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“I cannot find any info on the artist of this piece.  i am not sure if the artist’s name is Allen, or it’s the name of the ship.  I have searched, and searched.  if i type in Allen scrimshaw artist, i get plenty of hits for the James Allen ship, that has many, many replicas.

“it would be greatly appreciated, if you could shed some light.  the bracelet is silver, very small….(scrimshaw is less than an inch and a half), and came from California…all I know.”

Anyone know the artist?  It is reminiscent of “Brum” ships, but Eduardo and his brothers were east coast, and there are some lines in the rigging that they would not have made, so I am figuring a west coast artist.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks to all who have helped unite previous mystery artists to the owners of their fine work!

From Allen’s son:

Hello, 

While doing an unrelated internet search, I came across your post on mystery artist #8 “Allen”. Comments are closed now, but I would like to confirm that piece is by Allen Scott, my father.  Most of his work was signed Allen, some as Allen Scott, and much later, as PMO, or Patrick Michael O’Malley.  That piece would have been done at our home/shop in New Bedford, MA in the 70s-early 80s.  

I know it’s a bit late for comments, but hopefully this will “close the case”. 

I’m happy to answer any questions you or your subscribers may have on this matter.

Cheers, 

Travis Scott