimshaw decoration, whalebone busk carved with lizard decoration, Pacific Islander whalebone fishing hook, whale tooth toggle on keychain, antique Chinese carved ivory cigarette holder, marine ivory shoehorn and ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth, pair of boar teeth and a claw, 19th/20th century, the largest 17 cm long ***
*** An antique ivory paperknife with scrimshaw vignettes of tallship and sea Captain, 19th/20th century, 31 cm long ***
*** A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait and Masonic iconography, 12 cm high ***
*** Scrimshaw, whale's tooth scrimshaw of a sailing ship, titled 'Whaling Brig, 1908', and signed by scrimshander 'C.Tonkin'. Very good condition. ***
*** A rare scrimshaw whalebone toggle decorated with deer and floral motif, monogrammed 'A. S', North American, 19th century, 3 cm high ***
*** Rusty Morley scrimshaw fragment of a tallship with scrimshander's card, purchased from the maritime Museum of Tasmania, 20th century, 7.5 cm wide ***