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Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET
Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET

Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET

By Otto Muhlenfeld

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

Atlantic Ocean possible. Later in 1913 an entire class of tugboats would carry her name and a similar

Category

1890s Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Siebengebirge, circa 1920s Etching, Germany, Tugboat
Siebengebirge, circa 1920s Etching, Germany, Tugboat

Siebengebirge, circa 1920s Etching, Germany, Tugboat

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Hans Füsser (German, 1898-1959) Signed: Hans Füsser (Lower, Right) " Siebengebirge ", circa 1920s Etching Plate Size: 6 1/4" x 8 1/2" Housed in a 1/2" Frame Overall Size: 12 3/...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

Materials

Etching

Ship Name Board From NY Tugboat "St. Martin"
Ship Name Board From NY Tugboat "St. Martin"

Ship Name Board From NY Tugboat "St. Martin"

Located in Norwell, MA

Great old nautical quarter board from the tugboat St. Martin. Incised letters in gold with black

Category

1920s American Antique Tugboats

Materials

Wood

Marine Seascape New York Tugboat Maritime Painting by Parker Newton
Marine Seascape New York Tugboat Maritime Painting by Parker Newton

Marine Seascape New York Tugboat Maritime Painting by Parker Newton

By Parker Newton

Located in Sarasota, FL

. Lovely painting depicting a tugboat and a boat in the background. Housed in a lovely small gold gilt

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paint

Antique 19C Manganese Dutch Delft Tile of Tugboat Towing a 2-Mast Tall Ship
Antique 19C Manganese Dutch Delft Tile of Tugboat Towing a 2-Mast Tall Ship

Antique 19C Manganese Dutch Delft Tile of Tugboat Towing a 2-Mast Tall Ship

By Delft

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique Dutch Delft pottery tile. Depicting a tugboat towing a large two-mast sailboat

Category

19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tugboats

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903
Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903

Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903

By Thomas Willis

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

. Provenance: The daughter of the tugboat’s owner and thence by descent. Thomas Willis (1850-1925) was a

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Engine Order Telegraph from a Yacht
Engine Order Telegraph from a Yacht

Engine Order Telegraph from a Yacht

$5,495

H 40 in W 13 in D 13 in

Engine Order Telegraph from a Yacht

Located in Norwell, MA

Solid brass ships engine order telegraph. This style has often used on yachts and tugboats. Showing

Category

1910s American Antique Tugboats

Materials

Brass

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City
Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City

$1,907Sale Price|30% Off

H 26.78 in W 30.71 in D 1.58 in

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City

Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

cityscape. The painting depicts a tugboat in trouble on the Seine at Pont Neuf. Titled 'La Seine au Pont

Category

1920s Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas

Three Gilt-Wood Framed Etchings by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)
Three Gilt-Wood Framed Etchings by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)

Three Gilt-Wood Framed Etchings by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)

Located in Tarry Town, NY

captures the essence of a church, monument, and dockside scene with a barge and tugboat, reflecting

Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Tugboats

Materials

Wood, Paper

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Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)
Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)

Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)

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H 11.5 in W 14.5 in D 12.5 in

Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)

By William F. Paskell

Located in Hadley, MA

. Vibrant colored scene, showing several sailing ships, dory, tugboat, wharves and sheds, amid an overcast

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

Tramp Art Nautical Diorama
Tramp Art Nautical Diorama

Tramp Art Nautical Diorama

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H 27 in W 40 in D 9 in

Tramp Art Nautical Diorama

By F. Carlson

Located in West Palm beach, FL

dimensional miniature of a nautical nature. Large three masted clipper ship a sail with tugboat and

Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tugboats

Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto
Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto

Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

American Line Steamship St. Paul
American Line Steamship St. Paul

American Line Steamship St. Paul

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

Plant Line Steamship Evangeline
Plant Line Steamship Evangeline

Plant Line Steamship Evangeline

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

Transitional Steamer Alvo
Transitional Steamer Alvo

Antonio JacobsenTransitional Steamer Alvo

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H 22 in W 36 in D 2 in

Transitional Steamer Alvo

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio
Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio

Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

Transitional Steamship Anapa
Transitional Steamship Anapa

Transitional Steamship Anapa

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

vessel: small and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

Nautical Scene of Tugboat
Nautical Scene of Tugboat

Nautical Scene of Tugboat

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H 30 in W 42 in D 2 in

Nautical Scene of Tugboat

Located in Charleston, SC

Nautical scene of tugboat.

Category

Late 19th Century North American Antique Tugboats

Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Clockwork Tugboat
Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Clockwork Tugboat

Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Clockwork Tugboat

Located in London, GB

Early 20th century scratch-built clockwork tugboat We are proud to offer a unique example of a

Category

1920s British Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Pine

Sailor's Small Woolwork of a Paddle-Powered Tugboat
Sailor's Small Woolwork of a Paddle-Powered Tugboat

Sailor's Small Woolwork of a Paddle-Powered Tugboat

Located in Downingtown, PA

Miniature sailor's woolwork of a paddle steam tugboat, circa 1875-1880. The miniature sailor's

Category

1870s English Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Wool

Signed W.H. Austen Bolam, 'Ocean Liner in NY Harbor.' Oil on Canvas, circa 1918
Signed W.H. Austen Bolam, 'Ocean Liner in NY Harbor.' Oil on Canvas, circa 1918

Signed W.H. Austen Bolam, 'Ocean Liner in NY Harbor.' Oil on Canvas, circa 1918

Located in Kingston, NY

dated lower right. A large ocean liner surrounded by tugboats flying American flags, with the statue of

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas

English Scratch Built Nautical Folk Art Diorama Display
English Scratch Built Nautical Folk Art Diorama Display

English Scratch Built Nautical Folk Art Diorama Display

Located in London, GB

Folk Art diorama. Displaying a nautical theme of a handcrafted wooden tugboat pulling along a ship with

Category

1920s British Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Glass, Plaster, Wood

Original Antique Cunard Europe America Cruise Poster Featuring RMS Aquitania

Original Antique Cunard Europe America Cruise Poster Featuring RMS Aquitania

By Odin Rosenvinge

Located in London, GB

(1914-1950) sailing towards the viewer on a calm sea being pulled by a tugboat in the foreground, the

Category

1910s British Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster Lamport & Holt Line South America New York Cruise Travel
Original Vintage Poster Lamport & Holt Line South America New York Cruise Travel

Original Vintage Poster Lamport & Holt Line South America New York Cruise Travel

By Samuel John Milton Brown

Located in London, GB

moored at sea with a tugboat and sailing boats on the calm water around the cruise liner and Sugarloaf

Category

1920s British Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paper

"Freighter with Nautical Flags, " Exceptional, Large Art Deco Vase by Lallemant
"Freighter with Nautical Flags, " Exceptional, Large Art Deco Vase by Lallemant

"Freighter with Nautical Flags, " Exceptional, Large Art Deco Vase by Lallemant

By Robert Lallemant

Located in Philadelphia, PA

freighter in a French harbor, with swags of nautical flags overhead and tugboats in the foreground. The

Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Tugboats

Materials

Ceramic

Presidential Presentation Pocket Watch by Waltham
Presidential Presentation Pocket Watch by Waltham

Presidential Presentation Pocket Watch by Waltham

By Waltham

Located in New Orleans, LA

United States Woodrow Wilson to Henry William Webster, the Captain of the British tugboat Champion, in

Category

Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tugboats

Materials

14k Gold

Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home
Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home

Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home

Located in Buffalo, NY

Lovely antique seascape oil painting of a tugboat as it heads toward shore on a stormy day

Category

1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil, Board

Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900
Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900

Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900

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H 19 in W 27 in D 11.38 in

Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900

Located in Nantucket, MA

variety of handcrafted ships including a large brig with attending tugboat, a Barkentine, a bark and a

Category

Early 1900s English Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Wood

Naval Diorama of the Trieste Steamship Launched in 1908
Naval Diorama of the Trieste Steamship Launched in 1908

Naval Diorama of the Trieste Steamship Launched in 1908

Located in Milan, IT

", reached by the coast by some tugboats, managed to enter the port of Bombay, where it was greeted by great

Category

1910s Italian Antique Tugboats

Materials

Glass, Wood

Peel harbour and castle, Isle of Man
Peel harbour and castle, Isle of Man

Peel harbour and castle, Isle of Man

By Hubert Coop

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

its masts. Behind it is a steam paddle tugboat with smoke pouring from its funnel, possibly having

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

Materials

Watercolor

Oil Painting on Canvas of Tug Boat on Thames, London
Oil Painting on Canvas of Tug Boat on Thames, London

Oil Painting on Canvas of Tug Boat on Thames, London

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H 19.69 in W 29.53 in D 1.97 in

Oil Painting on Canvas of Tug Boat on Thames, London

Located in Salisbury, GB

An oil painting on canvas of a tugboat with lighters on the Thames, London in the background

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Tugboats

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH OF LINER BERENGARIA Signed 'A. Bishop'
ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH OF LINER BERENGARIA Signed 'A. Bishop'

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH OF LINER BERENGARIA Signed 'A. Bishop'

Located in San Francisco, CA

with long, sleek black hull being escorted by a tugboat into the New York harbor with the Statue of

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Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH SIGN OF THE CUNARD LINER BERENGARIA
ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH SIGN OF THE CUNARD LINER BERENGARIA

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH SIGN OF THE CUNARD LINER BERENGARIA

Located in San Francisco, CA

ship with long, sleek black hull being escorted by a tugboat into the New York harbor with the Statue

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

Steamship and Tugboats in New York Harbour, Signed Etching by Charles Dixon 1892
Steamship and Tugboats in New York Harbour, Signed Etching by Charles Dixon 1892

Steamship and Tugboats in New York Harbour, Signed Etching by Charles Dixon 1892

By Charles Dixon

Located in Boughrood, Powys

Steamship and tugboats in New York Harbour. Brooklyn bridge in the background. Signed in plate and

Category

1890s American Victorian Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paper

Original 1928 NYK Shipping Poster of the Asama Maru by Harry Hudson Rodmell
Original 1928 NYK Shipping Poster of the Asama Maru by Harry Hudson Rodmell

Original 1928 NYK Shipping Poster of the Asama Maru by Harry Hudson Rodmell

By Harry Hudson Rodmell

Located in Los Gatos, CA

harbor and its tugboat guide. It is an excellent example of shipping poster art.

Category

1920s English Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paper

Transitional Steamer Iroqouis
Transitional Steamer Iroqouis

Transitional Steamer Iroqouis

By Antonio Jacobsen

Located in Stonington, CT

vessel: small and large, from Steamers and Tugboats, to Pilot boats and Yachts. Nearly every ship that

Category

Late 19th Century American Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil

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19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast
19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast

19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Richard Ball Spencer British, (1812-1897) The Perthshire off Ailsa Craig Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 22.25 inches x 36.25 inches Size including frame: 31 inches x 45 inches T...

Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)
Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)

Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)

Located in Jacksonville, FL

When you gaze upon "Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)" by William Gay Yorke, you're not just looking at a maritime painting; you're peering into a fragment of history with profound and com...

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1870s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Turkey Trot, " Will Moses, Rural Folk Art, Autumn Landscape with Pumpkins, Fall
"Turkey Trot, " Will Moses, Rural Folk Art, Autumn Landscape with Pumpkins, Fall

"Turkey Trot, " Will Moses, Rural Folk Art, Autumn Landscape with Pumpkins, Fall

Located in New York, NY

Will Moses (American, b. 1956) Turkey Trot, 2012 Oil on board 8 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches Signed lower right Soft, shadowy foothills dotted with traditional white farmhouses; weathered red...

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2010s Folk Art Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil, Board

British Schooner Anchored at Naples
British Schooner Anchored at Naples

British Schooner Anchored at Naples

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

A classic scene of a large mid-Nineteenth Century schooner at rest in the Mediterranean port painted by the Italian countryman Tomaso De Simone. The complete narrative scene around t...

Category

1860s Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of The Ship Plymouth Rock
Portrait Of The Ship Plymouth Rock

Portrait Of The Ship Plymouth Rock

Located in Jacksonville, FL

Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed that he later sailed to America and was employed in the capacity of a ship and ...

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19th Century Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century American School Nautical Painting
19th Century American School Nautical Painting

19th Century American School Nautical Painting

Located in Bradenton, FL

19th Century American School Nautical Painting. Wonderful oil on panel maritime painting of steam yacht with American flag. Signed by A Benson in lower right corner. Framed in ornate...

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19th Century American American Classical Antique Tugboats

Materials

Wood

Amercan Merchant Ship in Philadelphia Harbor
Amercan Merchant Ship in Philadelphia Harbor

Amercan Merchant Ship in Philadelphia Harbor

By Thomas Birch

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

Thomas Birch is considered one of the earliest American Marine painters of importance both in his own time and historically, forming the foundation of what would become a great Ameri...

Category

1840s Other Art Style Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"The Clipper Ship Reporter"
"The Clipper Ship Reporter"

"The Clipper Ship Reporter"

Located in Jacksonville, FL

Attributed to Hin Qua (Chinese, 19th Century) Signed in pencil to the verso Marine Arts Company attribution label to verso Stamp referring to restoration treatment by Gustav D. Kli...

Category

19th Century Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)
Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)

Located in Downingtown, PA

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011), oil on board A fine example of Vernon Broe work depicting a yacht race off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Broe's marine opain...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Antique Tugboats

Materials

Paint

The Winning Yacht
The Winning Yacht

The Winning Yacht

By Edward Moran

Located in Jacksonville, FL

"The Winning Yacht," painted by Edward Moran in 1883, stands as a striking example of maritime art, capturing the exhilaration and beauty of yacht racing in the late 19th century. Mo...

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1880s American Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Three Masted Schooner Samuel H. Hawes
The Three Masted Schooner Samuel H. Hawes

The Three Masted Schooner Samuel H. Hawes

Located in Jacksonville, FL

William Pierce Stubbs’ The Three-Masted Schooner Samuel H. Hawes is a striking maritime portrait that captures the majesty and strength of this grand vessel as it navigates the open ...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SAPPHO, DAUNTLESS and GRACIE Racing at Cape May 1871
SAPPHO, DAUNTLESS and GRACIE Racing at Cape May 1871

SAPPHO, DAUNTLESS and GRACIE Racing at Cape May 1871

By James Edward Buttersworth

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

James E. Buttersworth's most sought-after artworks emerge from his depictions of American racing yachts going head to head in the major regattas and cup races of their heyday. Positi...

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1870s American Realist Antique Tugboats

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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