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Vintage Monumental WWII American Wood Light Aircraft Carrier Made by Sailors
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this huge, Vintage WWII American wooden deck light Aircraft carrier, reputedly made by Sailors moored in the Solent...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894. This fine builder’s presentation scale model has a gilt brass funnel, polished brass rudder, capstan, anchor, binnacle and fittings with side grab ropes. The hull is painted in RNLI blue and red, with a pink keel. It is raised on a turned brass support within an ebonised glazed case on a stand and has a presentation plaque inscribed ‘Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat City of Glasgow’ Built For the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, by R & H Green, Blackwall Yard, London, 1894′.
Provenance: Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. The following pages are dedicated to the substantial and fascinating archive of Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. This includes the lifeboat model above, over 100 yacht designs and naval architects’ drawings, photograph albums, photographic glass slides and a model of his yacht Coquette.
Steam-powered lifeboats. Earlier in the 19th century steam had transformed Britain’s industrial landscape through the development of steamships and the railways. But tending a coal-fired boiler in a boat that is pitching and rolling in heavy seas would not have been straightforward. Sixty years after the idea was first mooted by Sir William Hillary and after extensive trials, the first steam-cum-sail boat Duke of Northumberland went into service at Harwich Lifeboat Station in September 1890. The hydraulic steam-driven lifeboat used...
Category
19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Royal Sailing Yacht Britannia’s 76 inches burgee of the Royal Corinthian Yacht C
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This large triangular racing burgee is made from pieced wool bunting with machine stitching with three vertical red, white and red stripes. The white stripe showing a blue shield with a white star and crescent moon motif below a royal crown. The leading edge is inscribed in black ink ‘R. Portsmouth Corin n/t’. It is accompanied by a copy of a black edged letter on Buckingham Palace writing paper dated 10th July 1936 saying ‘Dear Sir, I am commanded by the King and Queen Mary to send you these flags which were flown on board “Britannia” at various times during her career, including one of her racing flags. Their Majesties hope you will like to keep these in your club house as souvenirs of the old yacht. Yours Derek Keppell, Master of the Household, The Commodore, Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club.” It is offered with a Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club printed silk racing programme for the Sixth Regatta in Osborne Bay, 1883, with a gold fringe and a button attached with a red seal to a tag stating ‘Seabed Pattern Button Corinthian Yacht Club, jacket and vest, 1880’, in an envelope ‘On H.M. Service’ addressed to ‘General His Serene Highness, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Government House...
Category
1930s English Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Textile
Fine Pair of Bronze Cannon by McAndrew and Woore English, circa 1850
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of bronze cannon by McAndrew and Woore, set on their original brass bound black painted oak carriages with brass spider wheels, also with a p...
Category
1850s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
Nautical 7-day wall clock signed Smith's Circklewood N. W. 2 of 1932
Located in Milan, IT
Antique brass nautical wall clock with 7-day spring winding, signed Smith's Circklewood N. W. 2, Model No. 2 of 1932.
Diameter cm 19 - inches 7.5, depth cm 10 - inches 4.
Overhaul...
Category
1930s Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George Welstead, purchased with prize money from the East India Company, 1805, in the form of a footed cup with a separate cov...
Category
18th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Admiral Viscount Bridport’s Gold and Hardstone Armorial Swivel Fob Seal
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The openwork gold pendent mount supports a three sided faceted quartz, each side seal engraved respectively with the crest of Hood within the motto ‘Tria Juncta in Uno for the Order ...
Category
1780s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Quartz, Gold
19th Century Vintage Nautical Designer Search Light or Spot Light by G Vieira
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very large 19th century vintage nautical search light or spot light by G Vieira
The Lamp is in brass it is very large and set on a wood and br...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912. This single model depicts two sister ships. It has black painted topsides, pink hull and dark grey decks. There is a bla...
Category
Early 20th Century English Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1870 Antique Burnished Brass W F Stanley Level Surveyor Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Topographic level signed W.F Stanley of burnished brass, from the second half of the 19th century. In excellent condition and complete with original mahogany box with brass hinges an...
Category
1870s British Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Hardstone Intaglio Portrait Seal of Admiral Viscount Nelson, circa 1800
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This monumental George III gold and hardstone intaglio fob seal comprises a profile portrait of the head and shoulders of Admiral Viscount Nelson, in uniform displaying...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Gold
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam Trinket
Located in Copenhagen, K
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas clam trinket.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pacific Islands Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell
Antique Original Engraving of Chinese Vessels in the 18th Century, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Plate no.34: 'Vaisseaux chinois.' (Chinese vessels.) This original auhentic plate originates from: 'Reize rondom de werreld, Gedaan in de jaaren 1740 tot 1744, door den ...
Category
1760s Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Rare Chinese Export Porcelain Voc Dish
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese export porcelain VOC (Dutch East India Company) dish
Canton, Yongzheng period, circa 1730
Diam. 23 cm
Executed in rose-pink, ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Dining Table Made from a 19th Century Ship's Steering Wheel
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A dining table made from a 19th century ship's steering wheel, upon an antique binnacle with bronze feet, English, circa 1850.
With a modern glass top.
Category
1850s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Well Weathered Ships Copper Navigation Light.
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Well Weathered Ships Copper Navigation Light.
The lamp is flat sided with original bowed and ridged glass front, this has the date which it was last replaced etched on the front
A great decorators lamp, no spirit burner...
Category
Early 1900s Industrial Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Copper
A shipyard model of the liner Nippon Moru, dated 1898
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A shipyard model of the liner Nippon Moru, dated 1898. This shipbuilder’s model has a pink hull, black topsides and two black funnels. It is executed in meticulous detail with two c...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Located in Norwich, GB
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath.
The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. c.1910
E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass for general use. A major step forward in the technology of the compass. With the damping provided by the liquid, together with gimbal mounting, the floating card of the Ritchie compass...
Category
1910s Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Copper
Fine Shipyard Half Hull Model of the Northern Light
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine shipyard half hull model of the Northern light. Still retained in its original case and set upon its original backboard.
The condition and quality of this lovely model is sup...
Category
1910s English Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Nautical magnetic compass made USA 1930s original wooden box
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical magnetic compass, made in the USA in the 1930s.
Bon état. Housed in its original box with wooden slot lid and mounted on gimbal.
Box measures 12x12x8.5 cm - inches 4.8x4.8x...
Category
1930s Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Nautical Log in Its Wooden Box to Measure Boats Speed Walker Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Log of brass signed Walker’s Excelsior IV Patent Log, For Yacht, Motor Launches and Fishing Craft from the early 1900s.
It is an ancient nautical instrumen...
Category
Early 20th Century British Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Engine Order Telegraph. Fenya, Ferrol, Spain, circa Mid-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Engine order telegraph. Fenya, Fabricaciones Eléctricas, Navales y Artilleras, S.A., El Ferrol, Spain. Ca. Mid 20th century.
Metal, glass, carved wooden base.
Electric control bridge...
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Metal, Other
A fine reverse glass silhouette of H.M.S.s Marlborough, Foudroyant and Lee
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This reverse glass painting shows the silhouettes of three British naval ships of the line within a ropework border, their outlines inside the glass casting shadows on the cream grou...
Category
1860s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Boat's Half Hull Plaque, English, Decorative Maritime Model, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique boat's half hull plaque. An English, mahogany and pitch pine decorative maritime model, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood, Pine
Spectacular French Mid-Century Clipper Ship Wall Light, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Spectacular iron wall light, France, circa 1950. Square three-masters clipper. Ambient and decorative wall light. Measures: height : 28"(71cm), width : 16.9"(43cm), depth : 7.2"(18.2...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Iron
Brass sextant signed B. Cooke & Son Hull from the second half of the 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed B. Cooke & Son Hull, from the second half of the 19th century and housed in its original mahogany wood box with brass handle, hinges, and locking hooks, complete...
Category
1870s Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura in Galuchat seconda metà XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone a sezione tonda con impugnatura rivestita di Galuchat pelle di razza conciata e messa fuoco a tre allunghi. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800. Lu...
Category
1870s Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
An Unusual Pencil Drawing of “Canton”, a Three-Masted Whaling Ship-at This Point
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pencil drawing of “Canton“ a three masted whaling ship by Harold Wyllie. New Bedford was a major whaling centre in the 19th century. Photograp...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Lugger Lifeboat Model by Twyman for the International Exhibition, London, 1862
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Lugger lifeboat model by Twyman for the International Exhibition, London 1862. The planked and pinned hull of this lifeboat has a lead keel, bilge keels, a wooden rudder with a yoke, gesso-coated canvas wales and a grab line. It is fitted internally with a forward compartment enclosing a stove and glazed deck lights, seats, covered hatches with copper strapping, a bilge pump with a handle, mast securing points, a metal anchor with a buoy and other details, together with a quantity of furled masts and rigging, a silk flag, and other accessories. The bow has ‘Sunbeam/Friend of all Nations’ and the stern has ‘Ramsgate’, painted in gold on a black ground. English, 1862.
Provenance: H. Twyman (designer/modeller) thence by descent
Exhibited: International Exhibition, London 1862, Vol. 2, object no. 2760
The 1862 International Exhibition in London hosted a fine array of exhibits from 28,000 exhibitors, and enjoyed a footfall of 6.1 million (about the same as that of the 1851 Great Exhibition...
Category
1860s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
George III Mahogany Mercury Stick Barometer by Henry Andrews, Royston
Located in Norwich, GB
George III stick barometer in a finely figured mahogany case with canted corners and architectural pediment surmounted by a central ivory finial. Exposed mercury tube with bulb ciste...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
A Fascinating Ship’s Log And Journal Relating To The Whitway/Whiteway
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Fascinating Ship’s Log And Journal Relating To The Whitway/Whiteway Family of Bristol Mariners, Along With A Dispatch Letter From The Bureau in St Petersburg Relating to One Of The...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Captain Thomas Green’s silver Medals for Heroic Conduct at Sea
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
One medal from Captain Logan of the Mars is inscribed ‘Presented by Captn. John Logan, of the Ship Mars that was Wrecked in a gale on the Gunfleet Sands, Jany...
Category
19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Eastern Ship Rudder, Late 18th-Early 19th Century, Carved Wood and Brass
Located in Madrid, ES
Eastern ship rudder, late 18th-early 19th century. Carved wood and brass.
English-influenced oriental ship rudder, made of brass and high quality carved...
Category
19th Century Asian Other Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Ship Models: ON OFFER
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's really an interesting item. All the little black bases are : cm. 9,5 x 5. The models are, from left to right:
1) musicians: cm. 14x h.7,5 x lenght 5 -
2) in the middle: sailin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Bakelite
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton: Naval architect and boat builder’s plans for Zinita
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton: Naval architect and boat builder’s plans for Zinita, 1909. Four framed naval architect’s drawings of the sail plan, cabin plan, sections and hull of ‘Zinit...
Category
Early 20th Century English Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Small Antique Bronze Brass Opening Porthole with Deadlight
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Small antique bronze brass opening porthole with deadlight
The porthole is in good condition, apart from the glass which is original and scratc...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
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 Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Lithograph of a Japanese Junk, a Type of Sailing Ship, 1856
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Japanese Junk'.
Lithograph of a Japanese junk, a type of sailing ship. This print originates from 'Narrative of the expedition of an A...
Category
1850s Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Nautical survey magnetic compass signed Elliott Bros London late 1800s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare magnetic nautical surveying compass, brass, late 19th century signed Elliott Bros London complete with leather case. This is a small compass, 7 cm diameter, typically used in re...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Silver salver of a Hero of Trafalgar: Captain Pryce Cumby London, circa 1836
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A William IV silver salver with shellwork and scroll border, on four feet, profusely chased and engraved with foliate decoration and inscribed in the centre beneath a widow’s coat of...
Category
1830s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s scale model of Coquette, 1899
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s scale model of Coquette, 1899. This large model is of the 1/12th scale 10-ton Bristol Channel One Design class Coquette: She is fully rigged with furled s...
Category
19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
An impressive silver gilt Lyme Regis & Charmouth Regatta Cup for 1846 presented
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An impressive silver gilt Lyme Regis & Charmouth Regatta Cup for 1846 presented by John Attwood M.P. made by Hunt and Roskell, in the form of a classical f...
Category
1840s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Novelty Nautical Clock and Barometer Set by Westbury Clock Co., USA
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Nautical desk clock and barometer set by Westbury Clock Co., USA in the form of double ship's helm in bronzed case with an eight day movement strik...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
Engraving Print from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie Nautical Subject 1782-1832
Located in Milan, IT
Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...
Category
1790s French Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Shipyard Model of the Wooden Steam Ship ‘S.S. F.W.Harris’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A shipyard model of the wooden steam ship ‘S.S. F.W.Harris’, 1877, the hull painted rust-red with black top sides and a black funnel, finely detailed wi...
Category
1870s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Satinwood
A shipyard model of the survey and site investigation ship M.V. Whitehorn
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A shipyard model of the survey and site investigation ship M.V. Whitehorn, with a red hull, green waterline and grey topsides, the funnel painted blue and white with the letter ‘C’, ...
Category
20th Century English Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
A ship’s ‘Sunday’ tiller carved with Princess Victoria, before she was Queen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large ship’s ‘Sunday’ tiller carved with Princess Victoria, before she was Queen. This long yacht tiller is made from a single, solid piece of mahogany and has a typical shallow S-...
Category
19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Gold, Enamel and Cameo Commemorative Pendant by William Tassie, 1805
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The enamelling on this quatrefoil gold pendant is attributed to Ray & Montague: ‘hiltmakers, goldworkers and enamellers’. The obverse is mounted with a vitreous paste profile portrait cameo of Admiral Viscount Nelson within four navy blue enamel panels with the gilt inscription: ‘H·Nelson·Died·for His·Country at·Trafalgar Oct:21·1805’ all within ropework borders. The reverse is mounted with an oval polychrome enamel plaque representing a blue Royal Navy ensign flying triumphant above the flags of France and Spain superimposed with an anchor and laurel wreath against a red background within four navy blue enamel panels with the gilt inscription: Glory to the Souls of the Brave, a line from The Battle of the Baltic written in 1801 by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) to commemorate Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Copenhagen. Cameo with incised signature Tassie F. 1805
English, 1805
John Ray and James Montague succeeded to the celebrated enamelling and goldsmithing firm of James Morisset (1738-1815) in 1800. Like Morisset, they
specialised in presentation swords...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel
A Pair of Davenport Admiral Lord Nelson Terracotta Wine Coolers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Pair of Davenport Admiral Lord Nelson Terracotta Wine Coolers, each relief moulded with a portrait of Admiral Viscount Nelson, in full uniform and medals, between two acorn-bearing oak boughs on one side and a naval panoply on the reverse. The rim comprises tied reeds with twin dolphin-mask handles attached to the sides. English, circa 1815.
Two very similar examples from the collection of Horatio, third Lord Nelson, are illustrated in an article titled ‘Nelson Relics and Relic Hunters’ in The Windsor Magazine, Vol. XX. June-November 1904, p.519. (See also page 4.) A thirdwith a paper label stating ‘Exceedingly rare (Lockett)’ was exhibited at the Hanley Museum, item No.1721 (see Britain on the High Seas, from Nelson to Churchill, p.71, Wick Antiques...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Terracotta
The UBS America’s Cup Jubilee Race solid silver trophy by Theo Fennell, 2001
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The UBS America’s Cup Jubilee Race solid silver trophy by Theo Fennell, 2001. This striking trophy is of conical form, featuring three spinnakers on a downwind course, set on a circu...
Category
Early 2000s English Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
Charles Dixon R.A. for King George V, Royal Yacht Britannia
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This ‘en grisaille’ watercolour on paper is Charles Dixon’s preparatory sketch for a proposed but apparently uncompleted painting of the royal racing yacht Britannia...
Category
1930s English Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
Brass starfish ashtray 1920s
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Brass starfish ashtray 1920 - Private Collection Domenico Rugiano
Category
1920s Italian Other Vintage Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
A Victorian wool picture of a three masted frigate flying several flags and ensi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian wool picture of a three masted frigate flying several flags and ensigns, within a border of red, blue and white trellis, in the original frame, regilded. English, circa ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Antique Wood Nautical British Scale Model of Brig with Three Masts , Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of a brig with three masts, UK early 1900, oak wooden hull, black hull and grey topsides, oak wooden base with turned feet. Very good condition. Measures: Length cm 106, ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Bussola a liquido su giunto cardanico e montata su tavola di legno di mogano
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola a liquido su giunto cardanico e montata su tavola di legno di mogano sagomata. Manifattura inglese della fine del XIX sec. La bussola è costituita da un recipiente di forma c...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Brass nautical log or solcometer in the shape of a speargun, signed T. Walker's 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Log o solcometro contamiglia nautico in ottone a forma di harpoon, signed T. Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London , from the second half of the 1800s. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the distance and speed of a ship. Veniva gettato fuori bordo e trascinato dietro la nave stessa; ruotando grazie alla sua elica, trasmetteva il numero di giri fatti su se stesso ai tre quadranti realizzati su una placca in metallo smaltato posta al centro del log; i quadranti riportavano le misurazioni in miglia da 0 a 100 in decine, da 0 a 10 in unità, da 0 a 1 in quarti. I dati venivano poi letti ogni ora per ricavare anche la velocità.
Good condition replaced flap perfectly working and mounted on custom-made brass wood base.
Measurements length cm 54 - 21.2 in, propeller diameter cm 13 - 5.1 in.
The last photo is the gift box.
In past centuries, the attempt to measure the speed of ships was severely hampered mainly by the 'unavailability of time-measuring instruments of sufficient accuracy: by throwing a piece of wood overboard from the bow of a ship and measuring the time it took to reach the stern, it was possible to obtain some information about the speed of the ship itself, but with many errors and inaccuracies.
The principle of the mechanical solcometer was explained to the Royal Society in 1699 by Robert Hooke, but the first model produced for commercial use was not patented until 1802 by Edward Massey...
Category
1870s Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass and Cast Iron Ship’s Porthole
Located in Tilburg, NL
Solid brass and cast iron Ship’s Porthole, early 20th century.
Heavy original ship’s porthole, made in solid brass, cast iron and glass. This characteristic object shows a warm overall patina, revealing its age and history on the world’s oceans.
The porthole has a glass door, lockable with two brass locks. A solid cast iron shutter...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Print No. 1 of 400 Depicting a Nautical Schooner Made in the Mid-19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Print depicting a schooner, no. 1 of 400 copies signed Z21, made in the mid-19th century. Non-coeval briarwood frame; measures with frame 50 x 40 cm.
Category
1850s British Antique Europe Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
