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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Laying The Hose Pipe Ghost, Harpers New Monthly Magazine
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
graced such titles as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island
Category
1910s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Boardman Robinson, Easton Press
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
experience on the ship. The historical ship, Essex, that was attacked by a sperm whale in 1820, was a massive
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Silk, Paper
Whaling Seascape on Wooden Panel
Located in Nantucket, MA
the other lancing), two large sperm whales in foreground (one swimming in surface and spouting, the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
Jose Formoso Reyes "Cocktail Purse" Nantucket Basket, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
slight, graceful bombe (swelled belly) shape, braided leather shoulder strap, and carved ebony sperm
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Ebony
19th Century Scrimshaw Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
, such as bones or cartilage. It is mostly made from the bone and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of
Category
Antique 1820s British Folk Art Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bone
Sam Houston Twice-Signed Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
from the head of the sperm whale. Brightly burning and odor-free, the spermaceti candle was the height
Category
Antique 1840s Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
ships among a large pod of Sperm Whales; there are five whale boats lowered and in pursuit, with twelve
Category
Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. The historical ship, Essex, that was likewise attacked by a sperm whale in 1820 was a massive
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
Jose Reyes Nantucket Basket, circa Early 1950s
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
attached to rim by copper rivets, a carved ebony sperm whale by Charlie Sayle mounted on maple top plate
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Wood
Book Cover for "Resurrection" by Edwin Balmer, 1920
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
1920s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hand Carved Rosewood Sperm Whale Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand carved rosewood sperm whale, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rosewood
Hand Carved Rosewood Sperm Whale Sculpture Mid Century
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
Nantucket Carved Sperm Whale by William Dickson, 1967
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage hand carved sperm whale by Nantucket artist William J. Dickson, 1967, a smoothly carved
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Carved Sperm Whale by William Shepard, circa 1950s
By Willard Shepard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage carved and painted sperm whale, by Willard Shepard (1912-1965), a beautifully carved-in-the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Martha
s Vineyard Folk Art Sperm Whale Plaque, by K. Emack
Located in Nantucket, MA
Martha's Vineyard Folk Art sperm whale plaque, by K. Emack, circa 1940s, having a flat cut pine
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Vintage Mid Century Naïve Style Original Animal Oil Painting - Sperm Whale
Located in Bristol, GB
SPERM WHALE
Size: 23 x 23 cm (including frame)
Oil on panel
A small and engaging mid-century
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Weathered Wood Sperm Whale Wall Hanging
By Jac Johnson
Located in Nantucket, MA
Crafted from weathered pine boards and embellished with decorative metal strapping.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Carved and Painted Sperm Whale by Wendy Lichtenstieger
By Wendy Lichtensteiger 1
Located in Nantucket, MA
The whale plaque is beautifully carved from basswood and given multiple layers of milk paint to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Carved and Painted White Sperm Whale by Wendy Lichtenstieger
By Wendy Lichtensteiger 1
Located in Nantucket, MA
The whale plaque is beautifully carved from basswood and given multiple layers of milk paint to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Large Fossilized Whale Vertebrae
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered fossilized Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely
Category
Antique 19th Century American Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Large Fossilized Whale Vertebrae
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered fossilized Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely
Category
Antique 19th Century American Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
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Find many varieties of an authentic sperm whale available at 1stDibs. A sperm whale — often made from wood, pine and softwood — can elevate any home. Find 11 options for an antique or vintage sperm whale now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect sperm whale — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each sperm whale bearing Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. Clark Voorhees, Wendy Lichtensteiger and Frank Finney each produced at least one beautiful sperm whale that is worth considering.
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