Mahogany desk with leather writing surface and pierced carved gallery and shelf with drop front over one drawer all on square tapered legs ending in spade feet, cedar and mahogany secondary woods, probably Southern or Bermuda circa 1800.
SOLDERS WITH PEASANTS, oil on canvas, unsigned, early stretcher and frame, two old labels on reverse Pieter Van Bloemen, born Antwerp, Baptised Jan. 17, 1657 died their buried March 6, 1720, Flemish School, second label Bloemen Van.
American Lincoln walrus tusk, having scrimshaw of the American eagle banner on the left side, a three masted sailing ship flying an American flag next to a carved bust of Abraham Lincoln and ending with a carved pencil and ink pen crossing each other.
Engraved polychrome scrimshaw whales tooth depicting a finely dressed woman in red and black ink holding a bouquet of flowers and the back having a whaling scene of a three masted ship with three rowboats chasing whales.
19th century scrimshaw whaling cane constructed of two pieces of whale pan bone screwed together having a carved ivory whales tooth screwed on handle, can having an eloquently carved figure of a nude woman standing and a carved design pattern at each screwed area.
Engraved polychrome scrimshaw whales tooth of girl engraved in red and black ink depicting a woman wearing a crown, holding an American flag and shield underneath an eagle, on the back having an engraving of a basket of fruit below a shield with banner Liberty Independence crack.
Engraved scrimshaw whales tooth having a black ink view of a sailor standing before a flag draped on a cannon surmounted by an eagle and an American shield highlighted with red, the reverse having a view of a three masted ship.
Scrimshaw and polychrome whale pan bone depicting a whaling scene carved with large whaling fleet chasing whales having up-close scene of a row boat harpooning a whale, to the left a harpooned whale braking rowboat apart, above that three vessels and two rowboats chasing two whales with three yellow highlighted islands on the top right, signed lower right YH.C. Tagup
19th century scrimshaw decorated pan bone engraved Margaret 138 tons 1889 Essex 17th June – 1891, 8 sperms Artic ocean having a beautifully etched eagle with shield and banner underneath etched Liberty all over eloquently etched three masted ship.
Group of three engraved scrimshaw whales teeth, one engraved polychrome figure of a girl on both sides, one engraved with a boy on one side and a horse drawn carriage on the other and the third depicting a sailing vessel with a banner on the reverse with the name Ann in it with a heart.
Group of three scrimshaw whales teeth, each depicting a large sailing ship on one side, one having a ship docked at port on the back and one having an engraved flower.
Six small scrimshaw whales teeth, one depicting Lady Liberty draped in an American flag holding an American flag shield, one having a polychrome red, green and black snake on one side and on the other side having an eye over a ship over a compass, one is part of a tooth depicting a bust of woman, three depicting a woman on the front and two depicting a sailing ship on back.