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Boston Clipper Ships

Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas
Located in Norwell, MA
The fastest ship ever built. California clipper Sovereign of the Seas model. The Sovereign of the
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20th Century Nautical Objects

Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas
Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas
H 63 in W 44 in D 18 in
Scale Model of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
Located in Norwell, MA
1930’s Era ship model of the Boston built American clipper ship “Flying Cloud”. This is a well
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Vintage 1930s North American Models and Miniatures

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Wood

Clipper Ship Model of Great Republic by Thomas Rosenquist
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality model of the Boston built clipper ship “Great Republic” by Thomas Rosenquist of Far
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Vintage 1920s North American Models and Miniatures

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Wood

Wedgwood Porcelain Plaque of The Clipper Ship, Golden West
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wedgwood Porcelain Paintd Plaque of the clipper ship, Golden West, 1976-1981 The Wedgwood
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Vintage 1970s English Victorian Porcelain

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Porcelain

Portrait of the Clipper Ship Oriental by Lucius A. Briggs, 1925
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape Portrait of the Clipper Ship ORIENTAL by Lucius A. Briggs, (Boston and New Bedford
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

"The Celebrated Clipper Ship Dreadnought, " Original Lithograph by Currier & Ives
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Celebrated Clipper Ship Dreadnought" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives
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1870s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Large Cast New England Bank Patriotic Eagle and Clipper Ship Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast and Gilded Patriotic Eagle with Clipper Ship Plaque, with a Clutch of Arrows and an Olive
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Mid-20th Century American Federal Sculptures and Carvings

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Composition

American Three Masted Clipper Ship Model Sovereign of the Seas Under Glass, 20th
Located in Hollywood, SC
American three masted clipper ship model displayed in a mahogany glass case. She was the fastest
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20th Century American American Empire Nautical Objects

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Glass, Mahogany, Pine, Paint

Ship GLORY OF THE SEAS
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
ships - GLORY OF THE SEAS. The last merchant clipper built by the renowned Donald McKay of East Boston
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Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques of the Ships the Great Republic and the Dashing Wave
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dashing Wave Clipper Ships all within a light wood original wood frame and a small gilt brass engraved
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Vintage 1970s American Classical Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Oversized Art Deco Silverplate Tray by Reed & Barton, c1937
By Reed & Barton
Located in Litchfield, CT
by 1 inch deep Hallmarks: Reed & Barton, 1400 (model number) and clipper ship (date mark for 1937
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Vintage 1930s North American Platters and Serveware

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Silver Plate

LARGE FINE OIL PAINTING By Robert Bradley NAVY ADMIRALTY NICE GOLD GILT FRAME
Located in Ferndown, GB
HISTORY Description The Golden West an American Clipper Class arriving at Boston Harbour docks circa
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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

LARGE FINE OIL PAINTING By Robert Bradley NAVY ADMIRALTY NICE GOLD GILT FRAME
Located in Ferndown, GB
HISTORY Description The Golden West an American Clipper Class arriving at Boston Harbour docks circa
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

PURITAN vs GENESTA, America's Cup 1885
By Edward Moran
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
the clipper ships and merchant ships through to the great passenger and ocean liners of the early 20th
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1880s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seascape with Clippership by George Howell Gay (American: 1858 - 1931), ca 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
, and titled on the reverse "Clipper Ship Before the Wind." A beautiful and dramatic painting with a
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Antique 1890s American Other Paintings

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Canvas

On the Clyde
By Robert Salmon
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
yachting history including the America’s Cup, the age of the clipper ships and merchant ships through to
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1810s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

HMS Newcastle. In Sydney Harbor. December 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Royal Navy.
By Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
respected marine painter, mainly of naval ships in watercolor. He was born on 9th September 1888 at
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

'Racing in a Storm' — America's Cup, 1885
By Jacques La Grange
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
and Color in the America's Cup Races' in 1934 and 'Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain 1833
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton
By Newton Globes - Planer & Newton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and extremely rare 24-inch terrestrial globe by Newton Our most magnificent and rare globes were a pair of 24-inch Newton globes. These too were updated in 1852 (terre...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Globes

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Mahogany

Ship's Brass Porthole Coffee or Side Table by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
Solid brass working nautical porthole window from a decommissioned ship with great patina. This has been polished, the rivets put back in and the table base designed by Deborah Lockh...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

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Brass

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

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Other

Victorian Taxidermy Diorama with Partridge, Germany ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Victorian Taxidermy Diorama with Partridge, Germany ca. 1900 An antique diorama with a taxidermied partridge (Perdix perdix) sitting in a handpainted landscape. Mounted in an eboniz...
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Taxidermy

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Glass, Wood

Museum-Quality, Fully Assembled Replica of H.M.S. Sovereign of the Seas
Located in Eindhoven, NL
This is museum-quality, fully assembled replica of H.M.S. Sovereign of the Seas, a first-rate ship in the British Royal Navy for more than 50 years in the 1600s. Master craftsmen ...
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2010s Central Asian Models and Miniatures

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Mahogany

President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Sister Parish, Albert Hadley
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian tea table Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Lacquer

2 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
In 1822 the Chinese Junk "Tek Sing" or true star sank in the south China sea, where the ship and its cargo remained until salvaged in 1999. These antique blue and white porcelain ric...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set Eight Wedgwood Dinner Plates Mared Pattern Made England Circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of eight blue and white dinner plates is painted in Wedgwood's Mared pattern. The pattern is characterized by a beautiful shell edge and a loop of "pearls" encircling the ce...
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Antique 1840s English Neoclassical Dinner Plates

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Earthenware

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art

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Other

"American Cup Race 1885"
By Frederick Tordoff
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on board painting by Frederick Tordoff. Signed lower right and titled verso. Overall size in gold and black nautical style frame 25 by 35 inches. Condition: good; no ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

'The Start of the Race' — America's Cup, 1899
By Jacques La Grange
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Start of the Race, 1899', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '21/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper,...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Louis Vuitton Trunk in Woven Canvas, Louis Vuitton 100 cm Steamer Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Antique end of the 19th century genuine and superb Louis Vuitton "Malle Courrier" or steamer trunk, medium size, rare and sought after Tisse' monogram canvas, silver color metal boun...
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Antique 1890s French Trunks and Luggage

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Brass, Steel

Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and unusual 19th century cased ship diorama displaying four ships at sea. A four masted schooner sets the background with a tug boat, two masted vessel and a steamship ...
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Antique 19th Century American Classical Nautical Objects

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Wood

Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
H 17.25 in W 33.5 in D 9.5 in
American or English marine , ship in a rough sea at Night with lightning
By James Edward Buttersworth
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to James Edward Buttersworth Hailing from what is now the northwest of Greater London, Buttersworth came from an artistic family. His father, Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., wa...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique 19th Century Wedgwood Light Blue Jasperware Beaker or Tumbler
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasperware beaker or cup. In Wedgwood blue with white relief decoration depicting men, women, children, and trees in a Classical style. We assume this was used a...
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Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Nautical Maritime Ship Ocean Liner Steamship Shadowbox Diorama 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique three dimensional folk art diorama portraying a steam boat / oceanliner / ship on a choppy sea. The model is set in a rectangular shadowbox with white trim and brown wood fr...
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Early 20th Century Nautical Objects

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Hardwood

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Portrait of Clipper Ship Kingfisher
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Clipper Ship Kingfisher Oil on canvas canvas: 20 5/8" x 29 1/4"; frame: 24 1/4" x 32
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Antique 1860s Paintings

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Canvas

Portrait of Clipper Ship Kingfisher
Portrait of Clipper Ship Kingfisher
H 24.25 in W 32.25 in D 2 in
McKay's Ship Yard- The Launching of Clippership "Flying Cloud" in 1851
By Paul Garnett
Located in Stonington, CT
paintings related to the work of the legendary builder of clipper ships and his yard in East Boston
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Henry Firks' View of San Francisco, 1849
By Henry Firks
Located in New York, NY
created by the development of the clipper ship which allowed for rapid trans-American transportation
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Antique 19th Century Prints

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Lithograph

Model of the Boston Built American Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud"
Located in Norwell, MA
Museum quality model of the Boston built American clipper ship "Flying Cloud". Launched in 1851
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Vintage 1930s North American Models and Miniatures

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Wood

Painting of Clipper Ship 'Witch of the Wave at Anchor in Boston Harbor' ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Painting of "The Clipper Ship 'Witch of the Wave At Anchor in Boston Harbor," American
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

Sovereign of the Seas Clipper Ship Model
Located in Essex, MA
. East Boston shipbuilder Donald McKay built the clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas on speculation and
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Antique 1880s American Nautical Objects

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Brass

Folk Art Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of a Clipper Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Folk Art Sailor's woolwork or woolie of a clipper ship, named Erin's Hope Boston, Possibly
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Brass Case with Table American Clipper Flying Fish
Located in Norwell, MA
Cased ship model of the Boston built clipper ship flying fish with copper sheathed hull, planked
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Vintage 1980s Nautical Objects

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Wood

Earl Collins Nautical Marine Oil Painting on Canvas, "Clipper Northern Eagle"
By Earl Collins
Located in Shippensburg, PA
choppy waves, the ships sailing close to the wind. The lower stretcher bar is inscribed "Clipper
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Late 20th Century American Paintings

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Canvas

Surging Forward: The Race between the Lightning and Red Jacket
By Montague Dawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
oil on canvas, bringing vividly to life a clipper ship race on the open water. This is among the
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20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

‘Silver Seas’ by Henry Scott
By Henry Scott
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, mid 1950s. Footnote: Blue Jacket was ‘a fast and exceptionally handsome ship’. Built in East Boston
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Vintage 1950s English Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

‘Silver Seas’ by Henry Scott
‘Silver Seas’ by Henry Scott
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.1 in
"Fishing and Wishing" by Ralph Cahoon
Located in Downingtown, PA
had New England seaside settings, often with a lighthouse on a spit on the horizon, a clipper ship out
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20th Century American Paintings

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Masonite

Clipper Ship THREE BROTHERS, 2972 tons. The Largest Sailing Ship in the World.
By Currier & Ives
Located in Missouri, MO
Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907) Clipper Ship THREE BROTHERS, 2972 tons. The Largest Sailing
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1870s American Realist More Prints

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Lithograph

American Seascape 1920's Oil Painting by Elliot Candee Clark Clipper Ship
Located in Buffalo, NY
Academy of Design; American Art Association of Paris Annual Exhibition; Doll & Richards, Boston; Louis
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Clippership Spitfire
Located in Norwell, MA
Extreme California clipper ship "Spitfire" model of 1853. Captained by John Arey (1816), Spitfire
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20th Century Nautical Objects

Clippership Spitfire
Clippership Spitfire
H 59 in W 42 in D 18 in
Bark ST. ANDREW off Point Lynas, Liverpool
By William G. Yorke
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Anglesey's eastern most promontory, is shown off ST. ANDREW's bow, locating the ship heading Northward in the
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1870s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The USS OHIO Leaving San Pedro, 1849
By J. Duncan Gleason
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
prolific and highly accomplished of the Navy's early designers. Ship builder Isaac Webb, father of clipper
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1930s Other Art Style Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flying Cloud Diorama
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century wood carved diorama of the clipper ship 'Flying Cloud' with well executed hand painted
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Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects

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Metal

Flying Cloud Diorama
Flying Cloud Diorama
H 31.5 in W 40.75 in D 6.5 in
A Westerly Trade Wind – The Boston Clipper "Southern Cross", Oil on Canvas
By Montague Dawson
Located in NEW YORK, NY
MONTAGUE DAWSON British, 1895–1973 A Westerly Trade Wind – The Boston Clipper "Southern Cross
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Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Boston Clipper Ships For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of boston clipper ships for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, paint and porcelain, all boston clipper ships available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of boston clipper ships available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of boston clipper ships to choose from, but at 1stDibs, folk art, neoclassical and Victorian boston clipper ships are of considerable interest. Many boston clipper ships are appealing in their simplicity, but Wedgwood, Reed and Barton and Henry Scott produced popular boston clipper ships that are worth a look.

How Much are Boston Clipper Ships?

Prices for boston clipper ships start at $700 and top out at $125,000 with the average selling for $7,495.