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Antique Nautical Tools

W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass
By A. Lietz Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th Century Ships Binnacle by W. Hartmann. Binnacles are an important navigation tool. They
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass, Copper

Nautical Log in Its Wooden Box to Measure Boats Speed Walker Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
from the early 1900s. It is an ancient nautical instrument, which measured the distance and speed of a
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Early 20th Century British Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

English Shipwright's or Carpenter's Sash Fillister Plane by Atkin and Sons
Located in Austin, TX
fine example of a shipbuilding carpenter's tool - perfect for a collector of nautical or maritime items.  
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Early 1900s English Antique Nautical Tools

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Metal, Brass

Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The
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1850s English Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron

Marine Surgeon's Box" Louis MATHIEU 1816-1879
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
presenting the different instruments (including saw, scalpels, trepanning tools, boxes, etc.). Almost
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Nautical Tools

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Metal

Antique Marine Surgeon's Box"  Louis MATHIEU 1816-1879
Marine Surgeon's Box"  Louis MATHIEU 1816-1879
H 4.53 in W 22.84 in D 13.19 in
Ropes and Tackle for 19th Century Waling Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Tools ropes and tackle for 19th century waling vessel.
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Nautical Tools

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Rope, Maple

19th C. Ship Captain's Inlaid Burl Davenport Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
and ebonized moldings. The very top with a 3/4 brass gallery and worn brass plaque over a black tooled
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19th Century Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Federal Style Hand Painted Tole Tinder Wood Box
Located in Nashville, TN
surrounded with nautical stars above and below. The sides are hand painted with a border of vines and berries
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Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Nautical Tools

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Metal

Cartographic Elegance: The British Raj's India, 1882 Atlas by Blackie and Son
Located in Langweer, NL
British nautical knowledge. Both maps display an overlay of longitude and latitude lines, indicative of
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1880s Antique Nautical Tools

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Paper

A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fisherman with a Net
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
his shoulder rests a sturdy stick, an essential tool for carrying the weighty wet fishing net
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1880s German Other Antique Nautical Tools

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Porcelain

Large Renaissance Manner Antique Cast Iron and Bronze Hooded Fire Basket Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
bronze fire tool holders shaped like a wave, in keeping with the Nautical theme. With large bronze
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1880s English Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron

Tiffany & Co 1905 Edwardian Essex Glass Scent Bottle 18kt Gold and Rock Quartz
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Miami, FL
and diamond dust mixture was used along with up to 250 scribing tools to carve the design into the
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Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Nautical Tools

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Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

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Historic Homes of Charleston, South Carolina
Located in valatie, NY
Historical Homes of Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston: Terrel Publishing Company, 1993. Soft cover. 95 pp. A beautiful pictorial guidebook to the historic homes of Charleston. T...
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20th Century American Antique Nautical Tools

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Paper

Landers, Frary & Clark Cast Iron Coffee Grinder/Mill
By Landers, Frary & Clark 1
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a large and heavy Landers, Frary & Clark cast iron coffee grinder#20 1/2. It has a bell shaped nickel hopper with a flat wood lid and two flywheels adorned in the center with a ...
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron, Nickel

Antique Victorian Vintage Ivory Bovine Whale Bone Sterling Walking Stick Cane
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine & Rare Example of a Mariner’s Whale Bone Walking Cane of exceptional quality. First half of the Nineteenth Century, possibly of English origin. The plain ball grip with...
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Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Horn, Ebony

Antique Victorian Vintage Ivory Bovine Whale Bone Walking Swagger Stick Cane
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine & Rare Example of a Mariner’s Whale Bone Walking Cane of exceptional quality. First half of the Nineteenth Century, possibly of English origin. The hand carved decorati...
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Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Horn, Ebony

Italian 19th Century Canopy Bed with Silver Friezes and Upholstered Purple Silk
Located in Firenze, IT
One of a kind canopy bed or day bed made up of two scrolled silver columns and upholsterd with an Italian vintage pure silk brocade. Sourced in a private residence in Venice this 19...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Nautical Tools

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Silver

Danish Mid-Century Modern Jacaranda Tambour Door Credenza
By Sibast
Located in Atlanta, GA
Danish Mid-Century Modern tambour door credenza in jacaranda. Mahogany interior with four adjustable height drawers. Key not included - but not needed to operate cabinet doors. Al...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Nautical Tools

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Jacaranda, Mahogany

Old Chesterfield Club Three Piece Sofa & Pair of Armchairs Suite Brown Leather
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage restored Chesterfield cigar brown leather Library suite A very rare find, I never come across original sets of three piece...
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Mid-20th Century English Chesterfield Antique Nautical Tools

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Leather

Fossilized Carved Whale Vertebrae #16
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered fossilized Carved Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely 19th century. Carving of an animal on the front, center of the vertebrae.
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20th Century Organic Modern Antique Nautical Tools

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Bone

Fossilized Carved Whale Vertebrae #16
Fossilized Carved Whale Vertebrae #16
H 3 in W 13.5 in D 11.75 in
18th Century English Antique Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent George III period seven door breakfront library bookcase. Constructed in the finest quality figured mahogany, having a moulded cornice above seven astragal glazed doors...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Nautical Tools

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Mahogany

Antique English Break-Front Bibliotheque Bookcase in Mahogany, circa 1870
By S.E. & R. Johnson. Warrington
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome and very well crafted English break-front bookcase or bibliotheque in solid mahogany by S.E. & R. Johnson of Warrington, England, circa 1870. Features six doors with glass...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Mahogany

Nicole’s Silver Boots Stretched on Floor, Studio 54
By Meryl Meisler
Located in New York, NY
Nicole’s Silver Boots Stretched on Floor Studio 54, NY, NY June 1977 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print 20 x 16 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) $3000.00...
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1970s Contemporary Antique Nautical Tools

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Silver Gelatin

Ancient Rustic Cart Wheel Mounted on Black Lacquer Base, Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An ancient Indian cart wheel mounted on custom black lacquered base, with brown patina. Imagine the rhythmic creak of wooden axles and the dusty trail of a bygone era. Envision the s...
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19th Century Indian Antique Nautical Tools

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Metal

Antique Pharmacy Moble in Walnut with Drawers, Raised Day, Bookcase, Swiss, 1800
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique pharmacy in walnut with drawers, raised a day, Swiss origin, second half of the 19th century, composed of a corner unit and a small piece of furniture. Pharmacy in perfect c...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Nautical Tools

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Walnut

Set of Four Monumental Neo-Gothic Confessionals in Oak
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A group of four antique confessionals in Neo-Gothic style, made of oak.
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19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Antique Nautical Tools

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Wood, Oak

Very Large Antique Whale Vertebrae #2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural weathered antique Whale Vertebrae. One section / specimen. Possibly sperm whale. Likely 19th century.
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20th Century Organic Modern Antique Nautical Tools

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Bone

Vintage Taper Maker, English, Brass, Shipwright's Woodworking Tool, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage taper maker. An English, brass shipwright's woodworking tool, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950. Midcentury crafting tool Displays a desirable aged pat...
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Mid-20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

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Unusual Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Iron and Copper Coal Scuttle
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
An unusual Late C19th Arts and Crafts iron and copper 'nautical' coal scuttle; the iron handle in
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19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Nautical Tools

George V Silver Combination Opisometer, Vesta Case and Compass
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine and unusual George V silver Opisometer map measuring tool combined with a Vesta case and a
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1910s English Other Antique Nautical Tools

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Silver

Palatial Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
brown tooled leather top outlined with walnut border and bronze mounted trim edge. Bas-relief bronze
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Nautical Tools

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Bronze

Brass Nautical Fire tool set
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Brass Nautical fire tool set.
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19th Century Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Brass Nautical Fire tool set
Brass Nautical Fire tool set
H 58.5 in W 6.5 in D NaN in
19th Century Brass 3 Draw Telescope Antique Nautical Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with round section, with three extensions focusing and handle covered in leather, complete with sunshade extension and dust flap. Maximum length 74 cm-inches 29.1, mi...
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1870s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1910 Paget Nautical Angular Sextant Mahogany Box Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Paget angular sextant, H. Hughes & Son Ltd London no. 620 datable to 1910 circa. The sextant is made up of two round aluminum plates, the upper part with the avorioline goniometric s...
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1910s British Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1900s Brass Nautical Sextant Signed HEATH & C Mahogany Box Antique Marine Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Sextant of painted brass HEATH & C Ltd New Heltham London manufacturer of scientific instruments founded in 1845 and active until 1937. HEZZANITH Endless Rapid Reader Automatic Clamp...
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Early 20th Century British Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1870 Wooden Nautical Block Complete with Ring with Iron Pulley Old Marine Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Small simple block made of wood and rope covered with leather complete with ring and pulley made of iron. English manufacture of the second half of the 19th century. 6.5x7x17 cm. Ver...
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1860s British Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron

Cast Bronze and Wrought Iron Nautical Theme Fireplace Tools Set, circa 1890s
Located in New York, NY
AFP0667 A set of antique nautical cast bronze and wrought iron fire tools. The tongs, poker, and
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1890s Baroque Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass, Bronze, Iron, Wrought Iron

Antique English Walnut and Brass Rabbeting Plane Tool
Located in Fayetteville, AR
A rare find for tool enthusiasts, this Edward Preston and Sons walnut and brass rabbeting plane is
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Early 20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Set of 5 Antique English Brass Nautical Fireplace Tools on "Ship" Stand, Ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 5 Antique English Brass Nautical Themed Fireplace Tools on Stand, with Figural Ships and
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Late 19th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Large Antique English Solid Walnut and Brass Seaman's Drill Tool
Located in Fayetteville, AR
A beautifully constructed sturdy piece with enduring functionality, this seaman's drill is a tool
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Early 20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Large Nautical Antique Half-Block Model of an English Schooner, 1860
Located in Milan, IT
, used to design boats, represented for the shipwrights the tool to see in advance the shapes of the
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1860s British Antique Nautical Tools

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Mahogany

1900s Brass Magnetic Compass Signed Sestrel Antique Maritime Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and glass dry compass on universal joint signed Sestrel made in the first half of the 19th century and mounted on a walnut wood base. The compass is made of a brass and glass c...
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Early 1900s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1870s Small Brass and Leather French Telescope Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Small brass telescope with leather-covered handle, French manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century, focus with three extensions. Maximum cm 47,5 – inches 18.7, mini...
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1870s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

19th Century T Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log a 1 London Antique Maritime Tool
Located in Milan, IT
the second half of the 19th century. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a
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1860s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

19THC ORIGINAL NAUTICAL SHIP & ANCOR IRON ANDIRONS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FOLKY & VERY UNUSUAL ANDIRONS NAUTICAL 19THC CAST IRON SHIP & ANCOR ANDIRONS.THIS WONDERFUL
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19th Century American Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron

Vintage Gimbal-Mounted Compass by Wilcox, Crittenden & Co.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Penfield, to operate the hand stamping tool that fabricated the metal grommets. As steamships gradually
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1880s American Late Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

English Compass Ship's log, 40's, teak and brass, 19th century compass. XIX
By Ainsley South Shields
Located in Valladolid, ES
essential tool in nautical equipment. They are usually at the helm of the ship and allow the sailor to
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1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Nautical Tools

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Bronze, Iron

Patented 18th Sept. 1866 Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the
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1860s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

19th Century Fid and Rope Ring Toss Game
Located in Essex, MA
A 19th century American fid. A fid is a conical tool made of wood or bone. It is used to work with
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19th Century American Antique Nautical Tools

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Wood

19th Century Fid and Rope Ring Toss Game
19th Century Fid and Rope Ring Toss Game
H 29 in W 17.5 in D 17.5 in
Vintage Drawing Instrument Set, English, Drafting Compass Compendium, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
blue velour Dressed with an inset brass lock — key absent Comprehensive set of drafting tools
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Early 20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

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Metal

Log contamiglia nautico in ottone firmato MASSEY’S Anchor Ship Log del 1820
Located in Milan, IT
the lack of tools for the measurement of time of sufficient precision: throwing a piece of wood into
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1820s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Victorian Brass Bound Jewellery Box in Coromandel
Located in Northampton, GB
cufflinks. The central compartment has nautical-themed embroidery where your jewellery can sit. This
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19th Century British Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic nautical compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Barking & London Trade Sestrel Mark
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1890s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1920s Nautical English Magnetic Brass Compass Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical pocket compass made of turned brass, 1920s English manufacture. The compass is complete
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1920s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

1920s Brass Pocket Magnetic Nautical Compass Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass pocket nautical compass housed in its leather case with lid. Produced by F. Barker & Son
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1920s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Early 1900s Small Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Antique Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Small nautical compass from the early 1900s, mounted on a universal joint and placed in its
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Early 20th Century British Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Tools from a 19th Century Waling Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Decorative, tools for nautical wall hanging.
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Nautical Tools

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Iron

Tools from a 19th Century Waling Vessel
Tools from a 19th Century Waling Vessel
H 3.5 in W 35.5 in D 22 in
19th Century Brass Sextant Signe Marshall London Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Mid 19th century brass English sextant signed Marshall London, instrument complete with three telescopes, one of which is long, and a filter and it is in its original mahogany box wi...
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1870s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

WW1 American Army Officer Pocket Brass Magnetic Compass Antique Scientific Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Pocket compass for the American army officers during the First World War, of brass with the shape of a pocket watch, signed Waltham. The compass has a snap-on cover with release butt...
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1910s Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

19th Century Iron and Wood Simple Pulley Block Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Simple block made of wood and iron with wood pulley, ovoid hardwood box with two cavities, in which both the pulley and the metal band are pivoted. English manufacture of the mid-1...
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1870s Antique Nautical Tools

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Wood

19th Century English Hunting Scene Scrimshaw Beaker
Located in London, GB
practice of sailors on whaling ships creating common tools, where the by-products of whales were readily
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1850s British Folk Art Antique Nautical Tools

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Bone

French Model Carved Battle Ship & Miniature Decorative Sculpture Antiques LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
tools using scraps of whatever was available for carving and bringing the pieces of art to life
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Late 19th Century French Antique Nautical Tools

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Wood

Henry Matthews Antique English Sterling Silver Pint Mug
By Henry Matthews
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
addition to our nautical themed silverware collection. This impressive antique George V sterling silver
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1920s English Antique Nautical Tools

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Silver, Sterling Silver

1 Volume, Thompson & Lawson, The Lawson History of America's CVP
Located in New York, NY
blue morocco with a gilt-tooled border on the covers. Raised bands with panels displaying nautical
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Early 20th Century American Antique Nautical Tools

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Leather

1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
spine displays raised bands, nautical details, bordering, and label lettering, all gilt-tooled. All of
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Early 20th Century American Antique Nautical Tools

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Leather

1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
H 7.5 in W 2.25 in D 5.75 in
Antique Wood Fid Textile Tool Marine Rope Slicing
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Wood Tool, treen fid grooved top for rope strap. Nautical collectible. Measures: 8.75
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Early 20th Century Rustic Antique Nautical Tools

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Wood

Scarce Black Painted English Oak Shipwright’s Caulking Tool Box, circa 1880
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
to the method used to make wooden decks on ships watertight, and involves a variety of unique tools
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Nautical Tools

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Oak

Silver Opisometer Map Measuring Tool with Magnifying Glass & Propelling Pencil
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
Edwardian Cased Silver Opisometer Map Measuring Tool with Magnifying Glass & Propelling Pencil
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Early 20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

Edwardian Cased Nine-Karat Gold Opisometer or Compass or Map Measuring Tool
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An extremely fine quality Edwardian cased 9 carat gold Opisometer or Map Measuring Tool combined
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Early 20th Century English Antique Nautical Tools

George III Pocket Globe and Case by John and William Cary
By John & William Cary
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
nautical instrument maker, having been apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden. The first globes by the Cary
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1790s English Antique Nautical Tools

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Copper

English Brass Anchor Hanging Wall Rack Jack, 19th Century Nautical
Located in Woodbridge, CT
swivels from side to side can be used for a hanging lantern or plant, circa 1830, Nautical theme 9.5″ from
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Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Nautical Tools

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Brass

Antique continental parcel gilt iron Fireplace ensemble
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This impressive European andiron and three tool set certainly has a Spanish flair. The hand forged
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19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Nautical Tools

Materials

Gold Leaf, Iron

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Antique Nautical Tools For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique nautical tools available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique nautical tools — often made from metal, wood and brass — can elevate any home. Antique nautical tools have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique nautical tools made by Baroque designers — as well as those associated with Empire — are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Antique Nautical Tools?

Antique nautical tools can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,550, while the lowest priced sells for $436 and the highest can go for as much as $5,800.

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