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Antique Ship In A Bottle

19th Century Ships in a Bottle
19th Century Ships in a Bottle

19th Century Ships in a Bottle

$354 / item

H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in

19th Century Ships in a Bottle

Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire

Price per bottle. A fabulous selection of four 19th century ships in a bottle. Demonstrating hand

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19th Century British Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass

Ship in bottle diorama "Seamaid" English circa 1920
Ship in bottle diorama "Seamaid" English circa 1920

Ship in bottle diorama "Seamaid" English circa 1920

$1,357 / item

H 4.14 in W 11.03 in D 2.96 in

Ship in bottle diorama "Seamaid" English circa 1920

Located in Central England, GB

This is a very fine example of the art of building a model ship in a glass bottle. It is

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Early 20th Century British Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Fabric, Glass

American Victorian Ship and Lighthouse in a Bottle
American Victorian Ship and Lighthouse in a Bottle

American Victorian Ship and Lighthouse in a Bottle

Located in Queens, NY

American/English (19/20th Cent) sailing ship with 4 masts and a light house in a bulbous shaped

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19th Century American American Colonial Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass

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Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cork

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cork

Early 20th Century English Ships in a Bottle
Early 20th Century English Ships in a Bottle

Early 20th Century English Ships in a Bottle

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H 7.25 in W 6.75 in D 20 in

Early 20th Century English Ships in a Bottle

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Early 20th century ships in a "Bell's Scotch Whiskey" bottle on stand, English. One large ship, a

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Early 20th Century English Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass

Diorama in a Bottle, Depicting a 3-Masted Ship, 1920s
Diorama in a Bottle, Depicting a 3-Masted Ship, 1920s

Diorama in a Bottle, Depicting a 3-Masted Ship, 1920s

Located in Milan, IT

Diorama in a bottle, depicting a 3-masted ship and in the background a lighthouse, numerous

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1920s British Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cork

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Glass 20th Century Calvados "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, the artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cork

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter
20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

20th Century Glass Calvados Decorative "Ship in a Bottle" and Decanter

Located in Houston, TX

Made in the Normandy region of France, The artist created "ship-in-a-bottle" pieces of art inside

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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cork

A four mast 18th century ship in a bottle, English folk art circa 1920
A four mast 18th century ship in a bottle, English folk art circa 1920

A four mast 18th century ship in a bottle, English folk art circa 1920

Located in Central England, GB

This very good example has been hand built in a smaller sized square bottle than normally seen. It

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Early 20th Century British Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass

Double ship in a whiskey bottle, diorama, folk art design circa 1920
Double ship in a whiskey bottle, diorama, folk art design circa 1920

Double ship in a whiskey bottle, diorama, folk art design circa 1920

Located in Central England, GB

This superb folk art diorama ship in a bottle has been wonderfully modelled and constructed in a

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Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

French, 19th Century, Model Ship in a Glass Bottle
French, 19th Century, Model Ship in a Glass Bottle

French, 19th Century, Model Ship in a Glass Bottle

Located in Buisson, FR

A very rare model ship within a bottle. These most collectible pieces can be described as folk art

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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique English Model Sailing Ship in a Square Glass Bottle, circa 1880
Antique English Model Sailing Ship in a Square Glass Bottle, circa 1880

Antique English Model Sailing Ship in a Square Glass Bottle, circa 1880

Located in GB

This rare and intricately modeled and painted ship in a bottle depicts an English sailing ship

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1880s English Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass

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Hand carved Wood Model Sailing Ship model Margaret Sculpture Center Piece LA CA
Hand carved Wood Model Sailing Ship model Margaret Sculpture Center Piece LA CA

Hand carved Wood Model Sailing Ship model Margaret Sculpture Center Piece LA CA

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Hand carved Wood Model Sailing Ship model Margaret Sculpture Center Piece LA CA . A very large and rare 19th century painted wood model of the sailing ship "Margaret". Votive ship. H...

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19th Century French Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Metal

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.

Located in London, GB

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

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15th Century and Earlier German Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Other

Steam Yacht "Corsair" of 1930, Ship Model in Wood Display Case with Table
Steam Yacht "Corsair" of 1930, Ship Model in Wood Display Case with Table

Steam Yacht "Corsair" of 1930, Ship Model in Wood Display Case with Table

Located in Norwell, MA

Steam yacht model of J.P. Morgan's "Corsair IV" mounted into a custom glass and mahogany display case with table. This model is outfitted with raised paneled mahogany cab...

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20th Century Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Brass

19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine

19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine

$5,800

H 9.13 in W 18.25 in D 1.25 in

19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, circa 1880, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp and a chain fo...

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Late 19th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Shell, Mahogany

19th Century Diorama of Sailing Ship ‘Eleanor’
19th Century Diorama of Sailing Ship ‘Eleanor’

19th Century Diorama of Sailing Ship ‘Eleanor’

Located in Dublin 8, IE

19th Century diorama of the sailing ship ‘Eleanor’ in original glazed case. Painted antique shadowbox diorama of a three-masthead clipper ship along with tender dinghy sailing alo...

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19th Century Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Glass, Wood

American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880
American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880

American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880

Located in Charleston, SC

American three masted clipper ship in bottle with cloth rigging in full sail on a painted sea, flanked by a sea side town with evergreen trees, a painted light house on shore, and re...

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1880s American Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint

American Naval Two Masted Clipper Ship Brig Model Under Glass, US Perry 20th C.
American Naval Two Masted Clipper Ship Brig Model Under Glass, US Perry 20th C.

American Naval Two Masted Clipper Ship Brig Model Under Glass, US Perry 20th C.

Located in Charleston, SC

American Naval two masted clipper ship brig model mounted on stand under a glass case. The US Perry was a brig commissioned by the United States Navy October 1843 prior to the Americ...

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20th Century American American Empire Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Glass, Mahogany, Pine, Paint

Ship's Model Nantucket
Ship's Model Nantucket

Ship's Model Nantucket

$3,595

H 23 in W 33 in D 14 in

Ship's Model Nantucket

Located in Norwell, MA

Museum quality model of the Lightship Nantucket, outfitted with countless milled brass fittings. Carved hardwood hull, painted brass masts etc... Also showing well executed cabin wor...

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1830s North American Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Wood

Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940

Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940

By Captain George Grant

Located in Nantucket, MA

Made by George Grant of Nantucket (1857-1942). Grant, the son of whaling captain Charles Grant, was born in 1857 during a whaling voyage. His mother, Nancy Grant traveled with her h...

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Pine, Paint

Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool
Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool

Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool

Located in London, GB

Early 20th Century English folk art scratch-built ship model of S.V Liverpool One of the best examples we have uncovered, an early 20th Century example of an English folk art scrat...

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1920s British Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Model Ship Diorama Within a Bottle, circa 1920
Early 20th Century Model Ship Diorama Within a Bottle, circa 1920

Early 20th Century Model Ship Diorama Within a Bottle, circa 1920

Located in Central England, GB

A Most Interesting Early 20th Century Model Ship Diorama within Bottle. This very well modelled and highly detailed model ship diorama within an early spirit bottle dates to circa...

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20th Century English Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Wood, Glass

Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port

Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port

Located in Downingtown, PA

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...

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1860s English Folk Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Wool

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

High quality model of the Boston built clipper ship “Great Republic” by Thomas Rosenquist of Far Rockaway, New Jersey. Highly detailed with scribed deck, cabins, skylight, lifeboats,...

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1920s North American Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Wood

Massive Merchant Schooner Model
Massive Merchant Schooner Model

Massive Merchant Schooner Model

$24,000

H 97 in W 128 in D 18 in

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...

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1860s English Sporting Art Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Linen, Wood

Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial

Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial

$368,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 48.82 in W 48.04 in D 27.96 in

Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial

Located in Amsterdam, NL

A joined enclosed American walnut, white oak, pine, beech, maple, krappa (crabwood), and letterwood Boston chest of drawers with lidded top Ipswich/Boston, Massachusetts, 1650-1670 ...

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Mid-17th Century American American Colonial Antique Ship In A Bottle

Materials

Wood

Museum Quality Model of American Steam Yacht Harvard
Museum Quality Model of American Steam Yacht Harvard

Museum Quality Model of American Steam Yacht Harvard

Located in Norwell, MA

Expertly crafted model of George Baker's private steam yacht "Harvard". Baker helped found the Harvard business school in Cambridge and the Baker Library at Harvard University is nam...

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1990s American Antique Ship In A Bottle

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Wood

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Antique Ship In A Bottle For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique ship in a bottle you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique ship in a bottle for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, wood and cork. Your living room may not be complete without an antique ship in a bottle — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique ship in a bottle, those designed in Folk Art styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Antique Ship In A Bottle?

An antique ship in a bottle can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $200, while the lowest priced sells for $200 and the highest can go for as much as $3,800.
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