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1970's British Ultimate Gray /Monochrome Black AC GMT Co. Classic Wall Clock
1970's British Ultimate Gray /Monochrome Black AC GMT Co. Classic Wall Clock

1970's British Ultimate Gray /Monochrome Black AC GMT Co. Classic Wall Clock

By Industrial Design

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

These clocks were originally slave or secondary clocks used on cargo ships and super tankers, they would have been controlled by a master clock on board.

Category

Vintage 1970s English Industrial Wall Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

1970's British Yellow Illumination & White AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock
1970's British Yellow Illumination & White AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock

1970's British Yellow Illumination & White AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock

By Industrial Design

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

These clocks were originally slave or secondary clocks used on cargo ships and super tankers, they would have been controlled by a master clock on board.

Category

Vintage 1970s English Industrial Wall Clocks

Materials

Steel, Chrome

1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock
1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock

1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

These clocks were used in great numbers on super tankers, cargo ships and military vessels built during the 1970s and housed a movement that would be controlled by a master clock.

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Industrial Wall Clocks

Materials

Steel, Cut Steel, Chrome

Early Chinese-Export Reverse Painted Mirror, Depicting a Chinese Harbor
Early Chinese-Export Reverse Painted Mirror, Depicting a Chinese Harbor

Early Chinese-Export Reverse Painted Mirror, Depicting a Chinese Harbor

Located in New York, NY

Throughout the harbor are beautifully hand-painted boats of various sizes, including fishing vessels, cargo ships, and barter vessels. In the middle of the harbor, a small village ca...

Category

Antique 1790s Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Mirror

1970s Japanese Cast Brass and Copper Explosion Proof Caged Cantilever Wall Light
1970s Japanese Cast Brass and Copper Explosion Proof Caged Cantilever Wall Light

1970s Japanese Cast Brass and Copper Explosion Proof Caged Cantilever Wall Light

By Industrial Production

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

The lamp was originally made in Japan which was reclaimed from decommissioned cargo ships made during the 1970s. Then This fixture has been professionally restored and converted ...

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Vintage 1970s Japanese Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass, Copper

Waterstone Satin Nickel Traditional Gantry Pulldown Faucet, Kitchen Utility Prep
Waterstone Satin Nickel Traditional Gantry Pulldown Faucet, Kitchen Utility Prep

Waterstone Satin Nickel Traditional Gantry Pulldown Faucet, Kitchen Utility Prep

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Gantry cranes do the heavy lifting when it comes to unloading cargo ships. The faucet’s pre-rinse spray arm is spring-loaded and has a range of motion to reach every corner of your s...

Category

Late 20th Century American Bathroom Fixtures

Materials

Nickel

1970s Small Japanese Cast Aluminum 90 Degree Wall Light, Glass Dome and Cage
1970s Small Japanese Cast Aluminum 90 Degree Wall Light, Glass Dome and Cage

1970s Small Japanese Cast Aluminum 90 Degree Wall Light, Glass Dome and Cage

By Industrial Production

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

Originally installed on a cargo ship passageway where there would have been very little space for fixtures and fittings.

Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Midcentury German Copper, Cast Brass and Glass Industrial Marine Pendant Light
Midcentury German Copper, Cast Brass and Glass Industrial Marine Pendant Light

Midcentury German Copper, Cast Brass and Glass Industrial Marine Pendant Light

By Industrial Production

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

Originally marine lighting fixtures, these pendant have been reclaimed from cargo ships made in the 1960s in Germany where they were used to illuminate cargo bays of sea going vessel...

Category

Vintage 1960s German Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Copper

19th century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Deep Platter
19th century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Deep Platter

19th century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Deep Platter

Located in Savannah, GA

Chinese Canton ware was shipped to Europe and America in the holds of cargo ships which resulted in its becoming known as ballast ware.

Category

Antique 1820s Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Large Cypriot Bichrome Amphora
Large Cypriot Bichrome Amphora

Large Cypriot Bichrome Amphora

Located in London, GB

"This Cyprus is so fertile and abounds in products of every kind, that without the need of any help from without, by its native resources alone it builds cargo ships from the very ke...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Vases

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Platter
19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Platter

19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Ware Platter

Located in Savannah, GA

Chinese Canton ware was shipped to Europe and America in the holds of cargo ships which resulted in its becoming known as "ballast ware."

Category

Antique 1820s Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Ship's Nautical Brass Cargo Lights with Aluminium Cage, 1970s
Pair of Ship's Nautical Brass Cargo Lights with Aluminium Cage, 1970s

Pair of Ship's Nautical Brass Cargo Lights with Aluminium Cage, 1970s

Located in Nantucket, MA

Unusual pair of 1970s ship's cargo lights, made of brass with an aluminium cage on the face.

Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Art Deco Asprey HM Submarine Unruffled Silver Box, 1941
Art Deco Asprey HM Submarine Unruffled Silver Box, 1941

Art Deco Asprey HM Submarine Unruffled Silver Box, 1941

By Asprey International Limited

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

On 13 October 1942 Unruffled torpedoed and sank the Italian cargo ship Loreto in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily.

Category

Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Blue & White Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Bowl, c. 1750
Blue & White Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Bowl, c. 1750

Blue & White Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Bowl, c. 1750

Located in Chicago, IL

The bowl was recovered from the famous Nanking Cargo shipwreck, a trade ship of the Dutch East India Company that struck a reef in 1752 while on route to the Netherlands, filled with...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

San Francisco
San Francisco

San Francisco

By Charles Meryon

Located in Plano, TX

There is almost empty farmland in the foreground, followed by a jam-packed cityscape, and ending with a busy port-scene densely populated with cargo ships. The symbols of California'...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Coffe table sculpture by Renée Broissand
Coffe table sculpture by Renée Broissand

Coffe table sculpture by Renée Broissand

By René Broissand

Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR

As a teenager, he left his homeland to go to sea aboard a cargo ship. He spent most of his youth there, learning the demanding trade of welding and absorbing the diverse places and l...

Category

Vintage 1970s French Beaux Arts Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Pair of Copper and Brass Mid-Century Ship's Deck Lights
Pair of Copper and Brass Mid-Century Ship's Deck Lights

Pair of Copper and Brass Mid-Century Ship's Deck Lights

Located in Nantucket, MA

A stunning pair of copper and brass deck lights used on Mid-Century merchant ships to unload cargo at night. The interior is silver-lined to create additional reflective light and th...

Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Copper, Iron

"Before Dusk" Oil Painting

"Before Dusk" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Gleiter turns his searching eye not only to wilderness, but also to the banalities of urban life — to parked cars, the glinting sprawl of an automobile dealer’s lot, retail stores, a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Cutty Sark, signed oil painting
The Cutty Sark, signed oil painting

The Cutty Sark, signed oil painting

By Louis Letouche

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

She continued as a cargo ship until purchased in 1922 by retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman, who used her as a training ship operating from Falmouth, Cornwall.

Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of German Nautical Aluminum Hanging Ship Lights, Wiska Co, 20th Century
Pair of German Nautical Aluminum Hanging Ship Lights, Wiska Co, 20th Century

Pair of German Nautical Aluminum Hanging Ship Lights, Wiska Co, 20th Century

By Wiska

Located in Charleston, SC

Pair of German Nautical aluminum hanging ship cargo lights with hinged yoke, rippled cowl, and original glass.

Category

20th Century German Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

"Fall Colors" (2022), Original Forest Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen
"Fall Colors" (2022), Original Forest Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen

"Fall Colors" (2022), Original Forest Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Gleiter turns his searching eye not only to wilderness, but also to the banalities of urban life — to parked cars, the glinting sprawl of an automobile dealer’s lot, retail stores, a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"French Town a Day in Autumn" (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
"French Town a Day in Autumn" (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen

"French Town a Day in Autumn" (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Gleiter turns his searching eye not only to wilderness, but also to the banalities of urban life — to parked cars, the glinting sprawl of an automobile dealer’s lot, retail stores, a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Evening Light" (2021), Original Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
"Evening Light" (2021), Original Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen

"Evening Light" (2021), Original Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Gleiter turns his searching eye not only to wilderness, but also to the banalities of urban life — to parked cars, the glinting sprawl of an automobile dealer’s lot, retail stores, a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Pair of Rare Large Nautical Copper and Brass Ship's Deck Lights, Mid-Century
Pair of Rare Large Nautical Copper and Brass Ship's Deck Lights, Mid-Century

Pair of Rare Large Nautical Copper and Brass Ship's Deck Lights, Mid-Century

Located in Nantucket, MA

Rare pair of copper "beehive" and brass deck lights used to unload cargo off ships at night, Mid-Century. Rewired for American use.

Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

5 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"
5 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"

5 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"

Located in Palm Beach, FL

In 1822 the Chinese Junk "Tek Sing" or true star sank in the south China sea, where the ship and its cargo remained until salvaged in 1999.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Cape of Good Hope & Table Bay – Dutch Ships at Anchor, 1777 Engraving
Cape of Good Hope & Table Bay – Dutch Ships at Anchor, 1777 Engraving

Cape of Good Hope & Table Bay – Dutch Ships at Anchor, 1777 Engraving

Located in Langweer, NL

Smaller boats ferry men and cargo from ship to shore, suggesting the daily activity of this essential resupply station.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

Two Paintings by Joseph Richards: Side Track and No. 11
Two Paintings by Joseph Richards: Side Track and No. 11

Two Paintings by Joseph Richards: Side Track and No. 11

Located in Hudson, NY

The artist painted this piece when he was in his late 70's after a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII ...

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue And White Spiral Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690
Blue And White Spiral Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690

Blue And White Spiral Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690

Located in seoul, KR

It was found by a fisherman who had picked up numerous pieces of porcelain from the ship while fishing. Sverker Hallstrom identified the ship and its cargo in 1990.

Category

Antique 1690s Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and white Yanyan Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690
Blue and white Yanyan Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690

Blue and white Yanyan Vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690

Located in seoul, KR

It was found by a fisherman who had picked up numerous pieces of porcelain from the ship while fishing. Sverker Hallstrom identified the ship and its cargo in 1990.

Category

Antique 1690s Chinese Chinoiserie Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Tea Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Tea Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Tea Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820

By The Hatcher Collection

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

His crew raised about 350,000 pieces of the ship's cargo. The bulk of the ceramics were Chinese blue-and-white tableware, consisting of bowls, tea cups etc, made in the kilns of Deh...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Monumental Half-Hull Schooner Boat Model, circa 1890
Monumental Half-Hull Schooner Boat Model, circa 1890

Monumental Half-Hull Schooner Boat Model, circa 1890

By Arthur Sewall & Co.

Located in Peabody, MA

During a voyage in 1891, from Liverpool to San Francisco with a cargo of coal, the ship caught fire in her holds, with spontaneous combustion from coal dust as the reason.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

19th C Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Saucer Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820
19th C Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Saucer Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820

19th C Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Saucer Bowl Tek Sing Shipwreck, Ca 1820

By The Hatcher Collection

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

His crew raised about 350,000 pieces of the ship's cargo. The bulk of the ceramics were Chinese blue-and-white tableware, consisting of bowls, tea cups etc, made in the kilns of Dehu...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A.F BARGAS Engraving "Country Market", Circa 17th Century
A.F BARGAS Engraving "Country Market", Circa 17th Century

A.F BARGAS Engraving "Country Market", Circa 17th Century

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

This print depicts a market scene in a harbour landscape, where we see a ship loading cargo on the quays. In the background of the print is a large stone building, probably an abbey.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Picture Frames

Materials

Paper

19th Century George III Irish Mahogany Wake Dining Table
19th Century George III Irish Mahogany Wake Dining Table

19th Century George III Irish Mahogany Wake Dining Table

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Jaye was a renowned interior designer of passenger ships and cargo liners.

Category

Antique 19th Century Irish Georgian Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Baja California Coast with Mission, Mid Century Landscape by George Booth Post
Baja California Coast with Mission, Mid Century Landscape by George Booth Post

Baja California Coast with Mission, Mid Century Landscape by George Booth Post

Located in Soquel, CA

During World War 11, he helped with the war effort by working as a cargo storage planner for military ships. He would draw detailed charts showing where food, ammunition, and other s...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Stopover in Port
Stopover in Port

Stopover in Port

By Pierre LeLong

Located in London, GB

'Stopover in Port' (Escale), oil on canvas, by Pierre Lelong (circa 1960s-70s). A ship replenishes its cargo in the early hours of the morning.

Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Watercolor by Edward Wesson of Pin Mill, Mid-20th Century
Vintage Watercolor by Edward Wesson of Pin Mill, Mid-20th Century

Vintage Watercolor by Edward Wesson of Pin Mill, Mid-20th Century

By Edward Wesson

Located in London, GB

Pin Mill was once a busy landing point for ship-borne cargo, a centre for the repair of Thames sailing barges and home to many small industries such as sail making, a maltings (now a...

Category

Vintage 1960s English Paintings

Saturday sale  Pair of Antique Cargo Ship Pulley's
Saturday sale  Pair of Antique Cargo Ship Pulley's

Saturday sale Pair of Antique Cargo Ship Pulley's

Located in Miami, Miami Design District, FL

Boston merchant ship perfect entrance piece for garden on the water

Category

Vintage 1940s American More Furniture and Collectibles

Vintage Model Ship

Vintage Model Ship

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage Wooden Cargo Ship Boat Model. Great patina, quite rustic and old.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Wire

Large 19th Century Ships Block and Tackle

Large 19th Century Ships Block and Tackle

Located in London, GB

Massive 19th Century Cargo Ships Elm Block and Tackle with traces of original paint work

Category

Antique 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Iron

jacobs ladder
jacobs ladder

jacobs ladder

Sold|$1,350

jacobs ladder

Located in St. Helena, CA

vintage cargo ship ladder.

Category

20th Century American Ladders

Materials

Rope

Slatted Hardwood Ship's Deck Seat With Life Jacket Storage Mid-20th Century
Slatted Hardwood Ship's Deck Seat With Life Jacket Storage Mid-20th Century

Slatted Hardwood Ship's Deck Seat With Life Jacket Storage Mid-20th Century

Located in Heathfield, East Sussex

The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977.

Category

Vintage 1950s English Benches

Materials

Hardwood

Original 1930s Union Castle Line Cruise Ship Poster: South Africa & East Africa

Original 1930s Union Castle Line Cruise Ship Poster: South Africa & East Africa

Located in London, GB

Union Castle Line (1900-1977) was formed as the result of a merger between Union Line and Castle Shipping Line, operating passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa. ...

Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

20th Century Silver Plated Posey Vase from SS Arandora Star
20th Century Silver Plated Posey Vase from SS Arandora Star

20th Century Silver Plated Posey Vase from SS Arandora Star

By Mappin & Webb

Located in Umberleigh, Devon

A silver plated posey vase from the SS Arandora star ship which was a passenger ship from 1927-1929 when it was converted into a cargo ship.

Category

Vintage 1920s British Vases

Materials

Silver Plate, Enamel

Pair of Large Industrial Aluminum Pendant Lights
Pair of Large Industrial Aluminum Pendant Lights

Pair of Large Industrial Aluminum Pendant Lights

Located in Heath, MA

Pair of large polished aluminum Industrial pendants, circa 1950, rescued and restored from a cargo ship. These Industrial marine pendants can hang with or without their iron U-shaped...

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Iron

Ship's Cargo Lights
Ship's Cargo Lights

Ship's Cargo Lights

Located in Llandudno, Conwy

A pair of brass and copper ships cargo hold lights. 1930s. Price is for the pair.

Category

Vintage 1930s More Furniture and Collectibles

Original Vintage Poster World Cruise Red Star Line Belgenland Luxury Travel Ship
Original Vintage Poster World Cruise Red Star Line Belgenland Luxury Travel Ship

Original Vintage Poster World Cruise Red Star Line Belgenland Luxury Travel Ship

Located in London, GB

The SS Belgenland was built in 1914 (owned by White Star Line and named Belgic from 1916-1923), serving as a cargo ship then a troop ship during World War One; from 1923-1935 she ser...

Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

CONSENSUS

CONSENSUS

By Suzy Barnard

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Industrial yet romantic, large cargo ships seen from far away are imbued with poetry.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

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Cargo Ship For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cargo ship you’re looking for. Each cargo ship for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and wood. There are many kinds of the cargo ship you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A cargo ship, designed in the Modern or Industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made cargo ship has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Edward McKnight Kauffer are consistently popular.

How Much is a Cargo Ship?

A cargo ship can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,270, while the lowest priced sells for $198 and the highest can go for as much as $52,800.