22nd Oct, 2008 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association)
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[M] A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILORWORK...
A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over one side with a whaler flying the flag of Captain William Seabury with whale boats hunting in the foreground
5½in. (14cm.) high; 337g
Captain William Seabury (1780-1852) a native of Little Compton, Rhode Island, moved to New Bedford in 1833 where his flag appears in the local owners private signal directory.
Lit: New Bedford and Old Dartmouth, A Portrait of a Region's Past, bicentennial exhibition catalogue of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, December 4, 1975 - April 18, 1976, pages 67-69 inc.
incised over one side with a whaler flying the flag of Captain William Seabury with whale boats hunting in the foreground
5½in. (14cm.) high; 337g
Captain William Seabury (1780-1852) a native of Little Compton, Rhode Island, moved to New Bedford in 1833 where his flag appears in the local owners private signal directory.
Lit: New Bedford and Old Dartmouth, A Portrait of a Region's Past, bicentennial exhibition catalogue of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, December 4, 1975 - April 18, 1976, pages 67-69 inc.
Sold for £2,604
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over one side with a whaler flying the flag of Captain William Seabury with whale boats hunting in the foreground
5½in. (14cm.) high; 337g
Captain William Seabury (1780-1852) a native of Little Compton, Rhode Island, moved to New Bedford in 1833 where his flag appears in the local owners private signal directory.
Lit: New Bedford and Old Dartmouth, A Portrait of a Region's Past, bicentennial exhibition catalogue of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, December 4, 1975 - April 18, 1976, pages 67-69 inc.
incised over one side with a whaler flying the flag of Captain William Seabury with whale boats hunting in the foreground
5½in. (14cm.) high; 337g
Captain William Seabury (1780-1852) a native of Little Compton, Rhode Island, moved to New Bedford in 1833 where his flag appears in the local owners private signal directory.
Lit: New Bedford and Old Dartmouth, A Portrait of a Region's Past, bicentennial exhibition catalogue of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, December 4, 1975 - April 18, 1976, pages 67-69 inc.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association), 22nd Oct, 2008
