E.S. Ritchie & Söns Boston Brass Compass on Teak Socket

Oriental brass tray charger or coffee table on teak stand.  

chandelier with 5 arms and teardrop-shaped shades of matt glass, patinated brass / teak. Manufactured in the 1950s in Denmark, Measures: H. 68 cm, Ø 53 cm.

Brass/teak construction with ten-arms each fitted with E14 sockets. Made in Vienna by Rupert Nikoll in the early 1950s.  

Bernhard Pedersen & Son cabinet from the 1980 in lacquered wood. "push to open" function. Measures: H. 143.5 cm, B. 52 cm, D. 52 cm. Som...

Brass, teak construction with pressed glasses elements, fitted with six E14 sockets made by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors, Sweden in the 1960s.

Made of teak in Denmakr in the early 1950s.

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...

Kevin White Boston Yacht binnacle with a highly polished and lacquered pillar shape binnacle. Art deco style. Removable hood with porthole window. Fitted to a thick wood base. Circa ...

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...

Polished aluminum gimbaled lifeboat compass with carry handle and two sidelights. Nautical relic that is probably Russian. Weight is 16 pounds. 10" H x 11" L x 11" D. Circa 1975.

Beautiful solid brass yacht binnacle from John Bliss of New York with gimbaled compass mounted to a varnished wood base. The compass bezel is engraved J...

Coast guard lightship Boston model. A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse...