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British Royal Navy Ship’s Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship’s compass on gimbal mounted into a brass binnacle housing. The nameplate reads
Category
Vintage 1940s European Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
WW1 British Officers Military Pocket Compass by F.Darton & Co - 1917
Located in Bath, GB
A good nickel plated WW1 British Officers Military Pocket Compass signed on the front cover
Category
Vintage 1910s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Nickel
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H 3 in W 2 in D 0.63 in
WW1 1918 British Army Officer's Compass - Verner's Patent MK VII by French Ltd.
Located in Bath, GB
This is an excellent original example of the MK VII. It is fully functioning, has a brass case and is mounted with lanyard ring. The glass face and numbered brass outer ring are perf...
Category
Vintage 1910s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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H 4 in W 3 in D 2 in
Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 10489 T
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 aircraft compass No. 10489 T
The compass has a brass body finished in
Category
Vintage 1930s British Colonial Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Brass Nautical Maritime Binnacle Ship Compass Gimbal Oil Lamp 14"
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Maitland Smith reclaimed brass nautical / maritime binnacle gimbal ship's compass with
Category
Late 20th Century British Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 10 in W 10 in D 13.5 in
Antique English Mahogany Cased Compass by Stanley, London
By Stanley & Co., London 1
Located in Bath, GB
A very handsome Victorian military explorer's compass dating to around 1840 / 1860 set in a hinged
Category
Antique 1850s British Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Chrome Binnacle Compass with Side Oil Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
From a decommissioned lifeboat, a chrome binnacle compass in working order. It has two oil side
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Brass Compass on Stand by Cassens and Plath, English
Located in Nantucket, MA
A ship's brass English compass from a decommissioned lifeboat. This is made by Cassens and Plath
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Gold Alabaster Compass Wall Light by Tigermoth Lighting
By TIGERMOTH LIGHTING LTD
Located in Reading, GB
amongst British interior designers. From our riverside workshop in the South of England, we create elegant
Category
2010s British Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Alabaster, Gold
Contemporary Bronze Alabaster Compass Wall Light by Tigermoth Lighting
By TIGERMOTH LIGHTING LTD
Located in Reading, GB
amongst British interior designers. From our riverside workshop in the South of England, we create elegant
Category
2010s British Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Located in Norwich, GB
bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry
Category
Vintage 1910s Nautical Objects
Materials
Copper
Pre World War 1 Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
By E.S. Ritchie & Co
Located in Norwich, GB
making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British
Category
Antique Early 1900s Nautical Objects
Materials
Copper
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
The compass has a brass body finished in
Category
Vintage 1930s Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
British Ceylon Style Specimen Round Tilt-Top Table , 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This British Colonial center table uses exotic wood veneers to create a spectacular spiral, fanning
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan British Colonial Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Mahogany
Rare Silver Pocket Sundial and Compass by Michael Butterfield, Paris, circa 1700
By Butterfield Paris
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A beautiful, rare solid silver Anglo-French octagonal pocket sundial with compass by Michael
Category
Antique Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Carriage Clocks and Travel Cl...
Materials
Silver
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H 1.07 in W 2.29 in D 2.56 in
Outstanding British Navy Submarine Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
with gimballed compass, countless brass fittings. Rarely found brass compensating ball covers, heavy
Category
Vintage 1940s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Original Vintage Military Recruitment Poster Britain's Commandos Royal Marines
By Reginald Mount
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster for Britain's Commandos... The Royal Marines featuring
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 29.14 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster North Wales Map British Railways DW Burley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel map poster - North Wales where mountains and lakes, lovely
Category
Vintage 1960s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 40.16 in W 50.01 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage British Railways Poster Illustrated Map of the Channel Islands
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for The Channel Islands - Go there by British Railways
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 40.16 in W 50.01 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Poster Pictorial Map Of Yorkshire British Railways Train Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster - Pictorial Map of Yorkshire by British Railways - featuring a
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 40.16 in W 49.61 in D 0.04 in
Hampshire County, Britain/England: A Map from Camden's" Britannia" in 1607
By John Norden
Located in Alamo, CA
An early hand-colored map of Britain's Hampshire county, published in the 1607 edition of William
Category
Antique Early 17th Century English Maps
Materials
Paper
H 17.13 in W 18.75 in D 0.88 in
Antique Lord Kelvins Azimuth Mirror Nautical Navigation Prism Circle & Case
By Kelvin Bottomley & Baird 1
Located in Dayton, OH
& Baird Ltd for Marine Instruments Ltd. Circa 1910-30s. Made in Great Britain.
An azimuth circle is a
Category
Early 20th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Metal
H 6.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster BEA Lineas Aereas Britanicas London
Located in London, GB
Todo Al Mundo / To The Whole World on a compass point in the background above. This poster has a
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 38.98 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster BOAC World Air Routes Western Hemisphere Design
By E.O. Seymour
Located in London, GB
the Old World and the New - on a scroll below the compass. Issued by British Overseas Airways
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 30.71 in W 20.48 in D 0.04 in
Ornate Cartography of Colonial Grandeur: The West India Islands around 1851
Located in Langweer, NL
important cities and ports, which would have been vital information during the era of British colonialism
Category
Antique 1850s Maps
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 10.71 in W 14.26 in D 0 in
Ships Binnacle by Kevin Hughes
Located in Norwell, MA
Large British Ships Binnacle with brass hood, brass compensating ball brackets, brass nameplate
Category
Vintage 1940s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Original Vintage Illustrated Map Poster Union Of South Africa MacDonald Gill
By "Leslie MacDonald ""Max"" Gill"
Located in London, GB
upon original drawings by notable British graphic designer, cartographer, artist and architect Leslie
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 33.08 in W 42.52 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster BOAC Flies To All Six Continents Planisphere Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Overseas Airways Corporation travel advertising poster - BOAC Flies To All
Category
Vintage 1960s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 17.33 in W 26.38 in D 0.04 in
Important Russian silver paper knife, Edward VII as a child, English royalty
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
gift to someone in the royal family, either the British or the Russian, the knife was made in the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Victorian Letter Openers
Materials
Silver
H 3.2 in W 9.9 in D 2.4 in
Antique English Beveled Wall Mirror Carved Oak Frame Jacobean Arts & Crafts
Located in Shreveport, LA
with beaded trim on the outer edges, ornate open carved scrolls on all the compass points and rounded
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Jacobean Wall Mirrors
Materials
Oak
H 38 in W 27.25 in D 1 in
Original Vintage Airline Travel Poster Madrid To London BEA To The Whole World
Located in London, GB
Todo Al Mundo / To The Whole World on a compass point in the background above, the bold title lettering
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 38.98 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
compass rose. They retain their original pierced, inlaid and fret-carved liners for cutlery and also their
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British George III Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Original Vintage Pictorial Map Poster Ceylon Tea And Other Industries Sri Lanka
By "Leslie MacDonald ""Max"" Gill"
Located in London, GB
the notable British cartographer, graphic designer and artist Leslie MacDonald "Max" Gill (1884-1947
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 29.93 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
From Queen Charlotte, A Rare Miniature Gold Mounted George III Almanac, 1817
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
: ‘That every Day contained in this very small compass may prove happy to dear Ldy Melville the Sincere
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Models and Miniatures
Materials
Gold
H 1.26 in W 1.3 in D 0.4 in
John Crockett, Modernist "Snowy Evening" Oil on Masonite Landscape, 1959
Located in Norwalk, CT
John Crockett, British (1918-1986).
"Painswick Beacon from Whitely Court, Snowy Evening" Oil on
Category
Vintage 1950s British Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Sailor's Valentine with Heart Design, Barbados, West Indies- Large Size
Located in Downingtown, PA
sayings that we use on Valentine's Day. The shape is thought to come from old compass cases carried aboard
Category
Antique 1880s Bajan Victorian Paintings
Materials
Shell
A Twin Fusee Bracket Clock By Dent
By Dent
Located in Amersham, GB
& Co. spans three centuries of precision watch and clock making in Great Britain. Established in 1814
Category
Antique Early 1900s English High Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
William IV Terrestrial And Celestial Floor Globes By J. W. Cary
By John & William Cary
Located in New Orleans, LA
on classically beautiful mahogany triform stands, joined by functioning compass stretchers and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Globes
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Backgammon Box Game Set in Large Briefcase with Nautical Theme 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hermes and Gucci. It features nods to Christophe Colomb America discovery, compass motifs, intricately
Category
Late 20th Century French Games
Materials
Fabric
H 2 in W 15 in D 9.75 in
Excellent Antique Map of America with Unusual Northwest Coast of America, c.1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Teguaio. Evidence of the claims of the various British and French colonies throughout, especially along
Category
Antique 1750s Maps
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 13.98 in W 15.75 in D 0 in
Sam Hecht Table Lamp 'Semplice' Satin Gold Glaze by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. Presented at Euroluce 2013, Semplice won that year’s prestigious “Best British Design Award”.
Materials
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Plymouth, England: A Hand-Colored 17th Century Sea Chart by Captain Collins
By Captain Greenvile Collins
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored sea chart of the area around Plymouth, England from "Great Britain's Coasting
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Maps
Materials
Paper
H 23 in W 27.75 in D 0.5 in
Vico Magistretti Black CS49 Samarcanda Black Chest of Drawers by Poggi 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
panel of judges for the Golden Compass Award for the first time.
His work as an architect was almost
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
H 29.14 in W 86.62 in D 21.26 in
Miniature Terrestrial Globe Newton & Son London, Post 1833, Ante 1858
By Newton and Son
Located in Milano, IT
bronze; on the foot there are the scale reproductions of a compass, a telescope and an open book.
The
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Maps
Materials
Bronze
Edinburgh, Scotland Coast: A 17th Century Hand-Colored Sea Chart by Collins
By Captain Greenvile Collins
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored sea chart is entitled "Edinburgh Firth" from "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Maps
Materials
Paper
H 23 in W 27.75 in D 0.5 in
Wonderful Benjamin Pike & Sons (New York) Circa 1850 Theodolite
Located in Placerville, CA
British-like theodolites, and these American makers did not make very many of them. American surveyors
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Flanders, Holland & Norfolk: Hand-Colored 17th Century Sea Chart by Collins
By Captain Greenvile Collins
Located in Alamo, CA
Britain's Coasting Pilot. Being a New and Exact Survey of the Sea-Coast of England" by Captain Greenville
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Maps
Materials
Paper
H 23 in W 27.75 in D 0.5 in
Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, Johann Michael Bergauer, Ante 1745
By Johann Michael Bergauer
Located in Milano, IT
is octagonal and is supported by three turned legs. The upper face is gilded and a compass with a
Category
Antique 1730s Austrian Baroque Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A huge pair of 21 inches Cruchley Library Globes
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
by a compass at the spacer. With graduated brass meridian circles and time clocks. The terrestrial
Category
Antique 1850s British Victorian Globes
Materials
Other
Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young
Located in Norwich, GB
by a central spirit level. Three and a half inch compass mounted below with silvered scale, locking
Category
Vintage 1920s British Edwardian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Original WWII Illustrated Map Poster - Time And Tide Map Of The Atlantic Charter
By "Leslie MacDonald ""Max"" Gill"
Located in London, GB
and artist MacDonald Gill (Leslie MacDonald Gill aka Max Gill; 1884-1947) commissioned by the British
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 44.89 in W 34.85 in D 0.04 in
London 1744 Published Watercolour Antique Map of East Africa by Eman Bowen
Located in GB
is highly embellished, including a cartouche showing a wildebeest and a compass rose. The map extends
Category
Antique 1740s English George III Maps
Materials
Paper
H 17.52 in W 21.07 in D 0.79 in
Sam Hecht Table Lamp 'Semplice' Satin Gold Glaze by Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. Presented at Euroluce 2013, Semplice won that year’s prestigious “Best British Design Award”.
Materials
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mario Bellini 'Cab' Lounge Chair, Tubular Steel and Leather by Cassina
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
designer internationally renowned. He received the Golden Compass Award eight times and 25 of his works are
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in D 31.5 in
Mario Bellini 'Cab' Lounge Chair, by Cassina
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
designer internationally renowned. He received the Golden Compass Award eight times and 25 of his works are
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Road Map No43 London to Kings Lynn, Royston to Downham, John Ogilby, Britannia
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II.
A road map
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
H 20.48 in W 24.41 in D 0.4 in
Road Map John Ogilby London St David's Britannia No 15 Abingdon Monmouth Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II. A road map from
Category
Antique 1670s English Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
H 20.48 in W 24.41 in D 0.6 in
Pair of Black and Transparent Plia Chairs Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli Italy
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Roma, IT
Federal Republic, and a special mention by the British Government. In 1971 PLANO won the Gold Medal at IBD
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome, Metal
H 18.12 in W 20.08 in D 18.9 in
Road Map Britannia No 32 the Road from London to Barnstable John Ogilby Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
completion, Ogilby turned to a project nearer his heart, the description of Britain. Ogilby originally
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
H 20.48 in W 24.41 in D 0.6 in
Road Map Britannia No 25 London to the Lands End, John Ogilby Brown Gilded Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
completion, Ogilby turned to a project nearer his heart, the description of Britain. Ogilby originally
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
H 22.05 in W 26.19 in D 0.6 in
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