Vintage Nantucket Lightship Rattan Basket by Rev. Warren Bouton of Nantucket

Continental Terracotta Plaque, Early 19th Century The large painted plaque depicts a view of the left side torso of a Continental Nobleman wearing the British Order of the Garter...

Dutch Delft Tile Large Picture of A Fleet of Ships, 19th Century The 20 tile blue & white Dutch Delft Tin-glazed Earthenware Tile picture depicts a ...

Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy on Checkerboard Sea, circa 1865 The British sailor's woolie depicts a port side view of a three-masted ship with trapunto white sails on a rough s...

French Porcelain Perfume Bottle with Bouquets of Flowers, circa 1775 The pear-shaped perfume bottle has moulded raised panels to each ...

Chinese Export Porcelain European-subject Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer, Neptune, The God of The Sea, Dutch market, Yongzheng Period, Circa 1730-35 The Chinese Export porcelain, probably made for the Dutch market, depicts Neptune, the God of the Sea, standing with his triton in the center of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at his feet. The lower section of the design depicting the sea. The border of each piece with a repeating diaper design. Dimensions: Saucer: 4 1/2 inches diameter x 3/4 inch high (11.53cm diameter x 1.91cm high); Cup: 2 3/4 inches diameter x 1 3/4 inches high (6.99cm diameter x 4.45cm high). The design is after an etching called `The Realm of Neptune` by Frederick Bloemaert (c.1610-c.1669) completed between 1650-1656, after a drawing by his father Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651). This is a Baroque design which is only found in blue and white on Chinese porcelain, it occurs on fine grained porcelain and Chinese soft-paste porcelain. Both dinner services and tea services were produced. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a plate in their collection, Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1966 (Ass. # 66.27.5). Reference: Jorg states "The depiction of Neptune, the God of the Sea of classical mythology occurs in several varieties on Chine de Commande from the 1740`s onwards. How well the design sold is illustrated by an order from 1778, when they sent a chocolate cup with this design as a model for similarly decorated plates. However, the Dutch merchants...

American oval shadow box felt picture depicts strawberries in an openwork straw basket with the large long handle rising above. Within an oval gilt frame...

Museum quality half model of the Lightship Nantucket. This fine model has a carved hull, countless milled brass fittings, built up cabins, etc. Details inc...

Museum quality half model of the Lightship Nantucket. This fine model has a carved hull, countless milled brass fittings, built up cabins, etc. Details inc...

Scale model of the Nantucket lightship. This is the Lightship 612 that is now owned by Bill Golden. The model was professionally built for the pers...

A wonderful and quite rare and hard to find nantucket lightship basket by Davis Hall, (1828-1906). Hall's baskets are prized by collectors of lightship baskets worldwide. This basket is made with his traditional swing handle and rounded lollipop connecting two ends. Hall cultivated his basket-making skill on the South shoal lightship after the American Civil War...

Fine model of the US Coast Guard Lightship “Nantucket”. Exceptional Model with carved hardwood Hull. The masts and many of the fittings are milled brass...

Vintage Map of Nantucket Town by Ruth Haviland Sutton, 1946, a classic vintage tourist map of Nantucket Island showing historic landmarks and geogr...