Turtle Trove Carving Ivory Carving

Turtle Trove Carving Ivory Carving – Detailed carving on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact of newly hatched turtles making their way to the ocean. Nicely carved piece depicting the perilous scamper of newly hatched turtles as they make their way to the ocean. Things may not be better there, but that’s the way of nature. Very nice color in the ivory, the result of minerals in the area in which it was buried. Scoring marks on the ivory indicate that it was used as some type of artifact thousands of years ago.

Original Handmade Sterling Silver Bolo

Handmade one of a kind bolo created for Scrimshaw Gallery by Jim Jenkins. Masterful inlay work features colorful mammoth ivory and ancient walrus tusk ivory. Brown braided leather measures 22″ long including the handmade mammoth ivory tips. Sterling silver, of course. Larger center ivory is cross cut of ancient walrus tusk. Hand carved tips measure 2.0″ long. Perfect for both women and men.

Sterling Silver Scrimshaw Brooch

Color scrimshaw on ancient mammoth tusk ivory by Joel Cowan. Beautiful sterling silver setting with ancient mammoth ivory and ancient walrus tusk ivory inlaid around the edges. Incredible detail by Cowan in this one. He puts as much detail in the small brooches as he does in his larger collector pieces.

Holy Family of Francis I

Heidi Robichaud Scrimshaw - Holy Family of Francis I

Color scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Heidi Robichaud

 
Artist Raphael
Year 1518
Medium Oil on canvas transferred from wood
Location Louvre, Paris
Dimensions 81 in × 55 in
207 cm × 140 cm

This 1518 oil painting was also from Raphael’s workshop but was mainly delegated to his assistants. It shows the Virgin Mary stretching her arms to carry the infant Jesus, with Saint Joseph; the cousin of the Madonna, Saint Elisabeth, and the young John the Baptist.

The influence of the artist to his apprentices is evidenced by the use of lighting and different shades to put the background at the back of the main subjects. The Madonna and the young Savior was made with warm colors and increased lighting which is typical of Raphael’s works.

The artwork was named what it was because it was gifted to the wife of the French king, Francis I, by the Pope Leo X.

207 cm × 140 cm

 

Mariana in the Moated Grange

Heidi Robichaud Scrimshaw - Mariana in the Moated Grange

Color scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Heidi Robichaud. Tennyson’s poem was inspired by the character of Mariana in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Rejected by her fiancé, Angelo, after her dowry was lost in a shipwreck, she leads a lonely existence in a moated grange. She is still in love with Angelo – now Deputy to the Duke of Vienna – and longs to be reunited with him.

Big Hair Day

Karen Reno Scrimshaw - Big Hair Day

Black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Karen Reno. Some people have big hair days, not bad hair days. This is one such lady. Lovely pose and look. She definitely has something or someone in mind. Ivory was used as some type of tool artifact hundreds of years past. Nice work at a great price.

Native Whalers

Alvin Aningayou Scrimshaw - Native Whalers

Black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tusk ivory artifact by Alvin Aningayou. This striking piece was done on a huge ancient walrus tusk artifact, some 13″ high. Excellent stipple work by Native Alaskan artist. This is from the collection of one of our long time clients who is no longer with us. Not much ivory of this caliber around today.

Heidi Robichaud

SCRIMSHAW ARTIST View all Heidi Robichaud scrimshaw pieces This artist has been creating scrimshaw since 1981. Heidi’s love of art spans from her childhood passion for drawing horses and princesses to her current portraits of wildlife and indigenous peoples. Although the artist has had no formal training or schooling in art, years of practice, study […]

Arctic Animals Montage

Unknown Carver - Arctic Animals Montage

“Arctic Animals Montage” created by talented unknown carver on ancient mammoth tusk ivory, this one has six individual species. Amazing that someone could put all of this together and make it work to perfection. You’ve got two bears, one eagle, walrus, wolf, salmon and big horn sheep. Nice piece of mammoth with just the right amount of curved surface to make this one a keeper!

 

Sterling Silver Scrimshaw Brooch

Color scrimshaw on ancient mammoth tusk ivory by Joel Cowan. Highly detailed work by the best ship portrait scrimshander working today. Sterling silver setting with fossil walrus inlay around the mammoth ivory. Incredible detail, as usual, by Cowan. Note the flag.