Boxed Compass by Wilcox Crittenden

Small gimballed boat compass by Wilcox Crittenden of Connecticut. Flush mounted into a custom wood box. Overall dimensions: Weight is 2 pounds. 3" H x 5" L x 5" Deep.

19th century ships compass set into a dovetailed box with sliding lid. Brass bowl compass with gimbaled. Weight is 9 pounds.

Heavy brass deck vent from a yacht or ship. Highly polished and lacquered with the WC logo of Wilcox Crittendon. Mounted to a thick wood base with carved rope border. Weight is 11 po...

Polished and lacquered solid brass chain housing deck feed with cover. Company hallmark inside lid. Mounted to a thick wood base with carved rope border. Weight is 6 pounds.

This classic marine instrument was made by Wilcox Crittendon of Middletown Connecticut. Solid brass marine compass fitted to a varnished wood box. ...

19th century compass by Robert Merrill, dry compass card mounted to timber box on a gimbal. Sliding lid top. Box is painted blue. Dimensions: 8" compass diameter. Measures: 10" L x 1...

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass...

Late 19th Century Ships Binnacle by W. Hartmann. Binnacles are an important navigation tool. They are often in the helm of the ship and allow sailor to maintain the correct course. This beautiful example has an octagonal case made from oak with brass fittings and removable copper dome...

E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Boston. Patinated brass nighthouse on solid lacquered teak plinth. Transport box for compass, included. Measures: H. 106 cm. Ø. 31 cm....

Vintage old ship's compass, in solid wood and gilded brass, dome with internal compass and colored side weights, very fascinating navigation work tool, from Italy from the 1900s. max...

Lofty pair of sailor's valentines. One with a floral motif and one with a heart, both ambitiously handcrafted in exotic sea shells meticulously composed and presented under glass in ...

The elaborately carved snuff box with a scene of two mermaids on the cover and deeply carved shell on the reverse.