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Waterford Crystal Ship Captain Decanter w/ Stopper
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Plainview, NY
Waterford Crystal Ship Captain Decanter with Stopper
This elegant Waterford Crystal Ship Captain
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Serving Pieces
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Cut Crystal Ship Captains Liquor Decanter
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage cut crystal decanter in the Ship Captains shape, with a top round stopper, circa early
Category
Vintage 1980s International Style Barware
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Walnut Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A walnut davenport or ship captain's desk with marquetry inlay; lift-up compartment with fitted
Category
Antique 19th Century Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique JB Van Sciver Oak Wood Swivel Ship Captains Courthouse Chair
By J.B. Van Sciver Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique JB Van Sciver Oak Wood Swivel Ship Captains Courthouse Chair. Item features a floor mount
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swivel Chairs
Materials
Oak
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1930s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1920s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1930s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. Nice
Category
Vintage 1930s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1930s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1910s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1920s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1920s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1910s North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This is a
Category
Vintage 1920s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has
Category
Antique 1870s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Three Foot Ship Captains Spyglass
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique telescope from Negretti and Zambra of London. The exceptionally long barrel is three feet closed and fifty two inches open. Black cover. Great optics.
Weight: 5 lbs.
Overall...
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique European Ship Captain's Dining Table Mahogany Beautiful Original Patina
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Extremely rare Antique Ship Captain's Dining Table made from beautiful solid Mahogany. Not only is
Category
Antique 1890s European Tables
Materials
Brass
American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship
Category
Antique 1840s American American Empire Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Small Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Tiny Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HAND CARVED HARDWOOD SHIPs CAPTAINS CAST IRON BASE ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
restored hand carved Mahogany, early Victorian circa 1840 Ships Captains armchair with cast iron heavily
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Iron
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1800 SHIPS CAPTAiNS CHAIR WITH ROYAL CROWN AND ANCHOR CARVED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, circa 1800 hand carved Mahogany ships captains chair depicting a Royal Crown and Anchor to the backrest
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th C. Ship Captain's Inlaid Burl Davenport Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Captain’s desk in particularly well chosen and colorful Burl wood with string inlaid details
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
ANTIQUE RARE & HIGHLY COLLECTABLE SHiPS CAPTAINS SHARKS VERTEBRAW WALKING STICK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare and highly collectable Shark’s Vertebrae walking stick
A super collectable piece of Victori...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
19th-C. English Sea Ship Captain W/ Child Watercolor on Paper In Burl Frame
Located in Kennesaw, GA
I love this! It is a framed English sea captain with his child dating to approximately 1850. It is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Paintings
Materials
Burl, Paper
Antique Captains Spyglass on Ships Grating
Located in Norwell, MA
Maritime display with a ship captains spyglass mounted onto a piece of teak ships grating. The
Category
Antique Early 1900s North American Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished
Category
Antique 1850s English William IV Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Brass Mounted Double Inkwell Stand With Two Hand-Blown Inkwells
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Desk Possibly A Ships Captain's Inkwell.
Inkwell diameter 7.5cm
Inkwell height 6cm
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
$1,688 Sale Price / set
30% Off
English Campaign Oval Table of Wood and Brass, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
A Fine English Campaign ware or ship captain's table or three-tiered tray table of mahogany and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Campaign Serving Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
19C English Naval Captain's Sea Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
under that name in London between 1851 – 1855.
This chest would have been owned by a ship’s Captain
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
English ships or country house carved oak and steel bound strong box, circa 1840
Located in Central England, GB
carved oak strong box most likely belonged to a 19th century ship’s captain and was used for storing
Category
Antique 19th Century English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
The Captain’s Despair – Naval War Illustration by Charles Burki, 1970
Located in Langweer, NL
human emotion amid the chaos of naval warfare. The scene shows a ship’s captain leaning on the railing
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Drawings
Materials
Paper
A silver goblet presented to Captain W. G. Hackstaff, 1830
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Lord Street, and presented to Captain Hackstaff, of the New York packet-ship William Byrnes, by the
Category
Antique 1830s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
An Unusual Pencil Drawing of “Canton”, a Three-Masted Whaling Ship-at This Point
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
when Wyllie chose it as his subject. Sadly it was wrecked later that year. The ship’s captain for much
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Drawings
Materials
Paper
Signed Titanic Picture of The Maiden Voyage to Disaster by John Smith 141/750
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The ship
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Prints
Materials
Art Glass
$452 Sale Price
44% Off
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN RESTORED BROWN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD TUFTED CAPTAiNS CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
fully restored hand carved Mahogany framed, early Victorian circa 1840-1850 Ships Captains armchair with
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN RESTORED BROWN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD TUFTED CAPTAiNS ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
fully restored hand carved Mahogany framed, early Victorian circa 1840-1850 Ships Captains armchair with
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
the unloading and lading of cargo. The inclusion of a wife indicates the subject was a ship's captain
Category
Antique 1850s Hong Kong Victorian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
FINE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN RESTORED BROWN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD TUFTED CAPTAINS CHAiR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
fully restored hand carved Mahogany framed, early Victorian circa 1840-1850 Ships Captains armchair with
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage Maritime Commemorative Salver, Display Tray, Engraved, Merchant Navy
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
from a ship's captain to an onboard couple
The MV Trelyon was a Merchant Navy ship operating in the
Category
Mid-20th Century British Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Clipper at Sail - Running with the Wind, Marine Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Naples, Florida
small fishing village on the Southernmost tip of Sweden. His father was a ship's captain and on leaving
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rudy Vallee Actors / Musician Hollywood Personal Effects, Photos & Awards
Located in Van Nuys, CA
quaver musical note, a signed 8x10 photo of Rudy in a ship captains uniform and a framed 8x10 photo of a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
$3,120 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Re-Purposed Industrial Ship Hatch Captain's Lounge Chair
Located in Lafayette, IN
or bar and fit for a Captain!
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass, Steel
$3,499 Sale Price
36% Off
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood Davenport with Spring-Loaded Pen Drawer
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This wonderful early 19th century Antique English Rosewood and ebonized Davenport or Ship Captain
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
$5,738 Sale Price
24% Off
South America: Hand-colored 18th Century Framed Map by Thomas Jefferys
By Thomas Jefferys
Located in Alamo, CA
(perhaps the leader of the exploration or ship captain) to join him in exploring further inland.
This map
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Maps
Materials
Paper
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
A Hand Colored 18th Century Framed Map of South America by Thomas Jefferys
Located in Alamo, CA
(perhaps the leader of the exploration or ship captain) to join him in exploring further inland.
This map
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
19th Century Bronze Boat Captain Ship's Wheel Shaped Table Clock
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century bronze boat captains ship's wheel shaped table clock with several clock faces.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, English Mahogany & Brass Nautical Gimbal Thermometer, Barometer
Located in Atlanta, GA
thermometer and barometer would have been an essential device for ship captains and navigators. Today, it
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Edwardian 14k Gold Mechanical Lorgnette
Located in Venice, CA
” meaning to take a sidelong look at, and “lorgnette” is also the French word for a ship captain’s telescope
Category
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Edwardian Vanity Items
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Honoré BOZE, Oil on panel+Riders and Bedouins walking on a path near a cliff
Located in Gent, VOV
beautiful Hindu mother. His father, a ship's captain and merchant on Mauritius, who later became the
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Be the captain of your own ship” Colorful Contemporary Surrealist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
a distorted figure in a captain hat set next to a white sea bird. The yellow diamond pattern across
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
A pair of ships’ Bronze Cannon from the S. V. Jura 1875
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
as 1925, Captain Russell, the ship’s captain in its early days, was being fondly remembered. A letter
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
Very Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Ebony and Bronze Hourglass
Located in Fayetteville, AR
determine longitude by providing the time for the ship's log. To find longitude, a ship's captain needed to
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
Fine Georgian Oil Painting English Portrait Naval Sea Captain at Sea with Ships
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Master of all He Surveys
late 18th century/ early 19th Century English
oil on canvas, unframed, unsigned
canvas: 14 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: form...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Antique English Mahogany Marine Barometer signed Nixon
By Nixon
Located in Devon, GB
barometers so it is possible he was the client or ship’s captain who commissioned it. The quality and
Category
Antique 19th Century British George IV Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
"Venice, 1906, " Italy, Warren W. Sheppard, Realist, Oil, Gondola, Canal
By Warren W. Sheppard
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Captain’s Table Top Brass Lamp on a Nautical Theme
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Captain’s Ships Wheel Lamp complete with Coolie shade
The Lamp is 19” high and the shade is 16” in Diameter
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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