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SCRIMSHAW ON FOSSIL WALRUS TEETH
WHALES AND WHALING
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SCR01(A) DOCK SCENE - Whaling ship docked at a building-lined wharf, nice and unusual -$55.
SCR01(B) "MYSTIC WHALER" declares the banner to the left of this handsome whaling ship. Great piece -$65.
SCR01(C) SERAPIS VS BON HOMME RICHARD - One of America's great naval victories against the British is depicted here, both ships firing their cannons. Quite nice -$75.
SCR01(D) WHALING SHIP with smoke rolling up from the rendering operation. A sail-rigged long boat is headed towards it, separated by huge swells -$85.
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SCR14(A) POLAR BEAR crouched on an iceberg watching a ship sailing on the horizon.-$65.
SCR14(C) SAILING BOAT gaff and boom rigged with gulls circling overhead, only -$55.
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SCR18(AA) KILLER WHALE leaping out of the water, columns of foam and water rise along side it.-$55.
SCR18(B) SHIP - Fine detailed scrimshaw, very nice -$75.
SCR18(C) "NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE" - Fine detail on this boat full of whalers being pulled by a harpooned whale. Excellent piece -$85.
SCR18(D) SPERM WHALES - Mother and calf diving, nice work -$75.
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SCR33 CHARLES W. MORGAN reads the banner under this handsome rendition of the most famous and only surviving whaling ship -$75.
SCR34 A WHALER IN THE ARCTIC - The entire Artic whaling fleet was lost in Sept. 1871 when an early freeze up locked em in ice and crushed them all -$75.
SCR35 BREACHING CLOSE TO HOME - The ship as well as the longboats were in danger of loss due to a enraged whale. Moby Dick was taken from a true event, the sinking of the Essex -$75.
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SCR36(A) DOCK SCENE Whaling ship and a smaller vessel at rest, a man is fishing off the pier -$65.
SCR100 HUMPBACK WHALE is floating near the top of a coastal range rimmed lagoon -$65.
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SCR101 LEAPING KILLER WHALE, fabulous detailed scrimshaw -$85.
SCR102 SPERM WHALE diving with bubbles trailing from its spout -$65.
SCR103 WHALING DISASTER - Breaching sperm whale stoving a long boat, sending wood and whalers flying into the air -$85.
SCR104 HUMPBACK AND WHALERS - Breaching humpback whale, with a long boat full of whalers awestruck in the foreground -$85.
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SCR105 BREACHING GRAY WHALE -$45.
SCR106 BULL HUMPBACK WHALE breaching in full sight of a long boat full of whalers -$75.
SCR107 SPERM WHALE locked in battle with a giant squid, color scrimshaw -$75.
SCR153 HUMPBACK WHALE -$55.
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SCR155 PIRATE - A colorful character with a parrot on his shoulder -$65.
SCR156 LOOKOUT scoping for whales, crossed harpoons and a rope border accent this piece -$65.
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To see more scrimshawed fossil walrus teeth, click the buttons below.
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BOONE TRADING COMPANY 1-800-423-1945
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Page last updated: 8/7/01 |
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