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Classic Tall Sailing Ship on Turquoise Seas Signed Original British Oil Painting
Classic Tall Sailing Ship on Turquoise Seas Signed Original British Oil Painting

Classic Tall Sailing Ship on Turquoise Seas Signed Original British Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sailing on the High Seas by Bernard Page (20th century British artist) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 18 x 21.5 inches canvas: 14 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, UK...

Category

Mid-20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century British Union Flag, ca 1918-1952
Early 20th Century British Union Flag, ca 1918-1952

Early 20th Century British Union Flag, ca 1918-1952

Located in York County, PA

Instead, it was flown as a “jack,” which is a smaller flag, meant to be flown off the bow, when a ship was at port or anchor. The British Royal Navy flew the British Union Flag as a...

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Mid-20th Century English Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

British Sailor’s Woolwork of a Three-Masted Ship Flying the Red Ensign Circa 186
British Sailor’s Woolwork of a Three-Masted Ship Flying the Red Ensign Circa 186

British Sailor’s Woolwork of a Three-Masted Ship Flying the Red Ensign Circa 186

Located in Downingtown, PA

British Sailor’s Woolwork of a Three-Masted Ship Flying the Red Ensign Circa 1865-75 This large British sailor’s woolwork depicts a majestic three-masted, square-rigged ship under a...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

W.S. Lacey ‘British, 19th-20th Century’ Oil on Canvas "Tall Ship at Sail"
W.S. Lacey ‘British, 19th-20th Century’ Oil on Canvas "Tall Ship at Sail"

W.S. Lacey ‘British, 19th-20th Century’ Oil on Canvas "Tall Ship at Sail"

Located in Los Angeles, CA

W.S. Lacey (British, 19th-20th century) Large oil on canvas "Tall Ship at Sail" sailing by a lighthouse and next to two steam boats, within an ebonized frame.

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Mid-20th Century English Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Maritime Painting of a Tall Ship in the Harbour at Twilight by British Artist
Maritime Painting of a Tall Ship in the Harbour at Twilight by British Artist

Maritime Painting of a Tall Ship in the Harbour at Twilight by British Artist

By Dion Pears

Located in Preston, GB

Maritime Painting of a Tall Ship in the Harbour at Twilight by British Artist, Dion Pears (1929 - 1985) Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 39 x 27 inches A beautifully atmo...

Category

Late 20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain's Sea Power Savings Navy Ship WWII
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain's Sea Power Savings Navy Ship WWII

Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain's Sea Power Savings Navy Ship WWII

By Walter Thomas

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two poster - Britain's Sea Power Maintain it with your Savings - featuring a dynamic image of Royal Navy warships at sea in choppy waves with the sun shini...

Category

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

English Country Diorama Clipper Ship Wall Plaque

English Country Diorama Clipper Ship Wall Plaque

Located in Queens, NY

English Victorian Country painted diorama wall plaque in maple frame of clipper ship with blue flag and small blue sailboat.

Category

Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Decorative Art

Materials

Maple

Pair of English Victorian Man O' War Ships
Pair of English Victorian Man O' War Ships

Pair of English Victorian Man O' War Ships

Located in Queens, NY

PAIR of English Country Victorian maple framed prints of Man o\' War ships.

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Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Paintings

Materials

Maple

British Woolwork of a Family of Man, Wife and Child on the Seashore with Ship
British Woolwork of a Family of Man, Wife and Child on the Seashore with Ship

British Woolwork of a Family of Man, Wife and Child on the Seashore with Ship

Located in Downingtown, PA

The composition, with the man holding a child and the ship nearby, is a gentle inversion of the farewell scene—here, the British sailor (the artist) is the observer, documenting a br...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

American Country Hooked Welcome Ship Rug
American Country Hooked Welcome Ship Rug

American Country Hooked Welcome Ship Rug

Located in Queens, NY

American Country style (19-20th Century) half round hooked rug (wall hanging) with legend \"WELCOME\" and featuring a 3 masted sailing ship flying an American flag.

Category

20th Century American British Colonial North and South American Rugs

David Bowie British GQ Photograph, Signed Lt'd Ed  by Markus Klinko - Ships Free
David Bowie British GQ Photograph, Signed Lt'd Ed  by Markus Klinko - Ships Free

David Bowie British GQ Photograph, Signed Lt'd Ed by Markus Klinko - Ships Free

By Markus Klinko

Located in New Orleans, LA

A stunning signed, limited-edition photo of David Bowie, shot by international celebrity photographer Markus Klinko (bio below) for British GQ in 2002. We offer this strictly limited...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

Naval Engagement at Unalata, Guam: The Peril of HMS Success, circa 1790
Naval Engagement at Unalata, Guam: The Peril of HMS Success, circa 1790

Naval Engagement at Unalata, Guam: The Peril of HMS Success, circa 1790

Located in Langweer, NL

The engraving depicts the British ship 'Success' stranded on a rock and under fire from both a Spanish fort at Umatac, Guam, and another ship in the harbor.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

1850s American Hand-Crafted Iron and Glass Ship's Lantern
1850s American Hand-Crafted Iron and Glass Ship's Lantern

1850s American Hand-Crafted Iron and Glass Ship's Lantern

Located in Queens, NY

American Country style (19th Century) iron and glass half round ships embarkment lantern with scroll handle.

Category

Antique 19th Century American British Colonial Lanterns

Materials

Glass

Antique Set of Nine Framed Pen and Ink Navel Sailing Ships
Antique Set of Nine Framed Pen and Ink Navel Sailing Ships

Antique Set of Nine Framed Pen and Ink Navel Sailing Ships

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Set of nine antique drawings of American and English Navel Sailing ships executed in a pen and ink technique highlighted with watercolor on paper, matted and presented in mahogany fr...

Category

Antique 19th Century English British Colonial Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Montague Dawson: Wind Aft, The Repulse
Montague Dawson: Wind Aft, The Repulse

Montague Dawson: Wind Aft, The Repulse

By Montague Dawson

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

This included Austrian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese and Swedish vessels. Some of the British ships were also called tea clippers. Repulse was a first-class East Indi...

Category

Mid-20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paper, Paint

Antique Copper Brass Nautical Maritime Gimbal Compass Binnacle Ship Oil Lamp 14
Antique Copper Brass Nautical Maritime Gimbal Compass Binnacle Ship Oil Lamp 14

Antique Copper Brass Nautical Maritime Gimbal Compass Binnacle Ship Oil Lamp 14

By Maitland Smith

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique English nautical / maritime ship / Yacht / lifeboat binnacle gimbal compass with rare double oil lamps. Copper and brass body with double oil lamps for illumination. Dimens...

Category

Early 20th Century British Colonial Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Hogarth's 1756 'France' Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique - Published in 1798
Hogarth's 1756 'France' Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique - Published in 1798

Hogarth's 1756 'France' Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique - Published in 1798

Located in Langweer, NL

A sign reading "Vengeance et Bon Appetit" hangs on the wall, sarcastically highlighting their desperation. British ships loom in the background, symbolizing the threat of invasion, w...

Category

Antique 1790s Prints

Materials

Paper

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam

Located in Nantucket, MA

Even those woolies depicting American or other nation's flags were made by the British sailors (they knew their market well)! However, a very small percentage were also made by Trini...

Category

Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Pair of English 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze Brig - Tall Ship Marine Lanterns
Pair of English 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze Brig - Tall Ship Marine Lanterns

Pair of English 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze Brig - Tall Ship Marine Lanterns

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Brigs were prominent in the coasting coal trade of British waters. In the first half of the 19th century, the vast majority of ships were rigged as brigs, and that rig was retained f...

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Antique Early 1900s English British Colonial Lanterns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Top-Schooner for "A Kind Mother"
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Top-Schooner for "A Kind Mother"

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Top-Schooner for "A Kind Mother"

Located in Nantucket, MA

Even those woolies depicting American or other nation's flags were made by the British sailors (they knew their market well)! However, a very small percentage were also made by Trini...

Category

Antique 1860s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool, Yarn

British Royal Navy Mast Crown
British Royal Navy Mast Crown

British Royal Navy Mast Crown

Located in Norwell, MA

Painted metal mast crown from a British Royal Navy fighting ship. Quite rare to find, especially in this size.

Category

Vintage 1940s English Antiquities

Materials

Metal

British Schooner Anchored at Naples
British Schooner Anchored at Naples

British Schooner Anchored at Naples

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

The complete narrative scene around the schooner's broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and headland architecture of th...

Category

1860s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Art Prints Framed - Sailing Ship Painting Print - Nautical Wall Art
Vintage Art Prints Framed - Sailing Ship Painting Print - Nautical Wall Art

Vintage Art Prints Framed - Sailing Ship Painting Print - Nautical Wall Art

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sail into history with this breathtaking print of the Cutty Sark, a British clipper ship built in 1869. Measuring 30x21 inches, this artwork captures the ship in full sail on a storm...

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Other

British Sailor’s Woolwork of the ‘Outer Gabbard’ Lightship
British Sailor’s Woolwork of the ‘Outer Gabbard’ Lightship

British Sailor’s Woolwork of the ‘Outer Gabbard’ Lightship

Located in Downingtown, PA

The frame exhibits a rich, warm patina. Provenance British Mariner (Original Creator) Private Maritime Collection The Outer Gabbard station was served by several different Trinity ...

Category

Antique Early 1900s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ship “Red Cloud” by Henry Scott
Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ship “Red Cloud” by Henry Scott

Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ship “Red Cloud” by Henry Scott

By Henry Scott

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Henry Scott, R.S.A (British, 1911–2005) Henry Scott was a British marine painter specializing in maritime and coastal subjects, particularly ship portraits of British and American c...

Category

20th Century British Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Fine Maritime Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ships by Henry Scott
Fine Maritime Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ships by Henry Scott

Fine Maritime Seascape Painting of American Clipper Ships by Henry Scott

By Henry Scott

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Their rivalry and performance captured the public imagination and contributed to the enduring mythology of the great American clippers, whose brief dominance ended only with the rise...

Category

Late 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Early 20th Century Scottish Ship Wheel by Mactaggart Scott & Co. from Edinburgh
Early 20th Century Scottish Ship Wheel by Mactaggart Scott & Co. from Edinburgh

Early 20th Century Scottish Ship Wheel by Mactaggart Scott & Co. from Edinburgh

Located in Dallas, TX

Founded in 1898, Mactaggart Scott & Co. became one of Britain’s foremost suppliers of ship steering gear, deck machinery, and hydraulic systems for the Royal Navy and shipyards w...

Category

Early 20th Century Scottish Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Original Vintage Travel Poster Cutty Sark Clipper Ship London UK Tom Eckersley
Original Vintage Travel Poster Cutty Sark Clipper Ship London UK Tom Eckersley

Original Vintage Travel Poster Cutty Sark Clipper Ship London UK Tom Eckersley

By Tom Eckersley 1

Located in London, GB

Built in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship, one of the last and fastest tea clippers to be built.

Category

Vintage 1960s British Posters

Materials

Paper

19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast
19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast

19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

The red ensign flying on the mizzenmast indicates it was a British merchant or passenger ship. The owner may well have commissioned the painting to commemorate its maiden voyage.

Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century pair of marine oil paintings of ships off Scarborough & Portsmouth
19th Century pair of marine oil paintings of ships off Scarborough & Portsmouth

19th Century pair of marine oil paintings of ships off Scarborough & Portsmouth

By John James Wilson

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 18.5 INCHES X 26.5 INCHES** John James Wilson British, (1818-1875) Shipping off Scarborough & Shipping off Portsmouth Harb...

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850
19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850

19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850, depicting a square-rigged single decker warship under furled sails, anchor chain leading off...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796
"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796

"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Along the horizon, Boston Harbor is accented with lightning bolts, with British ships fleeing the harbor. Savage's “Liberty.

Category

Antique 1790s American Federal Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster SS Avalon Harwich Holland Ferry British Railways
Original Vintage Travel Poster SS Avalon Harwich Holland Ferry British Railways

Original Vintage Travel Poster SS Avalon Harwich Holland Ferry British Railways

By Robert Johnston

Located in London, GB

Original vintage travel advertising poster published by British Railways Eastern Region for the S.S. Avalon The New British Railways Ship For Harwich Hook Of Holland Night Service fe...

Category

Vintage 1960s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy
Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy

Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy

By Roland Davies

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes - featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force bomber plane flying abov...

Category

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'

Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'

By Frank Brangwyn

Located in London, GB

When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H.

Category

Vintage 1930s English Arts and Crafts Armchairs

Materials

Oak

33/200 STEWART LINFORD ADMIRAL NELSON TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY H.M.S ViCTORY STOOL
33/200 STEWART LINFORD ADMIRAL NELSON TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY H.M.S ViCTORY STOOL

33/200 STEWART LINFORD ADMIRAL NELSON TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY H.M.S ViCTORY STOOL

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Nelson had arrived on the 29th September in his flagship, Victory, to take command of the British fleet. During the battle the English lost no ships but took twenty from the French ...

Category

20th Century English Campaign Stools

Materials

Copper

The Battle of Raz de Sein
The Battle of Raz de Sein

The Battle of Raz de Sein

By Thomas Luny

Located in London, GB

This dramatic scene throws the viewer straight into the heart of a naval battle between the British ship HMS Mars and the French Hercule. The scene is only lit from two sources - one...

Category

19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner

By J.M.W. Turner

Located in Alamo, CA

It depicts the once mighty British warship the HMS Temeraire being towed away down the river Thames by a much smaller steamboat to a ship-breaking yard to be broken up for scrap.

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

RCA Design Art Deco Streamline Mid Century Modern American Scene Architectural
RCA Design Art Deco Streamline Mid Century Modern American Scene Architectural

RCA Design Art Deco Streamline Mid Century Modern American Scene Architectural

By John Vassos

Located in New York, NY

He was the editorial cartoonist for a liberal newspaper in his early teens and when one of these cartoons featured a less-than-flattering view of the Turkish senate (he was Greek aft...

Category

1930s Art Deco Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

48 Star US Navy Jack Made at Mare Island, California, Dated 1944
48 Star US Navy Jack Made at Mare Island, California, Dated 1944

48 Star US Navy Jack Made at Mare Island, California, Dated 1944

Located in York County, PA

The only time that it can be properly called the "Union Jack" is when the flag is, in fact, flown as the jack on a British Navy ship, from whence name derived. British ships fly vari...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

Rare Pair of David Mellor O.B.E. Chrome & Steel Lounge Accent Chairs Mid-Century
Rare Pair of David Mellor O.B.E. Chrome & Steel Lounge Accent Chairs Mid-Century

Rare Pair of David Mellor O.B.E. Chrome & Steel Lounge Accent Chairs Mid-Century

Located in Nottingham, GB

An exceptional pair of Model 700 lounge chairs by celebrated British designer David Mellor O.B.E., designed in 1971 and regarded as one of the defining achievements of post-war Briti...

Category

Mid-20th Century Lounge Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

American Privateer Captures an English Packet Boat, 1777 Maritime Engraving
American Privateer Captures an English Packet Boat, 1777 Maritime Engraving

American Privateer Captures an English Packet Boat, 1777 Maritime Engraving

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: American Revolution, American privateer, English packet boat, Revolutionary War, 1777, maritime history, naval history, sailing ship, Atlantic trade, British shipping, priv...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Prints

Materials

Paper

Old City Jerusalem City Walls landscape Scene Painting, Judaica
Old City Jerusalem City Walls landscape Scene Painting, Judaica

Old City Jerusalem City Walls landscape Scene Painting, Judaica

By Jossi Stern

Located in Surfside, FL

Recognizing the looming threat of Hitler and the pending Nazi invasion of Hungary, in 1940, at the age of seventeen, the young artist made his way to Palestine aboard the Sakaria, an...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

"Postscript to The Massachusetts Spy" May 5, 1774 with Boston Tea Party Coverage
"Postscript to The Massachusetts Spy" May 5, 1774 with Boston Tea Party Coverage

"Postscript to The Massachusetts Spy" May 5, 1774 with Boston Tea Party Coverage

By Isaiah Thomas

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

One dispatch dated March 5 reports that Britain was “getting ready several Ships of War for Sea” and that “Some say it is to reduce the mutinous spirit of the Americans.”

Category

Antique 1770s American American Colonial Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

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British Ships For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of British ships is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique British ships was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wool and wood. British ships have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. British ships are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art, Victorian and Industrial styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made British ships over the years, but those made by Kelvin & Hughes, Michael J. Whitehand and Robert Ernest Roe are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are British Ships?

British ships can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,250, while the lowest priced sells for $450 and the highest can go for as much as $65,000.