Antique Nautical Instruments

Legacy: Today, antique nautical instruments bearing the "Frodsham & Keen" label are highly sought after by collectors due to their quality and historical significance.

An unusual nautical themed thermometer with brass mounts of a sailor, ropes and a sail. Tube replaced.

Modified to preserve the top section only, this table top display binnacle makes a dramatic statement of importance. It is a perfect gift or serves as a focal point in any decor. ...

Shown is a very high quality, British three draw Old Sheffield Silver telescope in exceptionally fine condition with no further information known. The color of the leather vaires due...

Presented is the largest octant with an index arm 17 1/2 inches long, that makes it one of the largest instruments of this type known. It has other interesting features which sets it...

In 1775, he invented a semi-automatic dividing machine, capable of marking graduated scales on sextants and other nautical and astronomical instruments of his own manufacture, and pr...

The Walker’s Excelsior IV Patent Log is a nautical instrument for measuring a vessel’s speed and distance travelled.

The lid of the case carries the original calibration certificate from the ‘Hazzanite’ instrument works dated 25/1/1928. Heath and Company were respected mathematical, nautical and...

This highly desirable and fine nautical instrument is made of carved mahogany with a brass and glass hood covering a gimbaled compass and flindler's tube with cap.

C. Hutchinson Nautical Instruments, as seller of nautical and surveying instruments,charts, marine glasses, telescopes and flags.

Weilbach continued the production of nautical instruments, and the company proved viable in the long term.

Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, from the second half of the 19th century. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured...

It is an antique nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the distance and speed of a ship.

Negus were highly regarded nautical instrument makers and arguably the leading manufacturers in the United States during the second half of the 19th century.

By 1883 Hutchinson bought out the business and renamed it Chas. C. Hutchinson Nautical Instruments. The business imported and sold nautical and surveying instruments, charts, marine ...

By 1883 Hutchinson bought out the business and renamed it Chas. C. Hutchinson Nautical Instruments. The business imported and sold nautical and surveying instruments, charts, marine ...

From 1842-1850, he is listed as a “nautical and mathematical instrument maker” at “180 Water, Newark.”

Rare and genuine 19th century English Victorian brass telescope on tripod stand. Features amazing optics and a large adjustable base with spike pointed feet.  

Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, second half of the 19th century. It is an antique nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the dist...

McGregor & Company was one of a number of companies in Glasgow making and repairing nautical instruments in the late 19th century. They were based in Clyde Place, Glasgow and also ha...

Brass nautical travel compass complete with leather case signed Barnes & Morris London n.13844 from 1917. It is a small compass used away from magnetic fields to check the ship's c...

Brass survey compass made in 1920 circa, signed The Magnapole; small compass used away from magnetic fields to check the ship’s course. The compass is complete with a goniometric cir...

Antique explorer’s telescope, English, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910 Single draw spyglass with brass sun shade and flared eye cup Primary barrel dressed in lightly patin...

Walker's Patent Harpoon Yacht Log A 1 London, made in the second half of the 19th century. It is an antique nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which meas...

Brass telescope with leather-covered handle from the second half of the 19th century. Four-extension focus. Maximum length 39 cm - 15.35 inches, minimum 12 cm - 4.72 inches, focal di...

Brass sextant signed John Lilley & Son Ltd London & North Shields, made in 1913 circa, in its original mahogany box with brass handles, hinges and locking hooks. Brass frame with eng...

Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Patented 18th Sept. 1866. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, ...

Brass sextant signed Georg Hechelmann Nachf Hamburg from the late 19th century, original wooden box with locking hooks, handles, brass hinges and key set. Flap and vernier in silver,...

Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, from the second half of the 19th century. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured...

This is an antique pocket explorer's compass. An English, mahogany cased instrument, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Wonderful pocket compass with charming details Di...

Brass sextant signed Ainsley South Shields (1858-1886) complete with original wood case and lenses. Silver vernier, wood handle, 3 colored glasses for the fixed mirror and 4 for th...

This is a vintage drawing instrument set. An English, bone and cast metal drafting compass compendium with engraving, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Wonderfully per...

Small brass telescope with leather-covered handle and complete with Scope caps French manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century, focus with three extensions. Maximum ...

Brass telescope with round section, with three extensions focusing and handle covered in leather, complete with sunshade extension and dust flap. Maximum length 80 cm-inches 31.5, mi...

Antique English aneroid barometer, early 1900s, carved oak wood, glass and brass. Good condition and in order. Diameter cm 17 - inches 6.8, height cm 4.8 - inches 2.9. It’s a...

Rare tiltable and lockable equinoctial sundial of engraved brass and glass, complete with case lined with blue velvet. England first half of the 19th century. Excellent condition, fu...

Brass nautical pocket compass, equipped with a lid with glass and viewfinder for checking the direction of a ship, beautiful compass card with eight winds on paper complete with goni...

American mahogany yacht binnacle with triangular glass viewing port, original reversible solid brass side light burner, wood carrying handle, exposed dove tail and fitted with an int...

Magnetic compass on universal joint in its original wooden box with slot lid, signed Sestrel in the early 1900s. The compass consists of a cylindrical vessel of brass and bronze, cal...

Rare magnetic compass for nautical detection, of brass, signed Cruchon & Emons Berne n. 67770 of 1918 made for the U.S Engineer Corps. It is a small compass, diameter 5.3 cm - 2.1 in...

The historical compass binnacle ‘Sestrel’ is a magnificent example of a nautical navigation instrument for sailing yachts and boats.

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As steamships gradually replaced sailing, the company’s expanded their line to make and sell all sorts of nautical hardware and instruments. Their 1870 catalog offered such varying p...

John Browning (c.1831 – 1925) was an English inventor and manufacturer of precision scientific instruments in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He hailed from a long line of English...

The firm of Cary was established in the late 18th century by John Cary (c.1754-1835), a noted map seller, and his brother William (c.1759-1825), an optician and nautical instrument m...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

Footnote: Heath & Co (also known as Hezzanith) was founded 1845 and specialised in nautical and surveying instruments. The breadth of production was advertised in 7 different catalog...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

The antiques and vintage pieces encompass Nautical Artifacts & Instruments, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the find...

A magnificent and very rare early 18th century celestial table globe produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk. Established at the end of the previous century by Gerard Valk, and assisted ...

This antique mast figure is French and as the story goes salvaged off a French Ship damaged in the Anglo-French War (1803–1815). The one side shows fire damage and is burned in charc...

This is an antique cased octant. A Scottish, ebony navigational instrument, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850. Appealing navigation instrument with fascinating display inte...

Solid brass ship's sextant with lattice frame, colored glass filters, many accessory scopes, vernier scale with silver. Mounted into a kidney shaped box with a leather carry handle. ...