Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art

A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POLISHED HELMET SHELL probably a clench's helmet shell (cassis madagascariensis), inscribed with three anchors, a narwhal, a...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH depicting a Māori man in feathered costume and tattooed head, with relief-carved face lower left -- 7in. (18...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised in the round with a depiction of veiled lady pricked out and finished in lamp black and red ink - 5i...

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...

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 A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH worked on one side and depicting a whale boat with six crew, one with a harpoon -- 6in. (15cm.); 220g

A 10IN. TERRESTRIAL GLOBE BY J. FOREST, PARIS, CIRCA 1925 plaster globe with coloured gores, inscribed with shipping routes and currents, coloured...

Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH OF NELSON one side polished and incised with bust-length portrait of Nelson wearing bicorn and decoration - ...

A NELSON BRONZE BUST BY GAHAGAN, 1798 a small bronze bust, after the larger versions by Lucius Gahagan executed in 1798, inscribed Nelson at the b...

A BRITISH & FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY COPPER BUST OF LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1905 the 8in. bust modelled after Flaxman and inscribed made from copper fr...

Ø A MID-19TH CENTURY DIEPPE IVORY MODEL FOR A SMALL MAN-O'-WAR the 3in. hull carved from the solid with 20 brass guns, simple figurehead and deck ...

Ø A 19TH CENTURY DIEPPE IVORY MODEL FOR A THREE-MASTED MAN-O'-WAR the 2in. hull carved from the solid, with 18 inked gun ports, deck with simple f...