Whale Tooth
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Nautical Objects
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Whale's Tooth mounted on custom acrylic base
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
prey. This whale was between 15 to 18 meters long.
With its elegant mounting on a custom acrylic base
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Acrylic
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth on Matrix
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Authentic Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth .75" x .25" x 2.55", 21.5 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
H 2.55 in W 0.25 in D 0.75 in
Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture Norway
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1960 Triennale di Milano.
Arne Tjomsland pieces were made from wood and whale tooth, he started
Category
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
H 3 in W 7.5 in D 2.38 in
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Antique American Whales Tooth Corkscrew
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American Whales Tooth With Sterling Silver mounts and Polished Steel Blade Circa 1880
Category
Antique 19th Century American Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
19th C Scrimshaw Whales Tooth of Horsted Place East Sussex Hot Air Ballon & Pig
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Victorian scrimshaw whale tooth, circa/post 1850.
Detailed engraved decoration depicting
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Colored Map of Nantucket by Sol Levenson, 1981
By Sol Levenson
Located in Nantucket, MA
Scrimshawed Whale's Tooth, Barque under full sail, Whale Boat and Harpooner. The piece is in excellent
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Fine Elegant Early 19th Century Polynesian Tongan Ula Throwing Club, War Club
Located in Point Richmond, CA
butt of the handgrip is also carved and originally likely had a small piece of Whale tooth Ivory inlay
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tongan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 14.25 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Early Nantucket Creel Shaped Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950s
Located in Nantucket, MA
ebony Sperm Whales for him, and then carved whale tooth sperm whales, flying gulls and outlines of the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Rattan
Arne Tjomsland Whale Tooth Utensils Goodwill Produkter A/S Norway
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
, Cheese Knife/Spatula, and large polished Whale Tooth. Sandefjord, Norway.
Category
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1835s Scrimshaw Vertically Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved whale tooth, of
fine workmanship, length 12.7 cm, depicting the
Category
Antique 1830s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.2 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved whale tooth, of exquisite workmanship, length 12.6 cm, depicting
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.6 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, of fine workmanship from the half of the 19th century, length
Category
Antique 1850s Desk Sets
Materials
Bone
H 4.3 in W 1.55 in D 1 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, very fine
workmanship, made in the half of the 19th century
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.6 in D 2 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of Antique Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, very fine
workmanship, half of the 19th century,
length 15
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
H 5.5 in W 1.5 in D 1.8 in
19th Century Antique Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Ancient Marine Art
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, of exquisite workmanship, from the mid 19th century length 14
Category
Antique 1850s Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
H 1.5 in W 1.6 in D 5.5 in
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Stone Age Venus Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved antique whale tooth body with silver bezel inset blue moonstone pendant on silver chain
Category
2010s American Modern Collectible Jewelry
Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture, Norway
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1960 Triennale di Milano.
Arne Tjomsland pieces were made from wood and whale tooth, he started
Category
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
H 3 in W 7.5 in D 2.38 in
Arne Tjomsland Eskimo in Teak With Seal & Spear, Scandinavia Norway 1950s
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Bergen, NO
Nordic fauna; including animals, Eskimos and Vikings carved from whale tooth or wood. His artistic style
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak
H 5.91 in W 2.37 in D 1.58 in
Early Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Sculpture Scandinavian Art Cabinmodern Chalet McM
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
wood and whale tooth, he started making souvenir figurines in wood in 1954. His first figure was a
Category
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
H 3 in W 8.13 in D 2.5 in
Mid Century Faux Argillite Haida Statue of a "Boston Sea Captain"
Located in Nantucket, MA
argillite and whale tooth masterpiece in their collection.
Argillite is a naturally black fine grained
Category
Vintage 1950s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Resin
Original Antique Print of Physeter, a genus of Toothed Whales
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Physeter'. Physeter is a genus of toothed whales. There is only one living
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
approached by Jose Reyes for ideas to adorn the top of his Nantucket purses: his carved ebony and whale tooth
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Pine
C. 1862 Whale's Tooth with Scrimshaw
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Offering an old whale's tooth with scrimshaw dated 1862. It seems to have a Civil War theme, has
Category
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Whale Tooth Scrimshaw Carving 19th Century Azores Islands Signed
Located in Harrogate, GB
Fine, genuine scrimshaw art carving on a whale tooth. Late 19th Century origin, signed by artist
Category
Antique 1890s Spanish Nautical Objects
Whales Tooth Scrimshaw
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century scrimshaw. One side stipple work figure of a woman; reverse side figure of a man in frock coat
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Elegant 19th Century Fijian Wasekaseka / Waseisei Necklace, Ex UK Collection
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful 25 short tusk Fijian sperm whale tooth necklace. These necklaces were highly important
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Fijian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Ivory
Baleen Inkwell Inlaid with Whale's Tooth
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Ebonized baleen pen stand inlaid with a motif of tusk rounds, and scrimshaw whale teeth depicting a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Bone, Ebony
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Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian)
Morocco
The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco.
I att...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Scrimshaw of vertically engraved orca tooth depicting vessel mid-19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved hour's tooth depicting a vessel bow to left flag of the United Kingdom, above li initials L.G.F. On the back vase with beautiful plant decoration s...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Faux Albino Sea Turtle Shell Scrimshaw with American Historical Vignettes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Faux Albino Sea Turtle Shell Scrimshaw with American Historical Vignettes
Circa 1980s, Simulated Tortoiseshell
The faux albino sea turtle shell scrimshaw sculpture is a unique an...
Category
20th Century Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Resin
A 17th century Augsburg ebonized cabinet with painted pietra paesina panels
Located in PARIS, FR
An ebonized wood cabinet with painted pietra paesina panels
Augsburg, southern Germany, mid-17th century
Dimensions: h. 43 cm, w. 32 cm, d. 20 cm
Ebonized wood, inlay of painted piet...
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century German Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Marble
H 16.93 in W 12.6 in D 7.87 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Scrimshaw of engraved whale tooth depicting the Captain F. Swain 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, depicting on one side the half-bust of the smartly dressed and handsome Captain F. Swain. On the Back the inscription Master The WHALER SWAN f...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
An invaluable addition to the 19th century home, this domestic medicine chest contained nearly everything needed to nurse a member of the household back to health. Made by the firm o...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Other Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Rembrandt Etching Framed
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
Original Self-Portrait Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Etching on paper
2 ⅛ x 1 ¾ inches unframed (5.4102 x 4.445 cm)
14 ⅛ x 12 ½ inches framed (35.8902 x 31.75 cm)
Descri...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Ornamental Turning Lathe, No. 1906 by Holtzapffel & Co
Located in New Orleans, LA
An essential tool in the creation and finishing of furniture, this 19th-century English ornamental lathe is an object of beauty in and of itself. The extraordinary machine was made b...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
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Whale Tooth For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal whale tooth for your home. A whale tooth — often made from bone, metal and ebony — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect whale tooth — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A whale tooth, designed in the Folk Art or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made whale tooth over the years, but those crafted by Arne Tjomsland are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Whale Tooth?
Prices for a whale tooth start at $750 and top out at $5,750 with the average selling for $1,932.
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