Lot # 706
The J. Welles Henderson Maritime Collection, August 16, 2008
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RARE AND IMPORTANT AMERICAN CARVED AND PAINTED FIGURE OF "JACK TAR," ATTRIBUTED TO JEREMIAH DODGE, CIRCA 1845.
Sold: $337,000.00 ($300,000)
The carving of a sailor in mid-nineteenth century nautical attire, standing and tipping his flat-brimmed hat in greeting, mounted on a stepped wooden plank "deck" base. Height on base 86 ½ inches. Jeremiah Dodge (1781-1860) was the son of a shipwright and probably apprenticed with Simeon Skillin III of New York. They later formed a partnership, with Dodge working as a ship's figurehead carver.
Literature:
Illustrated on the cover of "Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life, 1750-1910," and further discussed and illustrated, p. 44. See also Ralph Sessions, "The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads and Cigar Store Indians in Nineteenth Century America, pp. 78-79, fig. 37.
Est. $300,000-$500,000
Literature:
Illustrated on the cover of "Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life, 1750-1910," and further discussed and illustrated, p. 44. See also Ralph Sessions, "The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads and Cigar Store Indians in Nineteenth Century America, pp. 78-79, fig. 37.
Est. $300,000-$500,000
