Nautical Diorama
Price
Shipping Options
Sort By
Ship Shadow Box Diorama
Located in New York, NY
Carved wood sails, interesting sea and bright, original paint. Exceptional full hull ship diorama of the vessel "East Linton" entering the River Tyme on its way to its home city of ...
Category
20th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood, Glass
H 17 in. W 33 in. D 7.375 in.
Vintage Handmade Boat Model Diorama
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage handmade boat model diorama of the "Sovereign of the Seas" a three masted schooner, displayed in its original case. Originally built in Massachusetts in 1852 and in 1854, thi...
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
H 20 in. W 27 in. D 11 in.
Folk Art Shadowbox Ship Diorama of a Three Masted Schooner
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning ship diorama of a three mast schooner with carved wooden hull, sails, and masts, mounted in a deep mitered wood frame with painted putty sea and background of the sky.
#4...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 14.5 in. W 20.75 in. D 3.5 in.
Unusual Fish Taxidermy Diorama Set in Decaying Underwater Industrial Environment
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Unusual fish taxidermy diorama set in decaying underwater industrial environment.
A dramatic painting in the background depicts a large underwater structure or a sunken portion o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Sporting Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 21.25 in. W 31.25 in. D 6.75 in.
Carved and Painted Double Diorama of a Whaleship and Whaleboat by Frank Finney
By Frank Finney
Located in Nantucket, MA
A carved and painted double diorama by master carver Frank Finney. The top half with a red whaleboat, the lower half with a whaleship under sail. The background painted with water an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint, Bone, Wood
H 20 in. W 20 in. D 4.5 in.
19th-20th Century Ship Diorama of a Schooner Against a Village Scene
Located in Nantucket, MA
A late 19th-early 20th century Folk Art diorama with a schooner in the foreground. A lighthouse stands along the shore in front of a Hillside village with snow topped mountains below...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint
H 26 in. W 36 in. D 3.5 in.
Coral and Butterfly Display Diorama
Located in Stamford, CT
Coral and butterfly diorama in a class case, circa 1980s. Please note of wear consistent with age including distressed wear on the butterfly's wings.
Category
Vintage 1980s Nautical Objects
Materials
Coral
H 16.00 in. W 12.25 in. D 12.25 in.
Diorama with Hermit Crab, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen a marine diorama with Hermit Crab (Pagurus Bernhardus) a brunch, fan-shaped of Horny coral, starfish, reef, shells, and little crab. The specimens are...
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Nautical Objects
Materials
Coral
H 18 in. W 6.75 in. D 6.75 in.
Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and unusual 19th century cased ship diorama displaying four ships at sea. A four masted schooner sets the background with a tug boat, two masted vessel and a steamship ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Classical Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 17.25 in. W 33.5 in. D 9.5 in.
Diorama of a Sailboat on a Lake, Dated 1933
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage diorama of a red sailboat on a choppy lake carved and painted on a wood panel in a naive folk style, presented in a wood frame decorated with anchors and titled Finnan Haddie...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
H 20 in. W 24 in. D 1.5 in.
Early 20th Century Diorama Sailor Made Ship Anna
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Hand carved, painted and sailor made ship model of the Swedish sailing ship Anna. With a typical seaman handmade frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 9.85 in. W 15.36 in. D 3.15 in.
Naval Diorama of the Trieste Steamship Launched in 1908
Located in Milan, IT
Naval diorama of the Trieste steamship launched in 1908 in the Monfalcone shipyards. The steamer in this diorama is depicted with 3 smokestacks, actually it had only one smokestack. ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 18.9 in. W 24.81 in. D 1.97 in.
English 20th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English, 20th century nautically themed diorama featuring two schooners in a stained wood, framed box, c. 1920. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made b...
Category
20th Century English Other Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 15.38 in. W 19.5 in. D 2.75 in.
English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English, 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring the ‘Stad Amsterdam’ clipper in an ebonized wood, framed box. These three-dimensional works of art were typicall...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Other Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 18 in. W 23 in. D 3 in.
English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a schooner. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors in the 19th century. This diorama...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Other Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 18 in. W 19.5 in. D 2.88 in.
English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English, 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a schooner in a stained wood, framed box. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors. N...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Other Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 15.25 in. W 20 in. D 2.75 in.
French 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant French 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a ship named Joncejan. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors in the 19th century. Th...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
H 15.5 in. W 24.13 in. D 3.88 in.
English Scratch Built Nautical Folk Art Diorama Display
Located in London, GB
Nautical Folk Art diorama display
We are proud to offer an early 20th century English handcrafted Folk Art diorama. Displaying a nautical theme of a handcrafted wooden tugboat pulli...
Category
Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Wood
H 9 in. W 24 in.
Italian Nautical Diorama Glass and Wood, 1904
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical diorama depicting half hull of a 3-mast sailing ship, with full sail made of wood, "I due compari Trapani 1904". This ship is registered in the Italian national register of ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 22.84 in. W 33.08 in. D 6.89 in.
Marine Diorama
Located in Surrey, BC
Fabulous diorama with three wood carved painted ships on painted background. Rich colours in untouched condition, and curved outer wood frame.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 27 in. W 39 in. D 6 in.
Ship Diorama.
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional carved and painted four-masted sailboat diorama. Wonderful original blue paint in background and beautiful paint and patina on sails. New England. Late nineteenth-cent...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 19.25 in. W 31.5 in.
Sailing Ship Diorama.
Located in New York, NY
Carved and painted three-dimensional image of sailing ship in wood frame behind glass.
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 19 in. W 24.25 in. D 3.5 in.
English Ship Diorama
Located in Nantucket, MA
Of the three mast schooner “Veve”, carved hull
and sails. Hanging the British flag with painted
backboard and mounted on a wooden base with
painted plaster see. The frame is grain...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
String, Pine
H 24 in. W 29.25 in. L 24 in.
Ship Diorama of a Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ship diorama of a four--mast schooner with carved wooden hull, sails, masts, and accouterments, mounted in a deep mitered wood frame with painted putty sea and painted background of ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 18.25 in. W 30.5 in. D 5.5 in.
Folk Art Ship Diorama
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art ship diorama with a large barkentine and three
smaller schooners. Each vessel is carved out of wood
which includes the hull, sails, masts, and accoutrements.
Mounted in a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint, Pine
H 18.5 in. W 27.5 in. D 3.5 in.
Ship Diorama of a Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
The shadow box depicts a two masted topsail schooner with painted background
Top right of the of the sky is signed and dated “J.E. Rudolph 1871". The hull and sails are carved from ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Plaster, Paint, Oak, Pine
H 17 in. W 26.4 in. D 3.38 in.
Ship Wheel Miniature Ship Diorama
Located in Downingtown, PA
Miniature ship diorama,
the Frame in the form of a ship's wheel,
Early 20th century.
The miniature diorama depicts a ship under sail within a frame in the form of a ship's wheel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 1.25 in. Dm 9.5 in.
19th Century Ships Diorama
Located in Toronto, ON
A charming well crafted and painted ship diorama from Canada's
East Coast. This "tall ship" was originally purchased in St. Andrews
New Brunswick in the 1950's for sum of $165.00 a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Canadian Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 11 in. W 18 in. D 2.25 in.
Ship Diorama, English, circa 1865
Located in Nantucket, MA
A Great and rare Trinity House cased diorama of an English clipper. Carved and painted wood hull, fully rigged and with flag and pennants flying, varnished surface with paint decor...
Category
Antique 1860s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Fruitwood
H 21 in. W 29.25 in. D 9 in.
Sailing Ship Diorama in Carved Frame.
Located in New York, NY
Great surface, wonderful small size. Fine detail, all original.
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 11.75 in. W 15.5 in. D 2.75 in.
American Cased Ship Diorama, circa 1930
Located in Nantucket, MA
The diorama has four different ship types, with both American and England vessels, mounted on a molded putty sea. The case is painted and has four brass eagle finials.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 13.5 in. W 20 in. D 13 in.
Ship Diorama of the Vessel "Lillian"
Located in Nantucket, MA
Shadow box ship diorama of two masted ship Lillian with matching rowboat, carved wooden sails and hull. Mounted in a red painted stepped frame. A great and
unusual ship diorama in u...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Pine
H 22 in. W 28 in. D 7.25 in.
Large Ship Diorama, the "Three Sisters"
Located in Nantucket, MA
“Three Sisters”, impressive ship diorama set into a blue painted plaster sea and flying the French flag. Mounted against a painted sky with clouds. There are three porcelain women fi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint, Plaster, Porcelain
H 26 in. W 33 in. D 8.5 in.
An English Ship Diorama, Circa 1870
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A painted wood and string ship against a painted background of boats in a diorama frame. Great nautical themed art piece.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 13 in. W 20 in. D 2.5 in.
Early 20th Century American Ship Diorama
Located in Nantucket, MA
Shadow box of a American schooner surrounded by smaller
sailing vessels and a lighthouse. Carved out of wood with a
painted plaster sea, New England, circa 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 19.5 in. W 22 in. D 5 in.
Ship Diorama of a Vessel in Rocky Seas
Located in Nantucket, MA
Shadow box of a three masted ship with a small steamer on a painted molded putty sea.
Housed in a black paint varnished frame.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 21.25 in. W 29 in. D 4 in.
Late 19th Century Naive Sailing Vessel Diorama
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th century diorama of the three masted black and white clipper ship USS Columbine in full sail in a choppy sea of white-capped grey waves amidst blue skies with billowing whit...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 24 in. W 30 in. D 9 in.
Late 19th Century English Folk art Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century English Folk Art Ship Diorama
We are proud to offer a rare and highly decorative late 19th century English folk art encased ship diorama. Hand made from scratch sh...
Category
Antique 1890s British Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 10.5 in. W 13.5 in. D 7 in.
LATE 19TH C HAND CARVED IN PINE WOOD DIORAMA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LATE 19THC HAND MADE AND PAINTED DIORAMA FROM NEW ENGLAND.THIS PAINTING HAS A AMERICAN FLAG FLYING FROM THE SHIPS SAIL.IT IS ALL ORIGINAL PAINT AND IS IN GREAT CONDITION. THIS WONDE...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
H 17 in. W 19 in. D 1 in.
19th Century Diorama Shadow Box of Sailing Vessel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Early 19th century diorama of a three masted ship in full sail in a choppy sea of white-capped white waves amidst blue skies. In original framed glass shadow box.
#4293.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 18.25 in. W 18.75 in. D 3.25 in.
19THC HANDMADE SHIP DIORAMA IN ORIGINAL BOX FRAME W/FLAG
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC HANDMADE SHIP DIORA IN THE ORIGINAL BOX FRAME WITH A BLUE PAINTED GROUND AND A AMERICAN FLAG IN THE REAR OF THE BOAT.ALL HANDMADE IN GREAT CONDITION.THIS DIORAMA IS FROM NEW EN...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
19THC Folky Diorama In Original Paint From Maine W/Wire Hanger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folky original painted smoke ship diorama in original shadow box thick frame.This wonderful painted vessel has a very cool wire hanger.Condition is very good and there is no glass co...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
H 8 in. W 12.5 in. D 3 in.
French 19th Century Ship Diorama of the St. Louis in a Busy Shipping Channel
Located in Wells, ME
French 19th century large ship diorama. This diorama shows the three masted sailing ship "St. Louis" broadside in full sail with all of her rigging, painted wooden sails and flags, f...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
H 16.75 in. W 31.5 in. D 3.5 in.
19th C. English Sailing Ship Diorama
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Folky diorama of an English sailing ship complete with sails and rigging, flying the Union Jack and presented in a charming handmade case .
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
H 15 in. W 28 in. D 5 in.
A diorama with hermit crabs, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen a marine diorama with Hermit Crab (Pagurus Bernhardus) a brunch, fan-shaped of Horny coral, starfish, reef, shells, and little crab. The Specimens are...
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood
H 16 in. W 6.75 in. D 6.75 in.
Handmade High Relief/Diorama Carving, circa 1923
Located in San Francisco, CA
High relief/diorama wooden carving of a schooner by a San Francisco sea captain. Framed in wooden case with glass.
Signed on the back and date 1923.
Category
Early 20th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 17 in. W 27 in. D 2.5 in.
19th Century Danish Diorama Sailor Made Ship in Bottle
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very nice sailor made ship in a bottle with two flags, The Dannebro and what looks like United Stated port of call flag.
Category
20th Century Danish Folk Art Nautical Objects
H 10.50 in. Dm 3.75 in.
English 19th Century Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a brig. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors in the 19th century. They vary in siz...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 16.875 in. W 22 in. D 3 in.
English 19th Century Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a schooner. These three-dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors in the 19th century. They vary in...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 17 in. W 19.5 in. D 2.625 in.
Nautical Diorama with Three-Masted Ship Model on Stormy Sea, circa 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
This late 19th century nautical diorama features a three-masted sailboat model under full sail on a stormy sea simulated with painted paper, enclosed in a large grain-painted wooden ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Canvas
H 25.25 in. W 29.5 in. D 3 in.
Nautical Diorama For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the nautical diorama you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, glass and hardwood, every nautical diorama was constructed with great care. Find 13 options for an antique or vintage nautical diorama now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect nautical diorama —, we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A nautical diorama made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Neoclassical — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one nautical diorama that is appealing in its simplicity, but Frank Finney produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much are Nautical Diorama?
Prices for a nautical diorama start at $975 and top out at $12,500 with the average selling for $2,982.