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Friday, September 2, 2016
More mariners' art
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Sailor's valentine of shells with scrimshaw ship in centre. The sailor's farewell: miniature. Maritime folk art. (ca 1820s/30...
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Keepsakes from Mariner Ancestors: Scrimshaw Art
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Scrimshaw is art engraved on ivory or bone and dates back to the 18th century. Whalers and other seamen had the m...
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Souvenir Saturday: scrimshaw
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Early mid-19th c corset busk This is a busk or corset stay decorated in the sailor's art, scrimshaw. Made from whale or other bone,...
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