- Thomas Chambers (London, New York, and Boston, 1808-1866)
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast with Figures Gathering Debris and
Distant Lighthouse. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in., in a late
19th century gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Minor craquelure, two minor
repaired tears with retouch.
$4,000-6,000
Painted Wood and Glass Model of the Ship PACTOLUS Mounted
Under a Glass Dome, late 19th century, the painted wood hull with
some applied painted paper segments, with spun glass rigging and
figures, mounted on a painted glass “sea” further mounted on an
oblong inlaid mahogany base fitted with a glass dome, (some loose
glass segments), overall ht. 18 3/4, wd. 8 3/4, lg. 17 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Panbone, 19th century, rectangular
panel decorated with a scene of a whaling ship, a dead whale with
two whalemen and whaleboat beginning to process it, a spouting and
a diving whale with nearby whaleboat with whalemen attempting to
harpoon it, with mountainous landscape in the distance with possible
smoking volcano, 5 x 14 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth, late 19th century, the tooth engraved on
both sides with sailing vessels in battle, one scene likely copied after
Thomas Birch’s painting of the War of 1812 battle between the U.S.S.
Constitution and H.M.S. Guerriere, with one ship flying an American
flag, the other a British flag, (base cracks and chips), lg. 6 in.
$800-1,200606.
Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth with Eagle, Shield, and Ship, late 19th/
early 20th century, one side engraved with a spreadwing eagle,
an American shield heighted with red and blue, a banner inscribed
“LIBERTY” and a ship at sea, the reverse depicting a woman and her
daughter, the woman sporting a “Gibson Girl” hairstyle, (crack, the base
pierced), lg. 6 in.
$600-800607.
Whale’s Tooth with American Flag Scrimshaw, late 19th/early 20th
century, the tooth with stippled waving flag heightened with red and
blue, (cracks), ht. 5 1/4 in.
$300-500online bidding at http://www.skinnerinc.com 123
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