Lot 119C: Rare Painting on Baleen

Lot 119C: Rare Painting on Baleen

Oil painting on a piece of whale’s baleen, the “Schooner Cameo, Record Voyage, three and one half years, 4000 barrels of oil”, and “The Mascot”, a rooster called “Dominique”, signed “Hope Gorham Clark, 1916.”, (note: Schooner Cameo was captained by Joseph T. Edwards, his papers are in the collection of the New Bedford Museum), 25″ l, 6 1/2″ w, (ex. estate of Justin Cobb). 

Estimate: $600-900

Description

Oil painting on a piece of whale’s baleen, the “Schooner Cameo, Record Voyage, three and one half years, 4000 barrels of oil”, and “The Mascot”, a rooster called “Dominique”, signed “Hope Gorham Clark, 1916.”, (note: Schooner Cameo was captained by Joseph T. Edwards, his papers are in the collection of the New Bedford Museum), 25″ l, 6 1/2″ w, (ex. estate of Justin Cobb). 

Estimate: $600-900