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Period: 1940s
Material: Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
1940s European Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of brass artillery shell casings
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Pair of antique brass artillery shell casings from World War II. Made out of brass, these impressive heavy pieces of artillery are round in shape and dated on the bottom (1944). Thes...
Category
1940s Central American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Small Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Tiny Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Prismatic compass by detection signed T.G. Co Ltd London no. B 21681 1940 MK
Located in Milan, IT
Prismatic compass by detection signed T.G. Co Ltd London no. B 21681 1940 MK III, in use by British army officers during World War II. This is a small vintage compass typically use...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Circa 1945 Engine Ordeal Ships Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare World War II engine order telegraph that is brand new old stock circa 1945. We took it of a disintegrating crate. Original paint. The brass caps on either side of the head has s...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Machine Age Hand Lathed Aluminium And Brass Chess Pieces Set c1940s
Located in Gravesend, GB
Vintage Aluminium and Brass Chess Pieces
From around 1940s
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Circa 1945 Engine Ordeal Ships Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare World War II engine order telegraph that is brand new old stock circa 1945. We took it of a disintegrating crate. Original paint. The brass caps on either side of the head has s...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large signed brass nautical magnetic compass KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION 1940
Located in Milan, IT
Large brass and glass nautical magnetic compass, signed KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION S. Smith & Son (England) Ltd Manufactured in Great Britain circa 1940, mounted on custom-made wood an...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century Israeli Mezuzah
Located in New York, NY
Early Israeli Mezuzah on velvet mounting with ornate silvered body, and with gilded top and base. Decorated with colored glass and with gilded bell hangin...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Old Brass British Military Issue Brass Handbell A Great Piece, Second World War
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Old Brass British Military Issue Brass Handbell
A Great Piece, Second World War, dated 1942, marked A.S.1942, and with the broad arrow insignia denotin...
Category
1940s British Colonial Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico Medium Landing Compass N 1738 Inghilterra 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico, firmata Medium Landing Compass N. 1738 H Inghilterra anni quaranta. Sulla Rosa dei venti, completa di cerchio goniometrico è raffigurato lo stemma ...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942.
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942, Barking & London 1942. Good condition, slight abrasion on compass rose. The compass is mounted on eboni...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Johan Rippen Grand Piano in Off-White Cast Aluminum
By Rippen Pianos
Located in Waalwijk, NL
J.J. Rippen for Rippen Pianofabriek N.V, grand piano, cast aluminum, wood, brass, The Netherlands, design 1946, production 1950s.
This model is a renowned grand piano conceived by ...
Category
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
1943 United States Navy Telescope. Used primarily as part of the Mark 16 Aiming System on 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun mounts. Fitted with three sun filters...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ships Compass by John Hand of Philadelphia
Located in Norwell, MA
Wing bridge compass from a United States Navy vessel. The gray military paint has been stripped and the entire binnacle and compass have been meticulously polished and lacquered. The...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ships Binnacle from US Navy
Located in Norwell, MA
Small boat binnacle with wood base, brass compass ring and hood. Compass is engraved "US Navy Bureau of ships, 4 Inch Boat Compass Mark1 1942 The Lionel C...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ships Binnacle from US Navy
Located in Norwell, MA
Small boat binnacle with wood base, brass compass ring and hood. Compass is engraved "US Navy Bureau of ships, 4 Inch Boat Compass Mark1 1942 The Lionel C...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Porthole from a Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished boat porthole with hinged door with two latches. Great nautical relic. Clear glass.
Weight: 14 LBS
Overall Dimensions: 2” H x 21” L x ...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Dirigo of Seattle Washington. The entire gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrumen...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Star Compass of Boston. The gimballed yacht compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This Classic marine instrument is fi...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
British Royal Navy Searchlight and Signal Light
By Francis Searchlights
Located in Norwell, MA
Superb and substantial marine beacon by Francis Searchlights of Bolton, England. From the Ministry of Defense, British Royal Navy. With shutters for...
Category
1940s British Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Wilcox Crittenden of Middletown Connecticut. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine i...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by American Maker. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its or...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Wilcox Crittenden of Middletown Connecticut. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This Classic marine i...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Star Compass of Boston. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted t...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early 20th century boat compass by American Maker. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its origina...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Wilcox Crittenden of Middletown Connecticut. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine i...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ships Engine Room Telegraph by Bendix
Located in Norwell, MA
Very heavy and loud ship engine room telegraph. With brass faceplate displaying ships commands including ahead and astern, full, half and slow, standby and...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Philip & Son Globes, circa 1946
Located in London, GB
A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946.
The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address.
When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images.
The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address.
Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height).
George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848.
George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...
Category
1940s British Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Johnny DC Comics Superman Chrome & Brass Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
2-3/8" dia. by 2.25" tall plated metal table lighter issued as a gift from DC Comics to their biggest distributors in the 1950s. Sides of lighter feature ima...
Category
1940s American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
British Royal Navy Ship’s Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship’s compass on gimbal mounted into a brass binnacle housing. The nameplate reads pattern 0183, and serial number 14313-B. The compass car...
Category
1940s European Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Outstanding British Navy Submarine Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Extremely rare “Faithfull Freddie” ships binnacle in fabulous condition. Meticulously polished and with gimballed compass, countless brass fittings. Rarely found brass compensating b...
Category
1940s European Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Clothes Hangers Brass Wood Glass 1945 Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Polished Ship’s Taffrail Spinner Logs
Located in Norwell, MA
Vintage ship’s speed and distance taffrail log spinners. One is hallmarked Negus, MILF, New York, and the letter “S”. the second brass spinner has a blade...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ships Wheel with Brass Hub and Inlay
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships wheel with eight turned spokes, mahogany frame, holly inlay and polished brass hub.
Weight: 40 LBS
Overall Dimensions: 43" Diameter
Made: America
Material: Wood / Brass
...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass US Navy Boat Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid Brass highly polished boat binnacle with makers plate which reads “US Navy Bureau of Ships, C.G. Conn, LTD Elkhart Indiana. Fitted with a compass from Jo...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
United State Navy Ships Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Immense three-hundred-pound ships binnacle compass with highly polished and lacquered finish. With maker’s plate from Lionel Corp. With the rarely fou...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Virginia Metal Crafters 1948 Brass Butterfly Bush Leaf Dish
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful brass butterfly bush leaf dish by Virginia Metal Crafters. It is one of a series of botanical leaf sculptures designed by artist Oskar Hansen....
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Yacht Lantern with Fresnel Lens
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass marine lantern with Fresnel glass lens. Protective brass cage. This lantern has been meticulously polished and lacquered. It has been...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Teak and Brass Ships Binnacle by Kelvin White of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Five brasses have been meticulously polished and lacquered. Warm Lighting has been installed inside. A lantern housing is fitted to the hood. Brass bolts a...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1940s USS Sea Dog Submarine Nautical Ashtray Machined Brass Cigarette Cigar Dish
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USS Sea Dog (SS-401) Service from 1943 to 1968. This Submarine served in the pacific in World War 2, and the Korean War.
This is not a souvenir ashtray. ...
Category
1940s American Streamlined Moderne Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Kitchen Scale by Rekord Company, Czechoslovakia, Circa 1940s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage kitchen scale with a set of vintage weights. Trully a great vintage piece but still in working condition. Produced in Czechoslo...
Category
1940s Czech Bohemian Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
1940s Jeweled Enameled Brass Daybook Phonebook Note Pad with Stone Buddah
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Purse note pad book, cinches paper in binding, works well with index cards, as shown. Carved Green Stone possibly Jade of a Confucius Asian Man with Long Beard.
Category
1940s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Telegraph by English Maker Chadburns
Located in Norwell, MA
Twin faced head with ships commands is mounted to a sturdy brass column. Meticulously polished and lacquered. Astern and ahead commands with slow half and full are shown. The bells a...
Category
1940s European Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Highest Quality Engine Order Telegraph by Bendix
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships engine order telegraph by Bendix of Brooklyn New York. This bridge telegraph has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This one also has brass face plates which...
Category
1940s American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1940s Copper+Brass Ships Starboard Lantern Wartime Merchant Vintage Cabin Light
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare to be presented in unmolested and unpolished condition. No electric light source, would need this to be added.
A Large C.P.G. & Sons STARBOARD copper and brass ships lantern ...
Category
1940s American American Craftsman Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Italian Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury tobacco box in goatskin, brass and wood with the shape of a pipe. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Tura in Cusano Milanino Italy for Macabo during the 1940...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Moroccan Brass and Mother of Pearl Dagger
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-452 Moroccan brass and mother of pearl inlayed wood dagger.
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1940s Copper+Brass Ships Starboard Lantern Wartime Merchant Vintage Cabin Light
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare to be presented in unmolested and unpolished condition. No electric light source, would need this to be added.
A large C.P.G. & Sons STARBOARD copper and brass ships lantern ...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Solid Brass Ships Porthole Made into a Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, then mounted into a mahogany table stand. Weight is 33 pounds.Measures: Diameter of table is 24 inches. Height is 19...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
London 1940s Aluminium and Brass Antique Parallels For Surveyor's Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Parallels with sights made of aluminum and brass signed R. Watts & Son London 1940 MK II, manufacturers of theodolites and other instruments, active in Lon...
Category
1940s British Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Solid Brass Yacht Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass ships lantern with polished and lacquered finish. Rewired with socket for home use. Hinged door and carry handle. Shipboard mounting bracket on box. Measures: 12" H x 8" H x 6"...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass U.S. Navy Ship's Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass battleship binnacle with gimballed compass. Iron compensating balls are mounted to brackets. Quite heavy. from the US Navy. Torpedo base. Great polish job.
Overall dim...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Ships Spotlight on Pedestal
Located in Norwell, MA
Industrial lighting piece of vintage lighting. Ships spotlight which is mounted by an iron yoke onto a brass pedestal. Rewired with an electric socket. ...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Antique Italian Nautical Graphometer with its Original Wooden Box Genoa, 1940s
By CAIM, Genova 1
Located in Milan, IT
Brass, copper and lead graphometer complete with the original wooden box signed CAIM Genova Via S. Sabina two of the 1940s. Measures of box 28 x 29 cm H 24. CAIM Genoa was company ac...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Yacht Throttle Control by Kimball of Detroit
Located in Norwell, MA
Rarely found highly polished pedestal mounted yacht throttle. Engraved Kimball Control No. 814 Detroit MI. Nice size, great old relic from a one hundred foot private yacht.
Overal...
Category
1940s American Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Alexander Girard Detrola Radio, circa 1946, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice original working condition,, replaced back..
Signed with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [12132].
USA
Medium
Design/Decorative Art
Manufacturer
Detrola Radio...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Porthole Repurposed as a Bistro Height Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Authentic solid brass ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, then fitted to a bistro height table. Table has four tapered legs and lower shelf in the form of a ship's grating. Maritime furniture...
Category
1940s Vintage Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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