Sperm Whale
Vintage American Brass Sperm Whale Doorstop
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage American brass sperm whale doorstop is a delightful blend of charm and functionality
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm Whale Fishing), Rare Lithograph by Lebreton
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Peche au Cachalot" (Sperm whale fishing)
Original colored lithograph enhanced with watercolor by
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Prints
Materials
Paper
Hand Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Plaque, circa 1950 - 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Hand Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Plaque, circa 1950 - 1960s, a dramatic sculpture of a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790, an engraved zoological plate depicting
Category
Antique 1790s German Other Prints
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Modernist Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Submarine & Sperm Whale
Located in Bristol, GB
SUBMARINE AND SPERM WHALE
Size: 43.5 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very engaging
Category
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Leviathan of the Depths: The Sperm Whale in 18th Century Scientific Art
Located in Langweer, NL
referred to with this name but now known commonly as the sperm whale. This depiction, given its accuracy
Category
Antique 1770s Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'
Located in Langweer, NL
Scheveningen and Katwijk, the Netherlands. It depicts a large sperm whale that has washed ashore and may
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
On a Stormy Sea
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
her unfortunate destruction by a sperm whale—and the unspeakable horrors that befell her crew
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Irish Folk Art. This sperm whale tooth was etched during the 19th century, in Ireland. There'sa a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Nautical Objects
Materials
Other
To Find Each Other, We Have to Leave Our Depths; To Survive, We Can Not Stay
Located in Boston, MA
finish
Artist's Commentary:
"The sperm whales of the world consume more squid each year by mass than
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Dye
Feast from the Deep, Dominica by Paul Nicklen -Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
cm) Edition of 7
“Soursop,” a sperm whale matriarch and the mother of young Ariel, rests near the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sentient Connections, Dominica by Paul Nicklen-Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
(228.6 x 152.4 cm) Edition of 7
"A playful pair of sperm whales tangle in an underwater tango beneath
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nurturing Bond, Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
× 228.6 cm) Edition of 7
"Sperm whale calves like Ariel spend their earliest stages of life playing with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Located in valatie, NY
themselves: the teeth and bones of sperm whales, baleen from right and bowhead whales, and walrus tusks
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.5 in D 1.25 in
Megaptera, Tonga by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
× 228.6 cm)
"Sperm whales have traversed the deep oceans of our Earth for millions of years. The pods we
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Matriarch, Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography - Whale
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
× 228.6 cm)
"Sperm whales have traversed the deep oceans of our Earth for millions of years. The pods we
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Pearl of Panama"
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Category
1930s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Above the Beach 9 - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
brushstrokes Rivet portrays a large sperm whale at the bottom of the canvas; the shallow waters of the ocean
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Suspended Grace, Dominica by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
× 228.6 cm / Edition of 7
"An intimate glimpse into the world of a mother sperm whale, affectionately
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Gaze, Signed Graphite 20th Century Portrait
Located in London, GB
became her technique of choice, often working with hardwoods and, on occasion, sperm whale teeth.
Clarke
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
whaling business on a whole. The historical ship, Essex, that was attacked by a sperm whale in 1820 was a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
H 7.82 in W 6 in D 2.38 in
Unbreakable Bond, Dominica by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
gallery for framed pricing.
A pair of sperm whales share a dance through the crystal tides of Dominica
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Recent Sales
Sperm Whale Cufflinks in Solid 18 Karat Gold, Rose Gold, Sterling and Platinum
By Diana Kim England
Located in Red Hook, NY
handmade chain links each pair of whales together. Fits French cuffs.
The Sperm Whale was most sought
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Cufflinks
Materials
14k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum, Sterling Silver
W 0.24 in D 0.32 in L 1.19 in
19th Century Sailor done Whale Silhouette
Located in North Egremont, MA
The fragmentary lid of a seaman's trunk with a wonderful and iconic image of a sperm whale. The lid
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct silver-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct silver-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Starfruit Ring is handmade of 24ct gold-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Starfruit Ring is handmade of 24ct gold-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct gold-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct silver-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct silver-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct silver-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Tabua Ring is handmade of 24ct gold-plated bronze
Located in London, GB
Tabua is called a polished sperm whale tooth, which is an essential cultural item in Fijian society
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Rare First Period Argand Chandelier ca. 1800
Located in Snellegem, BE
used during that time was mostly sperm-whale oil, so only a really rich family could offord it in large
Category
20th Century Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Generations, Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
Humpback Whales, been within 50 feet of a Blue whale, observed River Dolphins in the Orinoco and Sperm
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sneak Peek, Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
Whales, been within 50 feet of a Blue whale, observed River Dolphins in the Orinoco and Sperm whales in
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gray Cow and Calf II, Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
and Sperm whales in the North Pacific and Sea of Cortez, Orcas off Puget Sound and Bottlenose Dolphins
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inland, Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
whale, observed River Dolphins in the Orinoco and Sperm whales in the North Pacific and Sea of Cortez
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blitzen (Rough Toothed Dolphin), Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
Humpback Whales, been within 50 feet of a Blue whale, observed River Dolphins in the Orinoco and Sperm
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nantucket Sperm Whale Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Sperm Whale Weather Vane Whirligig, having slender hand-whittled flukes with great
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
Sperm Whale Scrimshaw Nautical Faux Tooth
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Sperm Whale Scrimshaw
Category
20th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Resin
Hand Carved Rosewood Sperm Whale Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand carved rosewood sperm whale, circa the 1980s. The piece is in great condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rosewood
Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1950s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage carved and painted sperm whale, by Willard Shepard (1912-1965), a beautifully carved-in-the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Carved Sperm Whale
Located in Nantucket, MA
Contemporary Folk Art carved wooden sperm whale, made in the last ten years but in a manner to look
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale by M. Gracie, 1976
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage carved and polychromed wooden sperm whale by M. Gracie, South Dartmouth, MA, 1976, a
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of A Sperm Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a sperm whale is painted on a masonite
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Sperm Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a sperm whale is painted on a masonite
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Sperm Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a sperm whale is painted on a masonite
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite, Paint
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Sperm Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a sperm whale is painted on a masonite
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite, Paint
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Carved and Painted Sperm Whale Plaque by Clark Voorhees
By Clark Voorhees
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted wooden sperm whale plaque, Clark G. Voorhees Jr. (1911-1980), Old Lyme
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Carved and Painted Model of a Sperm Whale by Frank Finney
By Frank Finney
Located in Nantucket, MA
Full bodied carving of a sperm whale with open mouth and raised tail. Carved and painted with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Verdigris Weather Vane in the Form of a Sperm Whale
Located in London, GB
An unusual and charming verdigris weather vane with a sperm whale to the top, currently mounted on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper
H 49.22 in W 24.81 in D 18.12 in
18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th Century Engraving of a Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790, an engraved zoological
Category
Antique 1790s Other Prints
Materials
Paper
scimshaw sperm whale teeth
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Two engraved whales teeth one with a whaling scene
Category
Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
1979 Copper Sign of the Crab Nautical Sperm Whale Weathervane Whirligig 24"
Located in Dayton, OH
directions in gilded iron, framed by a pair of graduated copper balls and topped with a hollow copper sperm
Category
Vintage 1970s Garden Ornaments
Materials
Copper
H 24 in W 23.5 in D 37 in
Sperm Whale Carving by Clark Voorhees
By Clark Voorhees
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted wooden whale plaque by the master carver Clark Voorhees (1911-1980). Carved from
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Carved Sperm Whale from Reclaimed Burled Redwood
By Marcus Foley
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large whale carved from a solid piece of redwood by Nantucket artist Marcus Foley. A true one of a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Nautical Objects
19th Century Oil Painting Capturing a Sperm Whale
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, enraged whale. As shown by the red, bloody whale spout, The whalers have struck the prey's lungs or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Paintings
Small Vintage Whale Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
The sperm whale is carved out of black walnut and is mounted on a molded walnut carved plaque.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Very Large Antique Whale Vertebrae #5
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered antique Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Carved Whale on Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Sperm whale is carved from pine and mounted on oak, the frame is quarter sawn oak with gold painted
Category
Late 20th Century North American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Pine
Early 20th Century Folk Art Copper Whale Weathervane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early weathervane in the form of a sperm whale in copper, of hollow body form with raised tail
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Carved and Painted Wood Whale, 27" L
Located in Essex, MA
A well carved and painted wood figure of a sperm whale, together with bracket for wall mounting.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Hand-Caved Whale vs. Squid
By Randy Kolhoff
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Sag Harbor NY. Carved of white pine and painting in oils it depicts the drama of the deep. A sperm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Sperm Oil Apothecary Bottle
Located in Essex, MA
A rare, early 19th century colorless blown glass apothecary bottle to dispense Sperm Whale Oil, of
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Carved and Painted White Whale by Frank Finney
By Frank Finney
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted sperm whale by world renowned artist Frank Finney, b.1947. Carved in the round
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint, Pine, Walnut
Spanish Modern Whale Paperweight in Oxidized Brass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A cast brass paperweight in a simply rendered but realistic likeness of a sperm whale with its tail
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Early 20th Century Rustic Carved Wooden Whale
Located in Nantucket, MA
hand cut as a sperm whale with raised flukes and mouth agape. The tail in particular is well carved
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Early Whale Weathervane Directional Hand Made
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is and example of an early American Antique weather vane Sperm whale. Hand made by a skilled
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American High Victorian Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
An early 19th century mariner’s walking cane
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
section running into a conforming handle carved from the tooth of a sperm whale, joined by a band of
Category
Mid-20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Nantucket Basket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
form with ebony top surmounted by a delicately carved Sperm whale by Charlie Sayle. Interior of ebony
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Ebony, Oak, Rattan
Midcentury Whale Sculpture on Stand, Circa 1960s
Located in Southbury, CT
This midcentury folk art sculpture features a cobalt blue sperm whale rendered in soldered tin
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Early Nantucket Creel Shaped Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950s
Located in Nantucket, MA
faint but remains legible. The Right Whale is an unusual and very rare departure from the standard Sperm
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Rattan
Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship
Located in Haarlem, NL
would visit us. Many times he brought scrimshaws sperm whale teeth that he tried to sell. He once gave
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Moby Dick, Or The Whale by Herman Melville, Easton Press Collector's Ed., 1977
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
sperm whale in 1820, was a massive inspiration for much of Melville’s plot. Even the memorable name of
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Leather, Silk, Paper
H 10.25 in W 6.75 in D 1.75 in
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
six boats lowered and three sperm whales in a flurry, three boats in peril and a close-up view of the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Georgian Horn Scrimshaw Folk Art English Hand Carved Beaker, circa 1810
Located in London, GB
bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses.
Dimensions in
Category
Antique 1810s English Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Turn of the Century Folk Art Whaling Scene Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
dominating the center, in the foreground a whale boat is approaching a spouting sperm whale. The whale is
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Rugs
Materials
Wool
Miniature Whaling Decorated Sea Chest, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
waif off the bow and a second sperm whale spouting astern, framed with a spliced and painted rope
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Original Whaling Painting by Benjamin Russell, circa 1880
By Benjamin Russell
Located in Nantucket, MA
, an oil on board intimate seascape with Yankee whale boat approaching a sperm whale, with whale ship
Category
Antique 1880s American Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Hand Colored Map of Nantucket by Sol Levenson, 1981
By Sol Levenson
Located in Nantucket, MA
local place names, and an array of iconic Nantucket images including a Figurehead, Sperm Whale and
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
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Knole Settee, Cowdray Park, English, Lengyon & Co, olive velvet, tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- EXCEPTIONALLY, RARE, MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE, THE COWDRAY PARK KNOLE SETTEE, INVENTORY NUMBER D2029
- Supplied by Lengyon & Co, the pre-eminent maker, to Viscount Cowdray, Cowdray Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century English Charles II Settees
Materials
Tapestry, Velvet
H 43.71 in W 69.3 in D 27.17 in
Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very early 18th century Dutch woodblock engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720, a hand colored engraving illustrating the Dutch whaling fleet in a northern embayment wit...
Category
Antique 1720s Dutch Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
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