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• n  a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers

• His personal belongings, including his father's scrimshaw collection, and his share of family real estate will go to the children of his sister Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg.
• American folk art, however humble its origin, is soaring in value as well-crafted objects like pewter pots, duck decoys, quilts and scrimshaw (erotic examples in particular .
• Marine art is given its due in this splendid account of state barges, navigational instruments, figureheads, decorative rope and scrimshaw (see cut, opening page).

News & Articles

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• A Rhode Island Scrimshaw Mystery
  The Bristol Historical and Preservation Society’s monthly meeting will feature antique dealer and photographer Richard Donnelly speaking about scrimshaw and its ties to Bristol. What started as a mystery with a broken cardboard box full of pieces of a scrimshaw swift and an inlaid mahogany box on display on the Society’s second floor has ended [...]
  June 24, 2013 - Bristol Phoenix