Exceptional Whale Ivory and Wood scrimshaw Whale Ivory and Wood Cane with Fist Crushing Serpent, American Engraved "Daniel T. Purrinton, Brunswick", American Mid 19th Century
InformationExceptional Whale Ivory and Wood scrimshaw Whale Ivory and Wood Cane with Fist Crushing Serpent, American Engraved "Daniel T. Purrinton, Brunswick", American Mid 19th Century. (SC1358)
Note: Refer to Cane Description written by Paul Madden dated August 24, 1989 with information about Daniel T. Purrington from the Captain John Curtis Library dated March 11, 1986.
Provenance: G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio and Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Paul Madden Antiques, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Jeffrey Cohen, Nantucket, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
The Rare Folk Art & Marine Antiques Collections of Jeffery & Francine Cohen, Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, July 31, 1989, Lot #11.
The Collection of Nancy & Larry Dickson.
Lot 8047 OUTSTANDING CARVED AND INLAID MARINE IVORY, ABALONE AND MAHOGANY WALKING STICK
Provenance:
The Private Collection of E. Norman Flayderman.
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Marine and China Trade Auction, August 21, 2005, Lot #780. * Sold: $30,160.
The Collection of Nancy & Larry Dickson.
Illustrated:
"Northeast Auctions Completes the Season with a $9.7 Million Harvest in Portsmouth" by David Hewett, "Maine Antique Digest", November 2005.
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Lot 8048 EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW CLENCHED FIST WALKING STICK
Engraved on walrus ivory throat "Daniel T. Purrinton. Brunswick.". Whale ivory handle carved as fist clenching a serpent, which wraps around the fist and down the wrist. Fist with nicely articulated fingers and serpent with inset glass bead eyes and engraved scales. Mahogany shaft inlaid with whale ivory and mother-of-pearl cap and bells at the top, and whale ivory, baleen and mother-of-pearl diamonds, rectangles and circles. Baleen spacers between the handle, throat and shaft. Whalebone ferrule.
Condition: Small loss to the serpent's tongue. Age cracks and some pearling to the ivory.*
Length 35".
Condition: Gold unmarked. Scattered age lines and light scratching, but generally well preserved.
Length: 36″
Estimate: $5,000-$10,000.
Sold: $5,670
Provenance:
G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio and Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Paul Madden Antiques, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Jeffrey Cohen, Nantucket, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
The Rare Folk Art & Marine Antiques Collections of Jeffery & Francine Cohen, Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, July 31, 1989, Lot #11. * Sold: $12,650.
The Collection of Nancy & Larry Dickson.
