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Period: 19th Century
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
Scrimshaw of whale tooth with whaler named Fox and engraved Greek vase 1850s
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, datable to around the mid-19th century, of fine workmanship length cm 12.5, depicting on one side whaling ship with islands and birds in the ba...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone
Antique Decorative Lead Plaque, Scandinavian, Viking, Arts and Crafts, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy antique decorative lead plaque. A Scandinavian, relief panel with Viking long ship scene, dating to the Arts & Crafts movement of the late ...
Category
Scandinavian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Lead
Scrimshaw of vertically engraved orca tooth depicting vessel mid-19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of a vertically engraved hour's tooth depicting a vessel bow to left flag of the United Kingdom, above li initials L.G.F. On the back vase with beautiful plant decoration s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, mid to late 19th Century, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp....
Category
Bajan Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell
Majolica Nautical Jardiniere Onnaing, circa 1880
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
19th century, large Majolica Nautical jardinière signed Onnaing, the feets are dolphins and the front is decorated with boats on the sea, the handles are anchors.
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Ceramic
English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate,
Circa 1865
A very attractive and unusual sailor's woolwork of a Royal Navy Frigate flying the Blue Ens...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship
circa 1765
The sailor's woolwork, also known as a woolie, depicts a port side view of a ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century American Carved and Decorated Ship's Figurehead, circa 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century American Carved and Decorated Ship's Figurehead, circa 1880, in the form of an elegant young lady, with lovely features and beautifully carved hair pulled back in a bun,...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
19th Century English Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
A delightful and highly decorated example of a late 19th century English folk art ships model diorama...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
Massive Antique Half Hull Ship Model
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and important massive late 19th century half hull model ship of the
steel screw steamers "CZAR" and CZARITZA" built by
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Builders, Newcastl...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Amazing Female Cameo Carved Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic hand carved shell with a girl carved out. Fine condition.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell
Sailing Ship Diorama 19th Century Signed
Located in Norwood, NJ
George Vempley Burwood, British (1844-1917) signed and dated. Sailing ship, schooner diorama, shadow box with figures and painted background.
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Sunset
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Sunset,
Circa 1875
This is a lovely example of a sailor's woolie with wonderful color and subject.
The sailor's woolwork or sailor...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, circa 1880, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp and a chain for hanging. This valentine features a heart and the message "Forget Me Not."
The valentine is in great condition, but does of course have a few shells that have come loose over the past century and a half. The cases remain in great condition as well.
Each Measures: 9-1/8 in H x 9-1/8 in W
Victorians in the Age of Exploration and its accompanying Eclectic Movement embraced arts and crafts from around the world. Shell boxes are frequently seen, and even the odd shell diorama...
Category
Bajan Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell, Mahogany
British Sailor's Woolwork Picture of Five Ships Off a Coastline
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork Picture of Five Ships offshore,
Circa 1875
The large sailor's woolwork or sailor's woolie depicts five different ships. The largest ship is in the center ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
American Gilt Carved Wood and Poly Chromed Roman Guard Figurehead, Circa 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American gilt carved wood and poly chromed nautical figurehead of Roman guard in military attire. Late 19th century.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Scrimshaw of engraved whale tooth depicting the Captain F. Swain 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Scrimshaw of an engraved whale tooth, depicting on one side the half-bust of the smartly dressed and handsome Captain F. Swain. On the Back the inscription Master The WHALER SWAN f...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Teeth
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
The sailor's woolwork depicts a portside view of a square-rigged three masted ship flying the White Ensign. The blue s...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1860
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1860, depicting a starboard side view of a majestic square-rigged triple de...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship,
Circa 1875
The charming simple sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a Royal Navy second rate battleship...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Antique English marine chronometer J. Mc Cabe No. 280 - 8 days charge 19th century
By James McCabe
Located in Milano, IT
Antique English marine chronometer with mahogany outer case and brass elements. The wooden case has a double opening, one to access the chronometer movement and the second, top, with...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Original Nautical Mast figurehead
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This antique mast figure is French and as the story goes salvaged off a French Ship damaged in the Anglo-French War (1803–1815). The one side shows fire damage and is burned in charc...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Iron
Nantucket Lightship Basket, Made by Davis Hall on the South Shoal Lightship
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oval Nantucket lightship basket with shaped oak swing handle
ending in carved round “lollipop” ends and brass ears. Remnants of
the original paper label remains on the bottom. Made...
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Oak
Antique Leather and Steel Fishing Gaff Hook
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An antique gaff fishing hook with Bird's Eye Maple body, steel hook and leather grip.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880-1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE...
Category
Rustic Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
Massive Merchant Schooner Model
Located in Greenwich, CT
Impressive and rare example of a model English merchant sailing vessel, circa 1860, that plied the China Trade from England to Hong Kong. The ship has the sail rig of the Sandy Hook pilot boats...
Category
English Sporting Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Linen, Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship,
The sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of a Second-Rate Royal Navy Ship with three masts. T...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Nautical candlestick lost wax cast in silvered bronze England 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical candlestick, lost-wax casting of silvered bronze and brass, English manufacture of the 1920s.
Made of 3 pieces screwed together, upon the base rests an anchor surrounded b...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large 1810 Half Hull Sailing Ship Model with Rare Bowsprit
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique large 1810 half Hull Sailing Ship model with rare bowsprit.
I'm told its very very rare to find one of these with a Bowsprit Mermaid.
Category
American American Colonial Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Ship in Dramatic Seas off a Coastline
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Ship in Rough Seas,
Circa 1875
The British sailor's woolie depicts a starboard view of a three-masted ship under sail in extremely rough weather as th...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Antique British Colonial Heart Form Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming 19th Century English heart form sailors valentine ambitiously handcrafted with exotic seashells around a sailboat image as seen through a glass lens.
Category
English British Colonial Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell
19th Century Ship’s Figural Transom Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very Scarce Ship’s Figural Transom Carving, Early to Mid 19th Century, a hand carved and hand painted figural plaque of an elegant woman in blue dress with...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American three masted clipper ship in bottle with cloth rigging in full sail on a painted sea, flanked by a sea side town with evergreen trees, a pain...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship Coming into Port,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork has a dramatic view of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship coming i...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff,
Circa 1875
This exquisite sailor's woolwork, also known as a "woolie," dates back to approximately 1875. The artwork vividly ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Maritime Nautical Sailor Folk Art Carved Cassia Pod Nut Curiosity
Located in Lowestoft, GB
We believe this to be a cassia pod, and likely picked up by a sailor on his travels in the mid to late 19th century. The pod has been hollowed out with two hinged doors and external ...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
End 19th century Large Nautical Mahogany Rudder with Eight Spokes Bronze Hub UK
Located in Milan, IT
Large mahogany rudder with eight spokes with bronze hub. English manufacture of the end of the 19th century. Diameter 130 cm - inches 51.2, depth 15 cm - inches 5.9.
There are evidences showing that already in the third millennium BC, in ancient Egypt, people used wooden oars...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
British Soldier's Woolwork or Woolie, 19h Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptional example of a 19th century British soldier's "Woolie" or woolwork that is signed "G.W. Whitby/India. The woolwork depicts the ...
Category
English British Colonial Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool, Glass, Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships
Circa 1885
The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
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 ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Scale Boat Hull Model & Line Plans Naval Sailor Maritime Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting scale model hull of a vessel with its original line plans. The boat has its original painted exterior, and appears to be complete.
The plans are dated but unfortunate...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
British Sailor's Woolwork of Merchant Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Merchant Ship Under Full Sail,
Circa 1875
The British sailor's woolie depicts a port side view of a large three-masted ship flying the Red Ensign on a f...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Reindeer Made by Henry Payn Hopper
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Reindeer of a Large Size,
Made by Henry Payn Hopper,
Circa 1865-70
The large woolie depicts a starboard side view of the HMS Reindeer under steam and sail. ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
1880s Onion Porch Lantern Rustic Caged Globe Cabin-Modern Nautical Bubble Lamp
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Nice antique onion lantern, unknown maker. A wonderful rustic decor for tabletop or hanging. Sold as a prop for decor only, the function of the o...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass
Ship Carved Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved figure of a woman standing upright on a scrolled base. Carved from Pine with in service paint, American, circa 1850.
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
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 Massac...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
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.
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
19th C. Silk Embroidered and Hand Painted Seascape by Thomas Willis
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century silk embroidered and hand painted oil on canvas seascape by Thomas Willis (1850 - 1925), depicting the schooner-rigged racing yacht MARION W...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Canvas, Silk
19th Century Unique Folk Art Guernsey Shell Diorama Display
Located in London, GB
19th century unique Folk Art Guernsey shell diorama display
We are proud to offer a unique folk-art hand-crafted example of a seashell diorama. Display...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Early 19th Century Carved Coconut Cup with Silver Mounts
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century hand-carved decorated coconut cup with continental silver mounts. The coconut is artfully hand-carved with wonderful geometric patterns all over the piece. The r...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Carved 19th Century English Ship's Figurehead of a Classical Male
Located in Essex, MA
Life-size draped classical male ship's figurehead of English 19th century origin. The carving is quite similar to that of the figurehead rescued from the HMS...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Oak
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam,
HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt,
Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad,
circa 1880
The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Large Woolwork of HMS Brunswick
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's large woolwork of HMS Brunswick,
Made by J. H. Miller, Brixton,
Circa 1865
The large-scale sailor's woolwork depicts an image of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
American Nautical Brass Yacht Binnacle Mounted in Mahogany Case, Circa 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical mahogany yacht binnacle with a hinged locking oval glass viewing port, original removable brass side light burner with font, brass carrying handle, and fitted with ...
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
British Large Woolwork 'Woolie' of Three Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large British woolwork of three ships including the Ada and two smaller craft,
circa 1875.
The wool depicts three ships- a port side view of The Merchant ship Ada, another sail-i...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Painted Wood Relief Model of a Three-Mast Ship, 20th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A painted wood relief model of a three-mast ship
20th century
With a plaque reading Oriol 1884, in a shadowbox frame.
Measures: 26 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (fra...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Canvas
