Bay Area Nautical Objects

48 STARS ON ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-WRITTEN INSCRIPTIONS AND AN EMBROIDERED DATE OF APRIL 12TH, 1945, MOURNING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: American national parade flag with 48 stars, printed on cotton, embellished with hand-written inscriptions and an embroidered date to commemorate the death of FDR on April 12th, 1945. “On this day in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his Warm Springs, Georgia, retreat at the age of 63. Roosevelt’s death in the final months of World War II was met with shock and grief throughout the Western world. Many Americans had no inkling of his decline in health. [He] had been president for more than 12 years, longer than any other person. He led the country through some of its greatest domestic and foreign crises to the impending defeat of Nazi Germany and within sight of Japan’s surrender...

A rare 20th Century set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cleaned...

Antique ship model of the Donald Mc Kay Clipper Ship "Sovereign of the Seas". Awesome scale model by noted early twentieth century model maker Th...

The sextant is an instrument that allows to measure angles between two objects such as two points of a coast or a star, traditionally the sun of the earth and the horizon. Knowing th...

Early 20th century walnut cased barometer Beautiful barometer. Dimensions 43" long x 13" wide x 5.5" at the crown x 5" at the bottom. The door on the back reveals the inner wor...

Nautical rangefinder signed Made in Great Britan by Kelvin Hughes a divison of Smiths Industries Limited made in the 1960s, complete with original mahogany box. AP 498 Stuats Marine Distance Meter very good working condition. Box size cm 21 x 13 H 6. It is an ancient nautical instrument used to measure...

A polished hardstone disc. Provenance unknown but probably a early 20th century Hawaiin Ulu Maika stoen. Ulu Maika is a ancient game simular to bowling played by the indigineaous Haw...

Framed American yacht ensign flag. Nautical flag with a blue panel that has an embroidered fouled anchor and thirteen stars, and red and white stripes with a canvas hoist and brass g...

A rare mid 20th Century set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cle...

Early 20th century shell money ring mounted on a custom made stand, Papua New Guinea.

Chatelaine from the early 20th century. An early 20th century silver-plated chatelaine. H: 36cm, W: 5cm, D: 2cm

Model of the famous English sailing ship "Mayflower", which transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. The model has...