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173. VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF WOOLWORKS, probably American, mid-19 th century, the first depicts a
brown-hulled whaleship with false gun ports hove to, with whalemen on the “cutting-in” platform stage stripping blubber and being
hauled aboard. American flag flying off the gaff, and whaleboat hanging from the davits near the stern. The ocean is bright and wavy
with a red sunset in the sky above the American flag. The mate depicts a black hulled whaleship with false gun ports under full sail
and a port view with three whaleboats hanging from davits. The ship sits in a very wavy sea and a sunset is just above the horizon. In
original rosewood frames with gilt liners. 13 ⅜ in. x 18 ½ in. Overall 17 ¼ in. x 22 in.
Provenance: Purchased from E. Norman Flayderman and exhibited at the Kennebunkport, Maine Maritime Museum until it closed in 2004. The
catalog number “KMM HM106” is printed in white ink on the top edge of each frame; Hyland Granby Antiques to private collector.
Literature: Flayderman, E. Norman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders – Whales and Whalemen, New Milford, Connecticut, Published 1972, pp. 292 &
293.
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