Madrid Nautical Objects

Important and Exclusive Spanish Terrestrial Globe 20th century of the zodiac made of metal on a solid hardwood base. A unique highly decorative collector's item for any room in the h...

Rare 20th Century Italian Astrolabe H: 94cm 94x60 cm approx. Chromed steel astrolabe with engraved zodiac signs. Wooden base. good conditions

17th Century Iron Safe Old safe for collecting money or valuables from the 17th century in hand-forged iron and including its original key. The lock works pe...

Impressive and Ancient Italian Armillary Sphere from early 20th century, handcrafted in wood and metal/golden brass with a base on 3 solid wood legs. Certificate of authenticity....

Rare Italian Armillary Sphere/Spherical Astrolabe late 18th/early 19th century In iron, polychrome painted and scaled, lightly rubbed, h. about. 60cm Italy This globe is very par...

Precious globe from the beginning of the 20th century made of paper with a beautiful and unique lithograph on a hardwood support with turned legs with signs of the zodiac. A true...

Important and Exclusive Italian Terrestrial Globe Early 20th century of the zodiac made of metal on a solid hardwood base. A unique highly decorative collector's item for any room i...

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...

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...

Silver tankard "Commodore Cup" trophy from Dover. Possibly Germany and english import, late 19th century. Container with handle and lid with hinge of cylindrical body known as "tankard" that has an abundant and delicate decoration on the outside. The circular and openwork legs have plant elements. The body of the piece shows a strip with teardrop shapes facing symmetrical plant motifs; another much broader with a figurative theme (semi-naked male figures hunting a wild boar with the help of dogs, an archer pointing to a fleeing deer, another deer harassed by dogs, two female figures appear, trees, etc.); and a finer one with a vegetable composition and an inscription distributed in three areas ("RCPYC / Vc COMMODORES CUP", "WON BY / BRYNHILD", "DOVER / JULY 20 1900"); each of the zones is separated with a fine embossed cord. The cover has an elaborate decoration of figures on a band with opposing teardrop shapes: birds with wings extended on scrolls and vegetal forms, a hunting Diana accompanied by a dog, and a lion and a smooth shield with plant elements in the area of the hinge. The handle has a vegetal composition flanked by laces on the front and smooth mirrors framed by smooth moldings on the sides, in addition to plant elements at the end of it. The contrast marks indicate that it is, surely, a piece of imported to England (letter F) of sterling silver .925 (lion) made or brought before 1900 (the letter A would indicate the year of 1896) and related to the City of London (leopard without crown). The remaining punch could make reference to Berthold Muller, whose mark was registered in 1897 and that usually is seen in pieces of English import. It is possible to find similar pieces in a private collection that, without being trophies, show punches of Neresheimer, in Hanau (Germany) and the end of the 19th century. The Regatta of Dover is celebrated since 1826, organized by the community for the community and with several other organizations involved in it. On May 6, 1872, a Royal Order gave permission to form the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club (RCPYC) in Dover, conducting its first race on June 19, 1875 and with a strong relationship with members of the English Royal Family from the principle (Prince...