Early 1900s Nautical Objects

Edwardian Shell Valentine- Anchor-shaped Diorama-Ships off Coast A large Edwardian shellwork diorama with bevelled glass in the form of an anchor. The diorama features a chromolitho...

Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama, Dover with Pier, 1900 A large Edwardian shellwork diorama with bevelled glass and in the form of an anchor. The diorama features an early tint...

Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama, Circa 1900. A large circular Edwardian star-shape shellwork diorama with beveled glass, features a chromolithograph of a sailing ship passing ...

Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, dated 1903, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp. This valentine features a heart and the inscription "Barbados, 1903." 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, though there is a little looseness to the frame backboards. 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...

A gaff rigged ketch pond yacht on display stand, circa 1900. All original paint, riggings and six sails. 68 ½ inches wide by 12 inches deep by 62 inches...

A fine English handmade yew wood model of an elegant 19th century sailing boat. This most unusual English late 19th century scratch built folk art model is of a very pleasing and el...

Presented is a very large and rare 13-star Naval Ensign, dating to 1907. The navy blue canton has 13 double-appliqued white cotton stars arranged in a 3-2-3-2-3 configuration. The de...

Magnetic big nautical compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel Made in England, N. AFT 2901/T/9 Barking & London, early 1900s. Mounted on a custom-made wooden and brass board....

Liquid magnetic nautical compass on universal joint signed Sestrel from the 1900s, in its original oak wood box with lid. Eight wind rose complete with protractor circle. The compass is made up of a cylindrical vessel in brass and bronze, called a mortar, on the bottom of which a hard metal stem is fixed, on which the wind rose is suitably constrained, so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity. To minimize friction, the mortar is filled with liquid with a low freezing point, also having the purpose of quickly dampening any oscillations of the complex and closed at the top by a sturdy protective glass. Good condition stain on lid. Measure box cm cm 19,5 x 19,5 H 13,5 – inches 7.75 x 7.75 H 5.8 Our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The first hints in Europe on the use of instruments using magnetic fields for orientation are dated back to the late twelfth century, especially thanks to the knowledge brought by merchants and sailors after contacts with the Arabs: we find hints in the work by Alexander Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200's, the San Nicolò, refers to the presence on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass...

Liquid compass on gimbal signed Ritchie Boston USA from the early 1900s, marketed by the company F.B. Harrisman of Chicago, the compass is mounted on a custom ona wooden board and brass base made to measure. Eight-wind rose complete with protractor circle mounted on a wooden board and made-to-measure ototne. The compass is made up of a cylindrical vessel in brass and bronze, called a mortar, on the bottom of which a hard metal stem is fixed, on which the wind rose is suitably constrained, so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity. To minimize friction, the mortar is filled with liquid with a low freezing point, also having the purpose of quickly dampening any oscillations of the complex and closed at the top by a sturdy protective glass. Table width cm 18.5 inch 7.3, compass diameter cm 13, inch 5.15, height cm 13 inch 5.15. Very good Condition. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture) In the 1850s, physicist Edward S. Ritchie began developing the first marine compass...

Beautiful early 20th century sailboat/model ship with a white and brown body. Solid Brass Keel.

Cape Cod Bay chart from 1904 by George W. Eldridge. This chart "D" Massachusetts Bay and the coast from Chatham to Boston. Showing plotted courses, depths, lighthouses, ports, etc.. Excellent graphics. Ports include Barnstable, Sandwich, Duxbury, Plymouth, Cohasset, Hingham, Quincy, Boston, Marblehead, Lynn, Manchester by the Sea...