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Ø A GROUP OF 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK COLLECTABLES comprising a set of whalebone dominoes in a plain wooden box with sliding lid -- 6½ x 8½in.(16.5...

A 19TH CENTURY BARBADOS SINGLE SHELLWORK VALENTINE with typical geometric patterns, the centre with typical heart and rose motif --14in. (35.5cm.)...

A 19TH CENTURY BARBADOS DOUBLE SHELLWORK VALENTINE with typical geometric shell patterns, hinged at centre, the left-hand panel inscribed Home Swe...

A 19TH CENTURY BARBADOS DOUBLE SHELLWORK VALENTINE with typical geometric shell patterns, hinged at centre, the left hand panel with heart and ros...

Ø A FINE PAIR OF WILLIAM IV NARWHAL TORCHÈRE STANDS with 31½in. narwhal shafts supporting a platter set within barley twist support with tricorn b...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAWFISH ROSTRUM decorated on one side in polychrome depicting yachts at anchor off a waterfront, possibly Venice -- 41in. (104cm....

Ø A RARE 19TH-CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALEBONE 'PICK WICK' comprising turned handle with steel pick, and base incised with foliate...

A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE depicting a trading ship sailing off a headland with lighthouse -- 16 x 26½in. (40.5 x 67cm.), contained ...

Ø A RARE COLLECTION OF NANTUCKET WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY KNITTING NEEDLES, CIRCA 1790 plain tapering whalebone shafts with intricately carved e...

Ø A RARE COLLECTION OF NANTUCKET WHALEBONE, MARINE IVORY AND WOOD KNITTING NEEDLES, 1800-1810 comprising seven pairs; five of turned whalebone wit...

Ø A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY NANTUCKET CROCHET HOOKS comprising 15 turned whalebone and marine ivory hooks with decorative finials, one inscribe...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK WHALEBONE SEAM RUBBER tapering shaft with ringed turned motif, polyhedral head with twine Turk's head knot, faintly in...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SEAM RUBBER turned in whalebone with barley twist shaft and Turk's head knot handle -- 5in. (12.5cm); together with an...

A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED GOURD, CIRCA 1840 carved in the round with cherubs, exotic animals and other characters, the base etched with a compass rose...

A LARGE CARVED SAILORWORK GOURD, CIRCA 1840 carved in the round in two tiers depicting men and animals on a plantation, the top and base with geom...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO A FREED SLAVE, CIRCA 1850 the obverse incised with the cup of freedom surm...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY SAILORWORK WALKING STICK, POSSIBLY FOR A SHIP'S CARPENTER with plain tapering lower section and the up...

Ø A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED MARINE IVORY CAGEWORK WALKING STICK, CIRCA 1898 with barley twist hatchwork cage section and fluted knob, intersected with...

Ø A FINE 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK tapering shaft with plain barley twist, fluted and cross-hatched section...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY SAILORWORK WALKING STICK tapering bone shaft carved with alternate barley twist design, fluted stock a...

Ø A RARE 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK the shaft made up of tapering sections of ivory with ebony spaces to simulate the bamb...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY SAILORWORK WALKING STICK tapering bone shaft carved with barley twist design, fluted stock and ivory T...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK with ebony ferrule, plain tapering main section, barley twist upper with loop handle -- 35½...

Ø AN AMERICAN 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK MARINE IVORY AND WOOD WALKING STICK with plain wooden shaft with contrasting ivory and wood sections by eagl...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SAILORWORK WHALEBONE WALKING STICK tapering bone shaft with spiral motif, contrasting wood and marine ivory stock and sq...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK WHALEBONE WALKING STICK the plain tapering shaft with faceted stock in contrasting wood with inset dots and square sec...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK with brass ferrule, plain lower section, barley twist mid-section, contrastin...

Ø A RARE AND UNUSUAL BALEEN SAILORWORK 'SEA SERPENT' STICK the shaped shaft terminating with an open jaw and red glass eyes -- 32in. (81cm.) long

Ø A 19TH CENTURY MALACCA AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK COMMEMORATING THE WHALER CAMBRIAN plain tapering shaft with loop hole and turned handle, s...

Ø A RARE SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALEBONE NET REPAIRER, CIRCA 1850 with single enclosed tang with inset hook to base, worked on one side with an arch...

Ø AN AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW DECORATED SAILORWORK BALEEN STAY BUSK, CIRCA 1842 the front incised with five sections including view of whaler, the all-s...

A 19TH CENTURY TREEN WHALING STAMP carved in the form of a whale's tail with tapering heart-faceted handle -- 3in. (7.5cm.) highFootnote: This sta...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED LETTER SEAL incised on one side with rose and leaves, the base carved and inscribed ‘J OATS’ -- 2¼in. (6cm.),...

A TRANSFER-PRINT ROLLING PIN OR NAILSEA SALT, CIRCA 1860 cobalt blue glass with sentimental verse flanked by graphics of the sailor's farewell and...

Ø A FINE AMERICAN SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840 pricked out with a polychrome image of Liberty framed within floral mot...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH polished and worked over one side, with picture entitled ‘Venus plurant Adonis’ – 8i...

Ø A BRITISH SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH, CIRCA 1825 worked on both sides depicting the Hull whaling fleet off the Canary Islands,...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH the obverse pricked out and depicting a whaling ship off a lighthouse, the reverse w...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised with a profile of the American whaler Wasp, the title pricked out below with...

Ø A CARVED SPERM WHALE TOOTH LOG STAMP depicting a sperm whale with raised tail, open jaw, eye and fins, lozenge-shaped stamp, inscribed ‘s’, now ...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED SAILORWORK WHALEBONE FID incised and decorated in polychrome in the round with American and British flags and...

Ø A GOOD SCRIMSHAW DECORATED SAILORWORK BALEEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1860 finely worked and depicting two British whalers and their cutters in a busy whal...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised overall and depicting a whaling scene within foliate border; the reverse with a sailor's sweetheart ...

Ø AN UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised overall and depicting a whaler entitled 'Maria NB', a bucket of whaler's tools, a dancing l...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH COMMEMORATING THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE OF FRANCE worked on both sides and depicting a bust-length portrait of J...

A 19TH CENTURY CARVED COCONUT BUGBEAR carved in the round with birds and rushes and a dog, the face probably depicting the Green Man, lacking glas...

A FINE CAT O’ NINE TAILS, 20TH CENTURY with 17in. twine-clad wooden handle terminating in a Turk’s head knot with suspension loop, supporting nine...

A LARGE EARLY 19TH CENTURY-STYLE ‘SAILOR'S FRIEND’with 695g lead head, covered in knotted twine connected to rope shaft with Turk's head knot and ...

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY BOSUN'S 'STARTER' flexible shaft with lead ball ends encased in spiral twine-work -- 20in. (51cm.) long

Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE COSH turned from a section of whale's vertebrae with twine-work grip -- 15in. (38cm.); 460gCondition report: Time stain...

Ø AN IVORY BREEZE FAN COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798 with 27 finely pierced sticks each with polychrome cartouche at centre with depic...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY, NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR, POLYCHROME BONE CALVARY containing a vivo of Christ attended by his mother and Mary Magdalene, ...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH, NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE DOMINO SET with sliding lid, with inset watercolour of a contemporary lady, to a boo...

A SET OF 19TH CENTURY-STYLE SAILORWORK SAILMAKER'S TOOLSeach with finely knotted twine handle, the longest -- 9½in. (24cm.) long(4)Provenance: ex-...

A FINE SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE, CIRCA 1860 depicting an Admiral of the Red aboard either H.M.S Black Prince or Warrior, dressed overall with fur...

A FINE SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE, CIRCA 1860 depicting a three deck first-rate of the Royal Navy at anchor, dressed overall with funnel raised and...

A SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE, CIRCA 1870 depicting a warship under full sail on a calm blue sea within a roundel flanked by national flags, surmoun...

A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE depicting a Royal Navy man-o'-war off a French headland -- 14½ x 22in. (37 x 56cm.)Condition report: Some...

A SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE, CIRCA 1860 depicting a three-masted warship underway on a stylised sea framed by international flags and national emb...

A SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE OF THE H.M.S. CALLIOPE, CIRCA 1880 depicted sailing in a calm blue sea and flying the flag of a Vice Admiral -- 18½ x ...

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