Antique Model Boats

Huge model boat in fabulous all original condition. A show stopper for the great room!

Detailed model of an 1920's Pilot Boat

Early 1900s Folk Art wood model boat. Great patina.

A charming 19Th century model boat beautifully modelled and covered in glass crystals, incased in a mahogany cabinet and on the floor of the cabinet cotton wool dipicting the ocean,g...

Circa early 20th century 26 inch model of an Inuit open sealskin boat called an "Umiak".

A Victorian ship builder's half block model of a boat with a lift off lid to the cabin enclosing a secret compartment on a scrolling back board.

Presented is the coastal steamer SABINO, launched from the W. Irving Adams shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine in 1908. She will celebrate her 100th birthday in 2008. Originally named T...

This handmade model boat will also make a great gift. If you are searching for a present for a friend or loved one, this model boat could be just the thing.

A large mahogany and ebonized museum display cabinet from the Ashmoleum Museum, Oxford. Ideal for displaying model boat, armour or shotguns etc. Mahogany base with ebonised framed gl...

Wonderfully detailed wood boat model from Sweden.

Antique pond boat or ship model in raw wood with original lead keel weight.

Antique pond boat, circa 1860s.

As you imagine yourself as a lost sea captain, this boat will take you wherever the wind blows. Not only is this decorative wooden Smyrna boat model functional, it can also be used a...

A great large-scale model in original paint mounted on a new iron stand.

Wonderful model showing gilt highlights in a burled walnut case.

Model of a boat “Competition” from U.S Navy.

Shown is a larger than usual American made builder's half hull of an early motor vessel. It is comprised of 7 lifts. A "lift" is one plank. It has a cruiser bow with a hollowed foref...

A fine Prattware pottery Fox-Swan zoomorphic sauce boat modelled in the form of a fox's head joined to a swan with the neck serving as the handle.

They are stamped with S2 for the year 1800. The bowls are in a boat-shaped model, featuring decorated medallions with antique-inspired motifs.

This is a well carved and shaped model that has much better definition than the much later, mass produced models.

The many holes in this large 6.5' model boat served a specific purpose; it was used while fishing as a type of oversized creel to keep fish alive.

After gaining popularity in the late 19th century, this type of model boat racing has continued to this day. Well-proportioned, this earlier model has a larger number of sails than m...

Fine antique sail boat model from Spain with a plaque "Fragata Espanola Ano 1780."

American polychromed wooden boat model on stand, with polychrome painted decoration, and linen sails, original condition.

Made of mahogany and trimmed with black and white paint. This model depicts fast moving vessel carrying life boats and 7 cannons.

A late Victorian mahogany rowing boat, with three thwarts, on a wooden base stand. English, circa 1900.   

One oar, wonderful form, original painted surface

Attractive unusual laminated caved walnut and maple half hull model with wonderful patina, on original Walnut back board, circa 1900. Member of LAPADA.

Great scale and wonderfully aged.

In the London area, Mr. Evans’ boats are known as “Llandudno models” but Midlanders refer to them as “John Evans’ boats”.

A very handsome painted English Boat Model of a three-mast sail ship with an oval brown painted hull body.

English pond sail boat with stand.

Circa 1900 English pond boat with wood body, brass hardware, original display stand and three cloth sails.

This late 19th century wooden English pond boat has a brass rudder and fittings, custom made stand, fabric sails, and rope rigging. We have more antique pond boats in other sizes ava...

A magnificent Antique solid Silver Nef made by German Silversmith Berthold Muller mirroring the historically traditional style of Nefs. This is a particularly large example of a Nef ...

At the bow, a standing gondolier dressed in 18th-century Louis XV-inspired costume guides the vessel with a long removable oar, while a seated gentleman serenades his companion with ...

BOAT MODEL, MAYBE A WHALER, 3RD OR 4TH QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, FOUND ON NANTUCKET: Hull model of a large scale rowboat--maybe a whaler, in as-found condition.

Boat builders hull model handmade decorative rare item, circa 1890.

Napoleonic Prisoner of War boat model An exceptional example of a Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) unfinished ship model.

Large antique model of a pond boat, pine wood with fabric sail.

Early 20th century scratch built boat model We are proud to offer a wonderful example of an early 20th century scratch-built boat.

This beautiful piece of art is a large half plan painted model of the Northbroox boat. This is a French work, from beginning of the 20th century.

Early 20th Century French Folk Art Scratch Built Boat Model This is a charming well-crafted French folk-art scratch-built boat model.

A handsome pair of American half-hull laminated wooden boat builder's models; each well-patinated laminated wooden model of a full keel sloop constructed of laminated planks

A fine English handmade yew wood model of an elegant 19th century sailing boat. This most unusual English late 19th century scratch built folk art model is of a very pleasing and el...

An incredibly charming scratch-built model of a sail boat. c.1930. Proudly displayed on a wooden plinth labelled T.Wood Coal Merchant - a highly detailed and scaled hand-made model ...

As an island race, interest in boats & their models is an integral part of our heritage.

It looks like an architect’s model of a boat house. It is probably from the 1930s and is in amazing condition.

Model steamer boat 'Marion' created by Anton Weyrich on Dec. 5th, 1900 in Manistee, Mi.

A pair of swans made in the bisque and modeled as sauce boats, lined with gold and swimming on golden underplates.

Antique half haul boat model crafted in mahogany with a mahogany frame and presented on a red oak background.

We have here something very special. This is a model of the Ilys racing boat that won several races at the turn of the century.

The intimate drama unfolds in the heart of a rustic cottage: a model boat rests nearby – a child’s toy that nods to the suitor’s seafaring life – and a little girl plays with her dol...

A fine and large model of a Thames wherry. This planked model of a Thames pleasure boat is made of mahogany with copper pins.

Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke (1877-1953) was born in Northampton and is noted for having founded the firm of Bassett-Lowke which specialised in producing construction sets, model rail...

A rare builders half hull boat model of the 36 Linear Rater yacht Barabel, designed by A Mylne, Glasgow.

This room overlooking the Place du Tertre was quickly transformed into a museum, exhibiting books, nautical charts, model boats, nets, out of order navigation instruments, herring ha...

Center Empire bed plated in mahogany feather, France, XIXth century of a so-called boat model, the heads with everted ends, entirely decorated with friezes and gilt bronze frames wi...

As you will see from the images, the Cruet is modelled in the boat shaped form and the oval platform stands on four cast feet, which are unusually decorated with a scroll end and bat...

The Lacquer Smokers Set modelled as a boat shaped cart with simulated rope twist handle and tied tassel mounts.

This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

18th Century Hand Carved Life Size Corpus Christi Skull A rare Lifesize religious artifact of which we have never seen the like. Carved from pine wood with hand painted detail. This...

1926 Play-Well Art Deco Bridge Playing Cards “Nymph Silhouette Sunset”: No Royals, Original Box This evocative 1926 Play-Well Art Deco bridge playing card deck is a striking example...

An art-deco desk partners clock designed by Cartier. A fabulous and unique partner’s desk clock created in Paris, France, by the luxury house Cartier, circa 1928-30. This exceptiona...

Pair of Deer Antler Trophies on Folk Art Black Forest Carved Wooden Plaques, Austria A striking pair of finely preserved deer antler trophies mounted on wooden plaques, exemplifying...

Titled on the box cover "Little Tot" and "Golden ABC Blocks" and referenced as "Golden Cubes, this is a charming and completely original 19th century (Circa 1885) four cube set of wo...

This rare cast iron pig was produced by the Moorman Manufacturing Company of Quincy, Illinois, as a traveling salesman’s sample in the 1930s. Designed to open on a central hinge, the...

Marquetry wooden music box by Nicole Frères Swiss, Late 19th Century Height 14cm, width 64cm, depth 19cm This elegant wooden music box is a fine example of 19th-century craftsmanshi...

This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date. This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides...