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Antique American Ship Model, circa 1910
Antique American Ship Model, circa 1910

Antique American Ship Model, circa 1910

Located in Norwell, MA

Scribed deck, cabins, hatches, companion way, etc. The model is rigged with full standing and running rigging. Set on a wood cradle.

Category

1910s North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood

Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’
Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’

Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’

By Antonio de Simone

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’ , one showing the gaffe rigged yawl, in clam seas flying the Royal Thames Yacht Club burgee, the other showing her with reduced canvas ...

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Antique Creamware Plate Poor Jack the Sailor's Lament Made by Herculaneum C-1820
Antique Creamware Plate Poor Jack the Sailor's Lament Made by Herculaneum C-1820

Antique Creamware Plate Poor Jack the Sailor's Lament Made by Herculaneum C-1820

By Herculaneum Pottery

Located in Katonah, NY

At the center, a transfer-printed scene titled Poor Jack shows a sailor bidding farewell to a young woman, with a fully-rigged ship in the background and a coastal town beyond.

Category

Early 19th Century English Country Antique Rigs

Materials

Creamware

View of a Chinese Junk – Antique Maritime Engraving, Published 1802
View of a Chinese Junk – Antique Maritime Engraving, Published 1802

View of a Chinese Junk – Antique Maritime Engraving, Published 1802

Located in Langweer, NL

The detailed linework captures the characteristic architectural features of Chinese shipbuilding: the high transom, square-rigged sails, and decorative elements at bow and stern.

Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper

Antique Ship Model of American Bark
Antique Ship Model of American Bark

Antique Ship Model of American Bark

Located in Norwell, MA

This antique rigged model has standing and running cords, cabins, hatches, etc., colorful paint job.

Category

1920s North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood

Miniature Portrait of the Prince of Wales, Later Edward VII
Miniature Portrait of the Prince of Wales, Later Edward VII

Miniature Portrait of the Prince of Wales, Later Edward VII

By Robert Henderson

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

ROBERT HENDERSON (UK, 1826–1904) Miniature oil on ivory in 14K gold case of King Edward VII (1841–1910) in uniform as Captain of HMY “Britannia”, a gaff-rigged cutter yacht built in...

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Rigs

Materials

Ivory, Satin, Glass, Paint

Antique Chinese Wash Basin Stand Red Lacquer & Gilded w/Hand Carved Details
Antique Chinese Wash Basin Stand Red Lacquer & Gilded w/Hand Carved Details

Antique Chinese Wash Basin Stand Red Lacquer & Gilded w/Hand Carved Details

Located in Topeka, KS

This is a fantastic antique Chinese wash basin stand composed of a tall, narrow Asian hardwood red lacquered frame elaborately hand carved and gilded with birds & foliage motifs, top...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Rigs

Materials

Metal

French Antique Patinated Bronze Bust of an Elegant Woman
French Antique Patinated Bronze Bust of an Elegant Woman

French Antique Patinated Bronze Bust of an Elegant Woman

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

There is a sign of signature : RIG Resting on a circular grey-veined marble base, this piece stands tall at 35 cm.

Category

19th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Rigs

Materials

Bronze

Antique Provençale Giltwood Mirror with Openwork Grapevine Motifs, Circa 1750
Antique Provençale Giltwood Mirror with Openwork Grapevine Motifs, Circa 1750

Antique Provençale Giltwood Mirror with Openwork Grapevine Motifs, Circa 1750

Located in Dallas, TX

Our impressive Provencale giltwood mirror has been rigged for hanging and can be mounted to the wall of a hallway, bedroom, or living room.

Category

Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Rigs

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Giltwood

"Ship Griffin, Boston — Lying at San Francisco" Pencil Drawing Circa 1850
"Ship Griffin, Boston — Lying at San Francisco" Pencil Drawing Circa 1850

"Ship Griffin, Boston — Lying at San Francisco" Pencil Drawing Circa 1850

Located in Atlanta, GA

A finely rendered mid-19th-century pencil drawing of the American three-masted ship Griffin of Boston, depicted in profile under full rig with meticulous attention to its rigging and...

Category

Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper

Nineteenth Century Ship Model in Original Paint
Nineteenth Century Ship Model in Original Paint

Nineteenth Century Ship Model in Original Paint

Located in Norwell, MA

Scribed and varnished deck. Rigged with a full set of standing and running cords.

Category

1890s North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail
19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail

19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail, British School, circa 1870, an oil on canvas seascape with a square-rigged Brig under sail on the high seas, with several fishing lug...

Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with a Double Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1850, depicting a larboard side view of a square-rigged double decker warship under standing rigging, ...

Category

Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Wool

Small 17th Century Oak Carved Bust from France
Small 17th Century Oak Carved Bust from France

Small 17th Century Oak Carved Bust from France

Located in Dallas, TX

A well-preserved 17th-century sculpture, our French oak bust is rigged for hanging, allowing the tremendous work of art to be displayed on the wall of just about any room of the house.

Category

17th Century French Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood, Oak

A pair of ships’ Bronze Cannon from the S. V. Jura 1875
A pair of ships’ Bronze Cannon from the S. V. Jura 1875

A pair of ships’ Bronze Cannon from the S. V. Jura 1875

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Caledonian Maritime Research Trust Jura herself is remembered in a fascinating article in the Welsh Gazette, 1st of April 1948, which states: ‘Major Heckstall Smith, editor of the ...

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Rigs

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850
19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850

19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850, depicting a square-rigged single decker warship under furled sails, anchor chain leading off...

Category

Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Wool

Anglo-French Fleet Entering the Black Sea from the Bosphorus – Crimean War, 1854
Anglo-French Fleet Entering the Black Sea from the Bosphorus – Crimean War, 1854

Anglo-French Fleet Entering the Black Sea from the Bosphorus – Crimean War, 1854

Located in Langweer, NL

They survey the expansive view unfolding before them—a fleet of fully rigged warships gliding silently into the open sea, symbolizing power, alliance, and impending conflict.

Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century Oil Painting San Francisco Bay Sunset
Late 19th Century Oil Painting San Francisco Bay Sunset

Late 19th Century Oil Painting San Francisco Bay Sunset

By William Alexander Coulter

Located in Soquel, CA

A prolific painter, from 1869 to 1936 he chronicled the shipping industry in San Francisco Bay, capturing the vitality of the square-riggers, hay scows, tug boats, and schooners that...

Category

1880s Hudson River School Antique Rigs

Materials

Linen, Oil

Antique American Pond Model
Antique American Pond Model

Antique American Pond Model

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique American Marconi-rigged sloop Pond model with planked deck, double spreaders and full running rigging.

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Rigs

Materials

Brass

Clipper Ship Model of Great Republic by Thomas Rosenquist
Clipper Ship Model of Great Republic by Thomas Rosenquist

Clipper Ship Model of Great Republic by Thomas Rosenquist

Located in Norwell, MA

Highly detailed with scribed deck, cabins, skylight, lifeboats, anchors, carved figurehead, etc. Heavily rigged with standing and running cords. Hull is painted black over copper.

Category

1920s North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Sunset Coastal Seascape
19th Century Sunset Coastal Seascape

19th Century Sunset Coastal Seascape

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th century sunset coastal seascape, an oil on canvas impressionist seascape with gaff-rigged sloop ashore at low tide, other sails in bay under a sunset sky, unsigned.

Category

Late 19th Century Other Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850, depicting a starboard side view of a majestic square-rigged triple decker warship under ...

Category

Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Wool

Antique Ship Model "Flying Cloud"
Antique Ship Model "Flying Cloud"

Antique Ship Model "Flying Cloud"

Located in Norwell, MA

With carved figurehead, anchors, capstans, etc.. Rigged with a full suit of sails, wrap around railing on stern.

Category

1920s North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Wood

Shipping on the Maas, Rotterdam in the background.
Shipping on the Maas, Rotterdam in the background.

Shipping on the Maas, Rotterdam in the background.

Located in Middletown, NY

This image depicts four vessels, from left to right: spritsail-rigged inland vessel, an English yacht, an English frigate, and a boeier.

Category

Early 18th Century Antique Rigs

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Portfolio L'Atelier - 10 Linocuts Russian
Portfolio L'Atelier - 10 Linocuts Russian

Portfolio L'Atelier - 10 Linocuts Russian

By Jean Pougny

Located in London, GB

The portfolio also includes a poem by Prevert which was printed on havane satin paper by the Atelier Rigal, who also printed the linocuts. The justification page bears the Pougny si...

Category

1910s Antique Rigs

Materials

Linocut, Stencil

Landscape of A Schooner Sailing Near Lighthouse
Landscape of A Schooner Sailing Near Lighthouse

Landscape of A Schooner Sailing Near Lighthouse

By Clement Drew

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

In his paintings, Drew recorded the comings and goings of schooners and square riggers in and out the New England harbors along Massachusetts’s South Shore, Boston, Maine and even as...

Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape of Sailboat Racing Off the Coast Near the Lighthouse
Landscape of Sailboat Racing Off the Coast Near the Lighthouse

Landscape of Sailboat Racing Off the Coast Near the Lighthouse

By Clement Drew

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

In his paintings, Drew recorded the comings and goings of schooners and square riggers in and out the New England harbors along Massachusetts’s South Shore, Boston, Maine and even as...

Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young America Clipper Ship 1853 Model Realistic Representation Large Sized
Young America Clipper Ship 1853 Model Realistic Representation Large Sized

Young America Clipper Ship 1853 Model Realistic Representation Large Sized

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

The third time she lost her masts, in a pampero off Río de la Plata in 1868, she was jury-rigged at sea and continued to San Francisco, where she incurred $18,000 in repair costs.

Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Rigs

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Raphaël Rispoli, Gouache Figuring a Marine, 19th Century
Raphaël Rispoli, Gouache Figuring a Marine, 19th Century

Raphaël Rispoli, Gouache Figuring a Marine, 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Gouache and pencil on paper representing three boats in the high sea. Two full-rigged ships flying the French and American flags and one steamboat with two masts.

Category

19th Century European Antique Rigs

Materials

Paint, Paper, Wood

The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878
The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878

The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

The high relief decoration comprises three gaff rigged yachts racing, above a frieze of shells against waves.

Category

1870s English Antique Rigs

Materials

Silver

White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell, circa 1910
White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell, circa 1910

White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell, circa 1910

Located in Nantucket, MA

This decoy was part of a well-known rig Crowell made for his good friend, the author Joseph C.

Category

1910s American Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Cedar

"Victory 1805" Brass Box, Warm Color, Embossed Design, Lion's Head Handle
"Victory 1805" Brass Box, Warm Color, Embossed Design, Lion's Head Handle

"Victory 1805" Brass Box, Warm Color, Embossed Design, Lion's Head Handle

Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI

The sailing ship on the lid is quite an extraordinary and unique rendering of a nine sail rig at full sail set in a scene with moving waves and flying birds.

Category

Early 19th Century Unknown American Colonial Antique Rigs

Materials

Brass

Circa 1800 French Copper Coat of Arms Lavabo with Wooden Mounting
Circa 1800 French Copper Coat of Arms Lavabo with Wooden Mounting

Circa 1800 French Copper Coat of Arms Lavabo with Wooden Mounting

Located in Dallas, TX

The backing board has been rigged with wire, allowing our coat of arms lavabo to be hung immediately in a kitchen, bar area, or hallway.

Category

Early 1800s French Antique Rigs

Materials

Brass, Copper

The Broken Mast
The Broken Mast

The Broken Mast

By George Curtis

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

In this single painting, an appreciative audience may examine how the early luminous artist brought forth a work of accomplished artistic beauty from the subject matter of the rescue...

Category

1870s Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of Anjer near the Krakatoa Volcano, Sunda Strait – Java Lithograph, 1872
View of Anjer near the Krakatoa Volcano, Sunda Strait – Java Lithograph, 1872

View of Anjer near the Krakatoa Volcano, Sunda Strait – Java Lithograph, 1872

Located in Langweer, NL

The central focus of the lithograph is a tall three-masted square-rigged vessel, its sails partly set or lowered, while a fleet of smaller schooners or barques floats to its right, t...

Category

1870s Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper

AUSTRALASIAN Off South Sydney Heads
AUSTRALASIAN Off South Sydney Heads

AUSTRALASIAN Off South Sydney Heads

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

The ship flies the British Red Ensign, and was built in 1884 by Robert Napier of Glasgow for the Aberdeen Line. Her steam/sail rig provided versatility while she demanded a substanti...

Category

1880s Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Wool, Dye

"The San Carlos" Original Painting by William Alexander Coulter
"The San Carlos" Original Painting by William Alexander Coulter

"The San Carlos" Original Painting by William Alexander Coulter

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

From 1869 to 1936, he chronicled the shipping industry in San Francisco Bay, capturing the vitality of the square riggers, hay scows, tug boats and schooners that sailed in and out o...

Category

Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Small Japanese Meiji Period Black and Gold Altar Stand
Small Japanese Meiji Period Black and Gold Altar Stand

Small Japanese Meiji Period Black and Gold Altar Stand

Located in Hudson, NY

Crafted of deep black shiny lacquer set out with simple gilded edges and rigged panels in gold lacquer set within recessed panels, the whole mounted with engraved and gilded raised b...

Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Rigs

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Clairefontaine Painted Ceramic Barbotine Fish Pitcher
19th Century French Clairefontaine Painted Ceramic Barbotine Fish Pitcher

19th Century French Clairefontaine Painted Ceramic Barbotine Fish Pitcher

Located in Dallas, TX

In 1833, the manufacture was bought by Jean Baptiste Rigal who kept it going until he gave it to his children in 1860.

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Rigs

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Ship LUCY G. DOW
Ship LUCY G. DOW

Ship LUCY G. DOW

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

Charles Sidney Raleigh was extremely skilled with both elements, and this is one of his finest works. An American full-rigged ship of large proportions, LUCY G. DOW is one of many s...

Category

1880s Other Art Style Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885
Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885

Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885, a sailor's hand crafted folk art woolwork picture of a bark-rigged auxiliary steam sailor with in...

Category

1880s American Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Wool

Massive Merchant Schooner Model
Massive Merchant Schooner Model

Massive Merchant Schooner Model

Located in Greenwich, CT

Impressive and rare example of a model English merchant sailing vessel, circa 1860, that plied the China Trade from England to Hong Kong. The ship has the sail rig of the Sandy Hook...

Category

1860s English Sporting Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Linen, Wood

Brig EPHRATAH of Port Madoc Entering Naples
Brig EPHRATAH of Port Madoc Entering Naples

Brig EPHRATAH of Port Madoc Entering Naples

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

Her sloped bow and stern along with her size are typical of a Baltimore Clipper but her masts are not as raked as often seen in ships of this design and she is square rigged, though ...

Category

1870s Other Art Style Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of the Black Ball Clipper Montezuma"

"Portrait of the Black Ball Clipper Montezuma"

By William Minshall Birchall

Located in Southampton, NY

The American packet ship Montezuma was a 3-masted, square-rigged ship, built in New York in 1843 by Webb & Allen for the Black Ball Line of packets between New York and Liverpool. 92...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Presentation Model of America’s Cup Winner America by G. L. Watson
Presentation Model of America’s Cup Winner America by G. L. Watson

Presentation Model of America’s Cup Winner America by G. L. Watson

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

America was captained by Richard Brown, who was a skilled member of the Sandy Hook Pilots group, renowned worldwide for their expertise and speed in manoeuvering schooner-rigged pilo...

Category

1880s Scottish Antique Rigs

Materials

Mahogany

Three Sketches on Post Cards by Montague Dawson RA
Three Sketches on Post Cards by Montague Dawson RA

Three Sketches on Post Cards by Montague Dawson RA

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

He looked out of his window one day to see two fully rigged training ships, the Royalist and the Sir Winston Churchill, apparently sailing straight towards his house on the shore.

Category

1870s English Antique Rigs

Materials

Paper

Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting
Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting

Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting

Located in Annville, PA

Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old S...

Category

Early 20th Century North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting
Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting

Located in Annville, PA

Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old S...

Category

Early 20th Century North American Antique Rigs

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing
Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing

Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

The other relevant texts in which Radha Krishna were mentioned are Radhopnishad of Rig Veda, Radhatapani Upanishad of Atharva Veda, Shiva Puran , Brahmanda Puran, Skanda Puran, Padma...

Category

Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Rigs

Materials

Cotton

Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha
Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha

Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

The other relevant texts in which Radha Krishna were mentioned are Radhopnishad of Rig Veda, Radhatapani Upanishad of Atharva Veda, Shiva Puran , Brahmanda Puran, Skanda Puran, Padma...

Category

Early 20th Century Indian Agra Antique Rigs

Materials

Silk

An 18th century gold gimmel ring
An 18th century gold gimmel ring

An 18th century gold gimmel ring

Located in London, GB

Such rings were fashionable in medieval and Renaissance times, and were often used as betrothal rigs. An early example dated to 1350 can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Category

18th Century English Georgian Antique Rigs

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

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