19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Approaching a Lighthouse, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
Exceptional Mid 19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Naval Ship Approaching a Lighthouse, circa 1850, a very finely crafted sailor's woolwork with great variety of very short stitches inc...
Wool, Yarn
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Flag Bedecked Triple Decker Ship of the Line
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Flag-Bedecked Triple Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850, a British sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a larboard side view of a triple decke...
Wool
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 sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
Brass
Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife, Hand-Crafted in England, 1850
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The triangular blade is cast at one end of a long cylindrical handle, the other end is wr...
Iron
American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper painted banner "The London and New York Trading Company"...
Rope, Wood, Paint
American Nautical Brass Housing & Wood Collar Floating Distress Beacon, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.
Brass
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London, circa 1850. An eleven inch radius vernier octant by John Todd with ebonised wooden frame with inset bone scale marked ...
Brass
Carved Wood Sternboard from Captain's Gig On "Terpsichore"
Located in Norwell, MA
Captain's gig sternboard hardwood with rope carved border and brass lettering "Terpsichore Sandefjord" Norway. Great old sternboard from the Captain's gig from the Terpsichore. Circa...
Brass
Pair of American Nautical Gimbaled Nickel Silver & Brass Wall Sconces, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American nautical gimbaled nickel silver over brass mounted wall sconces with bulbous flared amber glass shades. Gimbals kept candles straight in rough seas. Pair are candle ...
Brass, Nickel
$4,250
H 22.5 in W 29.5 in D 1.75 in
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Victorian Ironclad: A Sailor’s Woolwork of a Minotaur-Class Five-Masted Ship Circa 1880 This impressive and rare sailor’s woolwork, or "woolie," offers a meticulously detailed ports...
Wool
Framed Nautical Burgee "FLW"
Located in Norwell, MA
Stitched cotton yacht burgee with "FLW" sewn onto a red and white pointed burgee. Matted with grey and framed. Measures: 22" tall x 30" long.
$1,650
H 30 in W 20 in D 5 in
Vintage Thomas Walker & Sons Nautical Trade Sign with Ship Log Instrument
Located in Morristown, NJ
A vintage trade sign from the esteemed Thomas Walker & Sons Ltd, renowned makers of ship’s logs and chronometers in Southampton, UK. The sign is be...
Metal
$41,413
H 60 in W 12 in D 11.7 in
19th Century Carved Ship Figurehead Oak Wood Female Figure Antique Maritime
Located in Milan, IT
Figurehead in carved oak depicting a female figure whose body has the shape of a siren, symbol of fertility and protection, with female features in the upper part and fish tail inste...
Wood
Sailor's Keepsake: Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama of Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Keepsake: Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama 🐚 ________________________________________ This is a charming and historically evocative Edwardian Shellwork Diorama, a clas...
Shell
$6,250
H 22 in W 29.5 in D 1.5 in
British Sailor's Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seafaring Artistry: A British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship, Circa 1865–75 This remarkable British sailor's woolwork, or "wool...
Wool
Grand Sailor’s Woolwork of the Tea Clipper Fiery Cross
Located in Downingtown, PA
Racing the Wind: A Grand Sailor’s Woolwork of the Tea Clipper Fiery Cross Circa 1875 This impressive large-scale sailor's woolwork presents a detailed port-side view of the Fiery Cr...
Wool
British Sailor’s Woolwork of the ‘Outer Gabbard’ Lightship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Safe Harbor: British Sailor’s Woolwork of the ‘Outer Gabbard’ Lightship Circa 1910 This rare and evocative sailor’s woolwork, or "woolie," serves as a folk-art tribute to the Outer ...
Wool
Victorian English Nautical Diorama Ship Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style Victorian diorama in oak case of sail/steam ship with small lighthouse.
Oak
$1,409
H 4.73 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
Three mast ship diorama in a Scottish whiskey bottle circa 1930, folk art design
Located in Central England, GB
We have for sale this exceptional ship-in-a-bottle, a three-mast sailing ship set in a seascape diorama. It has been built in a pinched (indentation) Scottish whiskey bottle, and it ...
Glass
British Sailor's Woolwork Tea Clipper, Folk Art, England, Circa 1875
Located in Downingtown, PA
Cutting the Waves: A Rare Chain-Stitch Woolwork of a Tea Clipper This large-scale sailor's woolwork, or "woolie," offers a striking port side perspective of a tea clipper ship...
Wool
Carved Haddock Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved wood fish reminiscent of a nineteenth century trade sign. With carved gills, fins, scales, eyes and mouth. Fitted with iron hanging bo...
Wood
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H 12.5 in W 16.88 in D 1.25 in
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Flying Red Ensign, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Flying Red Ensign, circa 1850, a hand crafted sailor's woolwork picture of a British warship with single gun deck, under full sail w...
Wool
Rare scrimshaw of large whale tooth in vertical bas-relief a sailor
Located in Milan, IT
Rare scrimshaw of a large whale tooth depicted vertically in bas-relief the profile of a bearded whaler with hat on his head, height 16 cm. Datable to around the mid-19th century. O...
Teeth
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H 5 in W 1.5 in D 2.6 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Original Marine Artcraft
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved whale tooth, of exquisite workmanship, length 12.6 cm, depicting the bust of a Woman and on the back a whale and whalers...
Teeth
Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
Wool
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H 5.5 in W 1.6 in D 2 in
19th Century Scrimshaw of an Engraved Whale Tooth Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, very fine workmanship, made in the half of the 19th century, length 13 cm,- inches 5.1, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat trying to harpoon a whale and brig / whaler and islands in the background. The back of the tooth is engraved THE WHALER BERWICK. Very good condition. The word "scrimshaw" refers to an art form and to the different products of this art, born on board American whaling ships between 1745 and 1759 as a way to occupy time during the long leisure hours...
Bone
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H 4.3 in W 1.55 in D 1 in
19th Century Scrimshaw Engraved Whale Tooth Fine Antique Nautical Workmanship
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, of fine workmanship from the half of the 19th century, length 11 cm, inches 4.3, depicting 6 whalers on a rowing boat...
Bone
Ship's Octant by Spears and Co London
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's octant fitted to a step up kidney shaped box with merchants label from Eugene F Medinger, 115 Broad St New York. Schooner S.L. Baker is written in old ink. With filters, peeps...
Brass
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H 31 in W 31 in D 3 in
American Nautical Painted Life Ring with Sailing Vessel Isle of White Race, 1851
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical painted life ring with two masted sailing vessel, us flag, and decorative outer roping, isle of white race. Mid 19th century.
Rope, Wood, Paint
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of the Scottish Schooner MARY
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century sailor's Woolie of a British Auxiliary Schooner, circa 1850s. A sailor's woolwork image of a fully rigged two masted schooner with auxiliary smokestack amidship, on a po...
Yarn
19th Century English Hunting Scene Scrimshaw Beaker
Located in London, GB
19th century English hunting scene Scrimshaw beaker We are proud to offer a very exquisitely decorated mid-19th century English scrimshaw horn beaker. ...
Bone
Mid-19th Century Set of Three Charts of the West Coast
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of three mid-19th century maritime charts of the west coast of the United States from the famous U.S. Coast Survey project. Included are San Die...
Paper
American Cast Brass Yachtsman's Spearing Trumpet, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American hand held cast brass Yachtsman's spearing trumpet with bell shaped mouthpiece, coned-shaped column with fine detailed beaded bandings , attached rings for straps, and termin...
Brass