Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects

Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique English Victorian Maritime Cast Iron Large Boat Ship's Anchor with Wood and R...

Standing at 16 inches in height, this large scale nineteenth century Napoleon III period hourglass features three turned ebonized wood disks joined by bronze supports and finished wi...

English polished steel nautical yacht cabin lantern with wooden carrying handle, vented chimney, three glass panels, porcelain back, and original oil bu...

A Pair of Victorian Fine Half Hull Models of the Margaret Mitchell and Robina Mitchell, both Ships Three Masted Wooden Clippers Built by Archibald McMillan and Son on the Clyde. Thes...

A decorative collection of 33 individual museum cased shell specimens, card lidded boxes with circular glass top. Filled with dyed cotton and hand penned labels on the reverse. 5 la...

A dining table made from a 19th century ship's steering wheel, upon an antique binnacle with bronze feet, English, circa 1850. With a modern glass top.

19th century turned round box in the form of a cylinder with etched geometric and floral designs. Sailor-made likely by the ships carpenter since it is turned. Beautiful subtle desig...

ABOUT This hefty maritime marvel hauled cargo and hoisted dreams across the seas. A genuine relic from the golden age of sailing ships, this double wood block and tackle features a ...

ABOUT This hefty maritime marvel hauled cargo and hoisted dreams across the seas. A genuine relic from the golden age of sailing ships, this double wood block and tackle features a ...

An Unusually Large Napoleonic Prisoner of War Carved Bone Working Model of the French Revolutionary Guillotine The Recumbent Body of the Queen, Marie Antoinette, Lying on a Podium be...

Whaler made antique bone and ebonized wood round box, circa 1850. With pierced bone medallion and delicately carved bone spiral decorative supports on the...

American hand held cast brass engraved Yachtsman's speaking trumpet with bell shaped soldered mouthpiece, coned-shaped column with original interior red paint, and terminating on a r...

Early nineteenth-century wood bowl ship's compass by Samuel Thaxter & Son of 125 State Street, Boston. With strap gimbal and is fitted to a dovetailed timber box with its original li...

A fine pair of bronze cannon by McAndrew and Woore, set on their original brass bound black painted oak carriages with brass spider wheels, also with a p...

19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife, circa 1850s, matched pair of Chinese Export oil on canvas full length portraits of a Sea Captain and his wife, painted on commission in Hong Kong or a related China Trade port. The captain wears a double breasted wool greatcoat over a high collar white shirt with bow tie, black waistcoat...

Fine antique ship's compass by Robert Merrill of New York. Brass bowl on gimbal fitted to a dovetailed timber box. Paper compass card with fleur-de-lis at north. Compass points north...

American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper painted banner "The London and New York Trading Company"...

English monumental polished steel carving set with inlaid eagle bone handles depicting E. pluribus unum motto. Stamped with Hallmarks in Silver S.H. Samue...

Absolutely rare and beautiful ships binnacle by Sir William Thomson of Glasgow. With a substantial varnished base. Polished and lacquered mushroom style hood and compass cowl. Very rare dry card compass...

Rare original chart of Long Island Sound by E + G Blunt of New York, 179 Water St. "Surveyed in the years 1828, 29 & 30" Exceedingly rare and early chart, titled Long Island Sound fr...

Rare large barometer complete with clock signed Silvani Brighton, dated from 1820 and 1835. Finely crafted mahogany wood case with double thread at th...

Ebony wood, brass and marine ivory octant, scale from 0° to 100°,signed Hughes London made around 1830. Good condition, complete with custom-made display base made of wood and brass....

Captain Thomas Stuart’s Medals for Gallant Service 1793-1840 This very fine group of four medals was awarded to Captain T. Stuart, Royal Navy, who was recognised for his part in the ...

Fine pair of mid-19th century English bronze cannon with tapering 41" barrels and flared muzzles, the top of each breech engraved with the family crest o...

Brass round-sectioned telescope with leather-covered handle, focusing at one extension. English manufacture of the mid-19th century. Complete with base for support made of custom woo...

Brass round-section telescope with leather-covered handle, two-extension focus. English manufacture from the mid-19th century. Complete with base for support made of custom wood and ...

Grande bozzello in legno e acciaio con puleggia in legno duro cassetta, ovoidale in legno con una cavatoia apribile in parte con cerniera e gancio di chiusura, nella quale è imperni...

Staffordshire Pottery figure with a maritime theme which features a sailor holding a sailing boat on his shoulder, with a young boy next to him, stood on a shaped base. The piece is ...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt van de Straat Sunda - Vue du Détroit de la Sonde'. Old print with a view of the Sunda straits with ships as seen from Anjer / Anyer on the Island of ...

Antique print titled 'La Fregate la Courageuse et la Canonnière la Terréur'. This print illustrates the combat between French ships and the British ships...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Golfe De St. Drely engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et de Ra...

19th century whaler made carved and turned ebony stemmed cup. "Manila P.I." painted on one side. Manila, Philippine Islands would have been a port of call on ...

Four antique wooden oars, hand-carved in Indonesia, mid 19th Century. Some original paint is preserved, with time-conferred patina. The tallest o...

1841 rare collection of large shells, on antique mahogany bases. 60 pieces of the Large shells, 18 boxes of the small shells. Provenance attached in the photo section. Hugh C. Ful...

A Victorian framed print of "Balance of Sail" by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen. The bottom of the print is inscribed: LONDON. PUBL...

A Victorian framed print of "SCREW STEAM SHIP WATER BALLAST HOLDS & CARGO TRADER" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. From John Scott...

A Victorian framed print of "SHIPS OF WAR - Screw Gun Boat" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate 84: The Modern System of Naval Architecture, Joh...

Antique map titled 'Plan du Golfe D'Anville (Côte de Tartarie)'. Old map of part of the Chinese coast, explored with the French corvette 'Caprieuse'. The Capricieuse was a late 2...

A Lugger lifeboat model by Twyman for the International Exhibition, London 1862. The planked and pinned hull of this lifeboat has a lead keel, bilge keels, a wooden rudder with a yoke, gesso-coated canvas wales and a grab line. It is fitted internally with a forward compartment enclosing a stove and glazed deck lights, seats, covered hatches with copper strapping, a bilge pump with a handle, mast securing points, a metal anchor with a buoy and other details, together with a quantity of furled masts and rigging, a silk flag, and other accessories. The bow has ‘Sunbeam/Friend of all Nations’ and the stern has ‘Ramsgate’, painted in gold on a black ground. English, 1862. Provenance: H. Twyman (designer/modeller) thence by descent Exhibited: International Exhibition, London 1862, Vol. 2, object no. 2760 The 1862 International Exhibition in London hosted a fine array of exhibits from 28,000 exhibitors, and enjoyed a footfall of 6.1 million (about the same as that of the 1851 Great Exhibition...

Antique print titled Nave il Cesare l'Augusto'. Etching with hand coloring, published circa 1850. Signed Leveschi (?).

A very large-scale early 19th century naturalistically cast iron scallop shell, France, circa 1820. Attributed to the Val d'Osne factory. Measures: Wid...

A Victorian framed print of "PADDLE WHEELS & SCREW PROPELLERS" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate from The Modern System of Naval...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Isle De Poro engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et de Rades de...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Port St. Antoine engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille, France, 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et de Ra...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Plan du Port de Cherfe engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et d...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Syrie engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et de Rades de la Mer...

Antique portolano, nautical map of Port De Chichimé Natolie engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et...

American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.

Ship's water cask with wooden staves, iron banding, and a hand forged carry handle.Awesome maritime relic, quite early. Weight: 3 lbs. Overall Dimensions: 10"H x 8"W x 8"D Ma...

French 19th century, painting of a boat fairing. This scene represents a boat fairing and sealing with tar by the sea. Today, as much as possible, boats are put in dry dock to carry...

Nineteenth-century yacht binnacle with a dry card compass in a wood bowl. The compass has been tilt-mounted for decorative viewing. Tilted lid with a round viewing window. A solid br...

American cast iron nautical umbrella stand with centered anchor ring attached and intertwined with rope, two smaller tridents with spears, and resting on a...

Rare boat binnacle with solid brass mushroom style hood. Mid nineteenth century gimballed compass by Ritchie of Boston. Varnished mahogany base with...

A Royal Naval ship’s elm companionway board, of rectangular form with an arched top and two sturdy brass rings, naively carved with a crowned coat of arms flanked by a lion and unicorn...

An impressive silver gilt Lyme Regis & Charmouth Regatta Cup for 1846 presented by John Attwood M.P. made by Hunt and Roskell, in the form of a classical f...

A rare scrimshaw decorated horn, engraved over one side with the Royal Arms countersigned and titled ship profiles for the Great Eastern, the Great Britain,...

Michael A. Finnel Mid 19th Century Renaissance Revival style Walnut Cased Thermometer with leaf decorated crest, printed marks. Thermometer not workin...

This large and historically interesting inkwell, or standish, is carved from timber recovered from the wreck of H.M.S. Lutine. It has a central inkwell, with a bud and oakleaf cover...

This reverse glass painting shows the silhouettes of three British naval ships of the line within a ropework border, their outlines inside the glass casting shadows on the cream grou...

A black oak snuff box made from timber recovered from H.M.S. Boyne, sunk 1795, raised 1833, of circular form with turned lid and base, the lid with printed description of Boyne’s car...