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Nautical Block And Tackle

3 sailing ship's oak & iron pulley blocks
Located in London, GB
tackle block with fixed eye. Height: 17 ½ inches. 2: Double sheave stiff swivel hook tackle block
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects

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Iron

Block Island Merlot - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
dimensionality. By printing it on an antique nautical chart, in this case a map of Block Island, the artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

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Continental School Bronze Figure of a Boy Fishing
By Paul Dubois
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th-20th century, Continental school, French; cast bronze sculpture; depicting a well modeled figure of a young boy, draped in a net, his arm resting on an anchor, holding a fi...
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Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

American Cast Bronze Garden Fountain with Figural Boy Holding Koi Fish. C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast bronze garden fountain with standing figural boy holding Koi fish on a two-tiered shell form scrolled base with turtle at his feet, Late 19th century.
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Antique 1870s American American Empire Fountains

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Bronze, Copper

Purple Perkins Over St. Croix - Octopus on Nautical Map, Gyotaku Style Print
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil

WINTER LANDSCAPE 8 - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape, Modern Nature Painting
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Sedona Red Rocks, Southwestern Desert Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
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1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board, Canvas

Large Mythological Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Venus', by J.J. Kaendler, c. 1870
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and excellent porcelain sculpture: Depiction of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (Greek: Aphrodite), as a young woman with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck,...
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Nantucket Mack Pack - A Gathering of Mackerel on a Vintage Nautical Map
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A school of mackerel swim across the paper in Jeff Conroy's drawing entitled "Mack Pack". The fish are drawn with the precision of a fine silver etching, showing every subtle shift ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Blue Ring of Cape Fourcroy - Gyotaku Painting of Octopus on Nautical Chart
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
An octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

On the Seine - Impressionist River Landscape Oil Painting by William Baird
By William Baptiste Baird
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board circa 1890 by American impressionist painter William Baptiste Baird. The piece depicts boats sailing and moored on the River Seine in Paris, France. Th...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Drift (dramatic nocturne in America's suburbia)
By Jacob Crook
Located in New Orleans, LA
Drift is a hand-pulled mezzotint in an edition of 10. This is #3/10. Location is Jarnigan ST in Starksville, Mississippi Jacob Crook was born in St. Louis, MO in 1985. Crook works ...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

The Great Australian Bight Trio - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopi, the artist then embellishes them with colored pencil to convey an extr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Color Pencil, Watercolor

News from the Front - 19th Century Royal Acade Oil Painting Victorian London War
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904). The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Chiaroscuro
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrativ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Fish Dish Painted by Painted by Froment-Richard Creil & Montereau "Le Parisien"
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Paris, FR
This wonderful incredibly colorful fish dish was realized by Creil & Montereau earthenware circa 1880. It is representing "La pêche aux bébés" ("Fishing for Babys") Slightly chantour...
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Antique 1870s French Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Provincetown Black Americana Fish Market Sellers
By Sol Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Sol Wilson (1896-1974) has been referred to as an expressive realist with a tendency to romanticize a man's life with nature. He is best known for his landscapes, and paintings of wo...
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Little Landscape 01 - Modern Abstract Landscape, Nature Painting, Framed
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is signed on the back A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

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Large Ship's Teak Block and Tackle with Original Paint, Late 19th C.
Located in Nantucket, MA
A very large nautical 4 pulley block used on a ship. Original green paint. Smoked glass top -- 9.5
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Antique Late 19th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Teak

American Brig of War "Nautilus"
Located in Norwell, MA
with many block and tackle. The planked deck has hatches, wheel, capstan, tiller, cannonballs etc
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20th Century Nautical Objects

American Brig of War "Nautilus"
American Brig of War "Nautilus"
H 64 in W 44 in D 18 in
American Bomb Ketch "Spitfire"
Located in Norwell, MA
cannon are rigged to the deck with block and tackle. A large turret gun is rigged to the main deck along
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20th Century Nautical Objects

American Bomb Ketch "Spitfire"
American Bomb Ketch "Spitfire"
H 59 in W 37 in D 16 in
Early 19th C Royal William 1:48 Scale Model Ship Naval Prov Russell-Cotes Museum
Located in Lowestoft, GB
carved blocks and tackle, loosely mounted on ebonised cradle stand with name. General age related
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Antique Early 19th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

Rare 19th Century Nautically Themed Mantle Clock with Original Side Pieces.
Located in Greenlawn, NY
composed of various ship inspired components that include a sail, anchors, block and tackles and twisting
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH NAUTICAL MIRROR
Located in Essex, MA
crossed oars, boat hooks, block and tackle and an anchor.
Category

Antique 19th Century Scottish Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass, Iron, Steel

Vintage Double Block and Tackle Pulley Hook
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful vintage wood and iron pulley in excellent working condition. May have been used to hoist the sails of a ship or to lift bales of hay in an antique barn. Today, this functio...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

Antique 19th Century Wooden Block and Tackle, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
About: A 19th century wood and iron block and tackle used to hoist the ropes of a sailing ship
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Antique 19th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

Antique 19th Century Iron and Wooden Block and Tackle, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A 19th century wood and iron block and tackle with iron hook used to hoist the sails of a
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Antique 19th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

Shipyard Model of a Gaff-Rigged Newhaven Smack
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
rigging with sheathed blocks and tackle, all loosely mounted on wooden display base with cork stabilisers
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Antique 1820s English Nautical Objects

Materials

Metal

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