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48. LINCOLN J. CEELY (NANTUCKET 1865-1950) “THE FAMOUS
‘SCONSET PUMP” TABLE LAMP, green painted wood on mahogany base;
fitted for electricity, with the mark of Lincoln J. Ceely Maker, Nantucket Mass.
Height 11 in. Length 11 ¾ in. Width 7 ½ in.
35. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND
LEATHER WALKING STICK, circa 1870, well defined
and carved clenched fist holding a rod above a spool, reeded
twist and rings on a tapering leather shaft and brass ferrule.
Length 35 in.
49. PAIR OF LINCOLN J. CEELY (AMERICAN 1865-1950) OILS ON MASONITE “THE LOSS OF THE TERN
SCHOONER WARREN SAWYER AGROUND AT SURF SIDE, NANTUCKET, DEC. 24, 1884” AND “PORTRAIT OF THE
BARKENTINE CULDOON, WRECKED AT NOBADEER IN 1898,” both signed lower left.
19 in. x 24 in.
Provenance: Owned by Charles Russell Hinchman, Son of Lydia Swain Mitchell and Cousin of Maria Mitchell, to the present owner.
Note: “1898 March 23 rd , the Barquentine Culdoon of St. John, New Brunswick bound from Capetown to Boston with a cargo of 1142 bales of wool,
ran ashore high and dry at Nobadeer beach about 4 o’clock in the morning in a dense fog. The crew loaded in their boat, which got capsized in the
surf, but all got ashore safely. When the vessel struck, the shock snapped off her fore top mast, which hung with rigging and sails in a tangled mass
from the cross-trees. She was stripped of sails and her cargo discharged on the beach with all possible expedition, the wreckers working day and
night, as it was not thought possible that she could be gotten off. The attempt was made, however, by the tug Right Arm, which succeeded in hauling
her off at high tide about 10 o’clock on the night of the 26 th , and towed her to Boston. The bales of wool were carted to town and shipped to Boston.”
From Wrecks Around Nantucket, compiled by Arthur H. Gardiner, 1915.
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