American American Painted Cast Iron "Old Salt" Maine Fisherman Doorstop

The Boston Terrier was made in cast iron by Bradley and Hubbard Co. Meriden CT in the 1920s Model #7294-N. A finely modeled hollow half round cast form with natural brindle paint. See: The Doorstop Book, John and Nancy Smith...

Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells and Motto "Ever Thine", Barbados, West Indies, Circa 1885 A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box...

British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship, The sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of a Second-Rate Royal Navy Ship with three masts. T...

Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship Coming into Port, Circa 1865 The British sailor's woolwork has a dramatic view of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship coming i...

Sailor's Woolwork of H.M.S. Meeanee Outward Bound, Year 1862. The British sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of the H.M.S. Meeanee outward bound passing a lighthouse as she sets out to sea leaving an unknown port on a wavy sea depicting with bands of different blues and white. She flies the red ensign and a red banner used to message sailors that their hip was leaving port. Along the lower section is a wide silk band with the following: H.M.S. Meeanee. Outward. Bound, Yer 1862. Dimensipons: 15 1/2 inches high x 21 3/4 inches wide x 1 inch deep. There are, as seen, various small minor looses. Now within Museum UV Glass. H.M.S. Meeanee was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 November 1842 at Bombay Dockyard. She was named after the Battle of Meeanee. The Meanee had originally been intended to be named the Madras, and retained the figurehead of a native of Madras, though it no longer appropriate. The head builder at the H.E.I. company dock and shipbuilding yard was Cursetjee Rustomjee. She sailed from Bombay for England in August 1849 with Persian artefacts for the British Museum. Meeanee a Vanguard Classship was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857. The London Times on Wednesday 31 December 1856 wrote that she was in Sheerness- The new ship Meeanee, 80 guns, is in No. 2 dry dock, being altered to receive screw steam machinery. From late 1862, H.M.S. Meeanee was commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Captain George Wodehouse as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1870 she was a hospital ship moored in the centre of Hong Kong Harbour tending to the British Army. She was broken up in 1906. The Battle of Meeanee. Sir Charles Napier led a small force of 2,500, consisting of native infantry and cavalry and one British regiment, The Cheshire Regiment, against the Baluchi Army of the Ameers of Scinde. The desert fortress of Emaun Ghur was destroyed and then, on the 17th February 1843, Napier's small force defeated 30,000 Baluchis at Meeanee. A month later the Baluchis were defeated again at Hyderbad. The province of Scinde fell into British hands and the Cheshire Regiment gained the honours of Meeanee, Hyderbad and Scinde. The honours of Meeanee and Hyderbad are shared with some Indian Regiments.

British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George, Circa 1860 A naive sailor's woolie with a Portside view of the H.M.S St. George, named below on a red banner, th...

American cast iron Mayflower arched doorstop with sailing vessel on rough seas. Signed on lower base, mayflower, 1620. Late 19th Century.

Carved eagle with pediment base. Heavily carved wings. Expertly executed. Flat bottom. Can be displayed on a mantle, over a door, or hung. Old gold painted fi...

Carved American wooden eagle. Painted old gold. "God Bless America" banner above, eagles talons are clutching American shield. Well carved details ready to hang. Overall dimension...

Lovely old Edwardian painted "scooner" pond yacht / ship from Egland with sail and rigging on stand of later date. Chaming old boat and a perfect unque gift!

Pair of cast iron bulldog doorstops with old repaints. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, no damage or bad repairs. Chips to ...

19th Century Painting of Island Lighthouse in Maine, signed E. Chase, an oil on board folk art painting of what appears to be Nash Island Light in Maine with square light tower...