Instinct, Scholarship and Curiosity: The Jan Finch Collection

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room Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

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Instinct, Scholarship and Curiosity: The Jan Finch Collection

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A sailor's large scrimshaw pan-bone plaque,early 19th century, engraved with a whaling ship flying the British flag, three further boats hunting, ...

A scrimshaw pan-bone panel,c.1880, Australia, with engraved title 'Taking Whale, Australia, 1880',28cm wide7cm high Condition ReportNatural imperf...

A sailor's scrimshaw oval pan-bone 'ditty box',mid-19th century, American, with a hardwood cover,12cm wide8cm highCondition ReportOld pinned repai...

A sailor's scrimshaw cane,mid-19th century, American, the double-ended handle sperm whale tooth carved as an eagle's head and dog's head, the eyes...

A sailor's scrimshaw twist-carved whalebone cane,mid-19th century, the knop as a clenched 'friendship fist', a brass tip to the end,85cm long, tog...

A sailor's whale tooth seam rubber,early 19th century, carved with a rope knot to the handle,14cm high, together with a modern stand (2)Provenance...

A sailor's scrimshaw whale tooth seam rubber,early 19th century, carved with a Regency urn and 'W',12cm long, together with a modern stand (2)Cond...

A very rare Queen Anne sailor's teetotum ball,early 18th century, the walrus ivory ball numbered 1-24, dated '1708' and engraved with excise crown...

A rare sailor's walrus ivory teetotum ball,17th century, carved with a Roman 'VI' on one facet only, the remaining with 1-32,4cm wideCondition Rep...

A rare sailor's walrus ivory teetotum ball,late 17th century, the faceted sides numbered 1-32,4cm wideCondition ReportExpected wear with natural c...

A rare carved walrus ivory teetotum ball,late 17th century, carved with an excise crown and numbered 1-32 on the faceted sides,4.5cm wideCondition...

A sailor's scrimshaw fid,19th century, a narwhal tusk tip,53cm longArticle 10 Certificate No. 587338/01Condition ReportExpected wear to the tip, b...

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A bronze medal,

A bronze medal,commemorating the Battle of Texel and the death of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, 1653, depicting Admiral Tromp in a collar an...

A carved 'bugbear' coconut flask,early 19th century, probably French, carved with three roundels depicting a lyre, two horns and sheet music, a hu...

A fine prisoner-of-war ship model,c.1820, French, a forty-eight gun frigate of the Royal Navy, mounted on an oval, galleried, integral marquetry b...

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