Catalogue
Japan, 19th century, tusk figure of a Hotei, in flowing robes carrying shinto symbols, signed Manjo Murama at base, (95mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century, tusk carving group depicting an elephant with her two calves in a natural setting, (100mm wide). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Japan, 19th century, tusk carving of a realistic apple, the interior revealing a rural scene with trees, polychrome colouring, signed at back, (55mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $700
Japan/China, 19th century, tusk carving of a naked lady bathing, on custom wooden stand, (110mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
Japan, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a lady musician and a traveller, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Japan, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a bearded traveller and a fisherman, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Japan, late 19th - early 20th century, tusk netsuke, the first depicting an octopus with turtles, the second a buffalo with harness, (45mm and 70mm wide). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Japan, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a bearded traveller and a warrior with sword, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
South East Asia and the sub-continent, 19th and 20th century, bone items including kris handles carved with deities and other standing figurines, (various sizes). Very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
South East Asia, 20th century, stone figure of a king cobra, carved of soapstone, modelled in a striking pose with skin picked out in white, on custom wooden base, (400mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Northern Hemisphere, 19th century, Walrus tusks, uncarved, (450mm, 430mm, 290mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Buffalo horns, USA, 19th century, intricately engraved with military and domestic figures including William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne 1690, General Gordon and a victorious American eagle, (620mm wide); another, uncarved, (710mm wide). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Scrimshaw, Africa, 19th century, boar tusks, the first carved with the image of a boar and the description ".577 Snider / 1869", the other engraved with a prowling leopard, (170mm and 185mm long). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Scrimshaw, Africa, 20th century, boar tusks carved and engraved with images of elephant processions, (155mm long), mounted on brass or timber bases. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Scrimshaw, 19th century, walrus tusk carved as a page turner, engraved with a scene of a ship and walrus on ice, "Tusk Taken From a Walrus / Lancaster Sound / Ship Maud / 1889". Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
Scrimshaw, North America, early 20th century, tusk boxes depicting a resting seal, the other a fox stalking birds, also a panel depicting a whale destroying a boat, (150mm - 170mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Scrimshaw, 19th century, North America, bone or tusk pieces depicting a man observing a ship with a telescope, a ship under full sail and a whaling scene, (110mm - 135mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Scrimshaw, 19th and 20th centuries, four examples depicting a whale, an island scene, flying geese and whaling implements, (115mm, 100mm, 100mm, 95mm long). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Scrimshaw, 20th century, two examples, the first engraved with the ship "The Wanderer 1878", the second ship "Niger 1844", (130mm and 115mm long). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $750
Scrimshaw, 20th century, three examples depicting ships under sail, one named "Whaling Barque 1850", (115mm, 110mm and 100mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Scrimshaw, late 19th - early 20th century, three examples depicting mermaids, (120mm, 110mm and 110mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Scrimshaw, 20th century, seven examples depicting ships and whaling scenes, (85mm - 100mm long). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Scrimshaw, 20th century, tooth halved and engraved with ships under sail, desk mounted on a wooden base, (200mm high); tusk, engraved with Chinese rural scenes, (335mm long), mounted on custom wooden base. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Scrimshaw, 19th century, engraved with a fine image of Hannah Young on Pitcairn Island, the reverse showing The Bounty in full sail, below a family tree of Hannah Young - "Father - John Adams / Mother - Vahineatua / Born Pitcairn 1799 / Died 27th August 1864", (135mm long). Very fine and a rare piece of Bounty mutiny related scrimshaw.
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,000
Scrimshaw, 20th century, three examples, the first depicting "H M Bark Endeavour" under sail, the second a rigging scene and the third a whaler under sail, (100mm, 120mm and 130mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Scrimshaw, 19th century, sperm whale tooth engraved with the whaling ship Ann Alexander under sail, the name "Ann Alexander 1839" above, American eagle to right, (130mm long). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Scrimshaw, 20th century, two examples, the first engraved with a ship under sail "Morning Star 1853", the second a whaling ship "James Arnold 1852", (130mm and 125mm long). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Scrimshaw, 19th century, sperm whale tooth engraved with an image of the whaling ship "Charles W. Morgan", engraved on reverse - New Bedford Mass, (115mm long). Very fine and of historical interest.
Estimate $200
SOLD $750
Scrimshaw, 19th century, sperm whale tooth, engraved with a map of Ocracoke Inlet, Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA, map of the inlet with place names, "Ocracoke Inlet" to right, on reverse an engraving of a 17th century Pirate, (135mm long). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Scrimshaw, 19th century, sperm whale tooth, engraved with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee, the reverse depicting him on horseback, "Lee on Traveler (sic)", (120mm long). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $480