Illinois Nautical Objects

Bronze and iron locomotive railroad bell.  

Vintage Curtis Jere Nautical Ship Sculpture Mounted. A heavy substantial sculpture. a couple of the wires have broken welds on one side. Held on by ...

A superb late 19th century English magnifying glass with a large round lens and turned brass handle.

This is a vintage large clam shell from the South Pacific.

Our print of a sailing ship is so well done, that I thought it was an original watercolor for years. The print was hung at the Glenview Naval Air Station until 1995.

Original watercolor by Dan Bloom of the USS Haraden and built by the Boston Naval Yard and launched on March 19, 1943. She was decommissioned on July 2nd, 1972. USS Haraden (DD-585)...

On the morning of Saturday, July 24, 1915, while rain fell, thousands gathered by the Chicago River for Western Electric's 5th annual employee picnic. Th...

Spanish Navy Isla (Isle) de Luzon, built in 1886 for the Spanish Navy as a second-class cruiser. circa 1915. The U.S. Navy took possession of her, following the Spanish-American war and had her towed to Singapore to repair damage. She was reboilered with Babcock & Wilcox boilers in 1911 and now had two smoke stakes USS Isla de Luzon commissioned in the United States Navy on 31 January 1900, Commander J. V. B. Bleecker in command. After going through the Suez Canal, she arrived at Pensacola, Florida on 16 March 1903. Later she was transferred to the Missouri Naval Militia, and, two years later, to the Illinois Naval Militia on the Great Lakes. During World War I, in April 1917, Isla de Luzon was located in Chicago as a training vessel on the Great Lakes. The Isla de Luzon decommissioned 15 February 1919 and was designated as yard Craft at the Naval Torpedo Station, Rhode Island until her name was struck from the Navy on 23 July 1919. The Luzon was sold 10 March 1920 the Bahama & West Indies Trading Co., New York and renamed Reviver. The photograph is signed by Admiral George Dewey...

This set of ten colorful vintage fishing buoys are from India.

Skeletal sculpture of a brass tall sailing ship or schooner mounted on a walnut wood plinth, 35". In the manner of the more traditional work of Curtis Jere.

These hollow glass globes, though handsome, served a utilitarian purpose; fisherman would string them together in large groups to buoy their nets and droplines. Replacing their wood ...

Cool nautical object from a ship.