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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Automaton Windmill Sewing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rare early 19th century working automaton sewing box with hidden compartments for necessaries and sewing implements. Original handmade cloc...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Framed Nautical Flag by Dettra
Located in Norwell, MA
Linen maritime flag with sturdy canvas hoist and stitched panels of yellow and red. The hoist is stamped Dettra Flag Company Incorporated. This is a US Na...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Antique German Bisque Doll Armand Marseille, Ric#007
Located in Norton, MA
An original Armand Marseille doll, etched into the bisque at her nape with a Bisque head and hands. Her feet wear perfect little red leather shoes wit...
Category
1910s German Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Antique Model of the Brig Bertha
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality former museum model of the brig "Bertha" of Emden. Expertly detailed with many deck structures, including wheel cabin, companionways, livestock coop, main cabin, etc. Ot...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Ships Model "Sovereign of the Seas"
Located in Norwell, MA
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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "E" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter 'E', 'ECHO,' set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle, with the maker's lab...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Three Masted Schooner Ship Model
Located in Norwell, MA
Model of a three-masted cargo schooner with a red and black painted hull. Scribed deck with cabins, hatches, wheel, stovepipe, winch, anchors, etc. Model is by Honore Leclerc of Cana...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large Iron 19th Century Ships Anchor Capstan
Located in Norwell, MA
Large and heavy 19th century iron ships capstan with geared base. Overall dimensions: 29" H x 26" W.
Category
1890s Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Original Yacht Blueprint by Naval Architect Charles D. Mower
Located in Norwell, MA
Yacht sail plan with legend plate describing No. 129, Sail Plan, Charles D. Mower, Naval Architect, 29 Broadway, New York City, scale 1/2" equals one foot. The plan shows a gaff-rigg...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique French Ormolu Barometer
Located in Sandwich, MA
Wonderful antique French mercury barometer. Louis XVI ormolu style with elaborate cast bronze leaves and polychrome paint. Features a large squirrel tail thermometer and decorative s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Fine Model of the Schooner Yacht America
Located in Norwell, MA
Sleek ship model of the famous Schooner Yacht "America", original winner of the America's Cup in 1851. Planked mahogany deck, stitched linen sails, raked masts, full rigging. Hull is...
Category
Early 2000s North American Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Ship Model Caroline, The Royal Yacht Of George II and George III
Located in Norwell, MA
Plank on frame model of the English Royal Yacht "Caroline". All planks are tree-nailed to the hull. Very well rigged with all appropriate standing and running cords. Imported from England...
Category
1950s English Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Troughton and Simms Navigators Sextant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's sextant with lattice frame, colored glass filters, many accessory scopes, vernier scale with silver. Mounted into a kidney shaped box with a leather carry handle.
...
Category
Early 1900s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Finest Ships Binnacle From John Hand
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality nineteenth century ships binnacle from John Hand and Sons. Mushroom top with oil burners. Brass covers on the iron compensating balls. Brass brackets hold the balls. Bra...
Category
1910s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Brass Mounted Mahogany Benson & Hedges Campaign Style Humidor
By Benson x Hedges, London
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Benson and Hedges mahogany humidor with brass detail in the style of 19th century English campaign furniture. The large mahogany box...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Ship's Foghorn from the U.S.S. Virginian, 1898
Located in Norwell, MA
Crank handle bellows foghorn in a wood box with leather carry handle and copper trumpet. Lettering on the side reads "U.S.S. Virginian, 1895." Rotating the handle sounds the foghorn....
Category
1890s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Nautical Signal Pennant for Numeral "NINE" in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents numeral "9". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Columbia Schooner Ship Model in Case
Located in Norwell, MA
Sleek model of the Fishing Schooner Columbia model in case. Charming old model of the famous Gloucester Grand Banks schooner with nested dories, rope coi...
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Double Sheave Varnished Wood Nautical Pulley Block
Located in Norwell, MA
Boat block with polished brass sheave wheels and polished steel straps. Richly finished hardwood shell. Fine yacht or boat pulley with attached chromed shackle with hooks. No axle ca...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Ship's Searchlight Fitted to a Polished Steel Tripod
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's searchlight with convex mirror at the back. Clamp-on bezel with glass face. The searchlight has been retrofitted to a polished steel tripod for a strong industrial...
Category
1990s North American Massachusetts - 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 Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Double Sheave Varnished Wood Nautical Pulley Block
Located in Norwell, MA
Boat block with polished brass sheave wheels and polished steel straps. Richly finished hardwood shell. Fine yacht or boat pulley.
Weight: 2 lbs.
Overall Dimensions: 6"H x 4"W...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Steel Bound Ship's Lifeboat Water Cask
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's water cask with wooden staves, iron banding, and a hand forged carry handle.Awesome maritime relic, quite early.
Weight: 3 lbs.
Overall Dimensions: 10"H x 8"W x 8"D
Ma...
Category
1860s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Yacht Binnacle with Wood Bowl Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth-century yacht binnacle with a dry card compass in a wood bowl. The compass has been tilt-mounted for decorative viewing. Tilted lid with a round viewing window. A solid br...
Category
1860s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Copper Ship's Masthead Lantern by Tung Woo
Located in Norwell, MA
Tung Woo ship's masthead lantern that has been meticulously polished and lacquered. With hinged top, brass badges, Fresnel glass lens, hoisting handle, bracke...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Ship Model of the Bark W.S. Cook
Located in Norwell, MA
Rigged model of the American sailing bark W.S. Cook. Early twentieth century model with built up cabins, winch, capstan, stove pipe, etc. Three masts with standing and running cords....
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Framed British Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Framed crest with Latin inscription " Spero Meliora". Translates to I hope for better things. Seems to relate to the Moffat Clan of Scotland.
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Clipper Ship Model of Great Republic by Thomas Rosenquist
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality model of the Boston built clipper ship “Great Republic” by Thomas Rosenquist of Far Rockaway, New Jersey. Highly detailed with scribed deck, cabins, skylight, lifeboats, anchors, carved...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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 Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Dry Card Compass by Ritchie of Boston Dated 1863
Located in Norwell, MA
Quality ship's compass from Boston maker E.S. Ritchie. Heavy brass bowl is engraved with the maker's name and patent dates: Sept. 9, 1862, and Apr. 7, 1863, with a cylindrical compas...
Category
1860s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Parlor Kaleidoscope by C.G. Bush & Co. of Providence, RI
By Charles G. Bush & Co
Located in Nantucket, MA
C.G. Bush & Co. parlor kaleidoscope on a turned mahogany pedestal with splayed legs, the cylindrical body of black colored textured cardstock with ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Model of the USS Constitution
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine scale model of the American frigate USS Constitution. Planked hull with varnish finish. Clove hitched shrouds, quarter galleries, rigged cannon etc. No case.
Weight: 26 lbs...
Category
Early 2000s North American Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Single Brass Sheave Yacht Pulley Block with Rope Stropping
Located in Norwell, MA
Varnished wood shell ship's pulley block with rope stropping and brass grommet. The brass pulley has been meticulously polished and lacquered. The neck of the stropping just below th...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Hudson River Sloop "Victorine" in Case
Located in Norwell, MA
Nice boat model of the "Victorine", a famous Hudson River sloop that was built in 1845 in Piermont, New York. The model is finely crafted with a planked deck, tiller, companionway, h...
Category
1970s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Ships Binnacle Circa 1940
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships Binnacle compass with teak base, brass hood, compass, clinometer, and chart tube. Compass is engraved U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, the Lionel Corporation, 1941. 53x33x19 H-L-Deep
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Antique Ship Wheel Cigar Cutter
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical cigar cutter with a hole and cutting blade in the column. When the wheel is turned, the blade is engaged to cut the tip off the cigar. This cutter has been meticulously poli...
Category
1910s European Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Builder’s Half Model of the Schooner Yacht Migrant
Located in Norwell, MA
Exquisite builder’s half model of the lawley built three masted Schooner migrant. Designed by Henry Gielow migrant was the largest yacht in the world at the time and was built at a c...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Model of the Sailing Barque Argo
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique model of the barque Argo with much detail. Vessel has cabins with windows, hatches, capstans, helm, cleats, and ladders. Four lifeboats hang from davits. The model is rigged ...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
United States Yacht Ensign Flag in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Yacht ensign on wood pole and three black and white yacht photographs mounted into a shadowbox frame. The flag has an embroidered anchor and thirteen flags in the blue field. Flag is...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "F", "FOXTROT" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter "F", "FOXTROT" set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle, with a maker's lab...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Nautical Signal Pennant for Numeral "EIGHT" in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents numeral "8". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Nautical Signal Pennant for Numeral "FIVE" in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents numeral "5". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Antique German Bisque Doll #152/4 Happy Character Baby by Hertel Schwab
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Hertel Schwab baby doll. Measures approximately 13.5 inches in height. Beautiful blue glass sleep eyes with painted upper and lower lashes. Painted eyebrows. Open mouth with ...
Category
1910s German Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Original Boat Launch Blueprint from Frederick D. Lawley of Quincy, Massachusetts
Located in Norwell, MA
Original blueprint for a marine launch from the famous naval architect and boatbuilder Frederick D. Lawley (1878–1953) of Quincy, Massachusetts. The legend plate shows: General arran...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Pond Model of a Double Ended Sloop
Located in Norwell, MA
Five foot, early twentieth century model of a double ended sloop, rigged with a full suit of sails. Many brass fittings. The plank on frame hull has a nice varnish finish. Wood cradle very nicely built. From a Jamestown Rhode Island...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "L" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter "L", "LIMA", set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle. With makers label fr...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "U" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter 'U' set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle, with a maker's label from fla...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Ship's Model Nantucket
Located in Norwell, MA
Museum quality model of the Lightship Nantucket, outfitted with countless milled brass fittings. Carved hardwood hull, painted brass masts etc... Also showing well executed cabin wor...
Category
1830s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$3,595
Early 20th Century Ship's Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's binnacle on wood pedestal. The binnacle itself is a brass bowl with top that holds 2 oil lamps with porcelain burners. Iron compensating balls are mounted to brass brackets. T...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical Signal Flag In Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical signal flag representing the "First Substitute".The flag has a sturdy canvas hoist that is fitted with a white rope and wood toggle. The linen field is panels of blue and ye...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Seascape with Clippership by George Howell Gay (American: 1858 - 1931), ca 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Seascape with Clippership by George Howell Gay (American: 1858 - 1931), circa 1890, an oil on canvas bow view of a clippership under full sail, running with stun'sls and skysails set, on lively sea under blue cloudy sky, with a second square-rigger visible in the background, signed in the lower right, and titled on the reverse "Clipper Ship Before the Wind." A beautiful and dramatic painting with a cool, brisk feel.
The painting is in fine condition, with one small patch along the upper margin and a tiny spot of corresponding inpainting.
Measures:24 in H x 20 in W
Framed: 29 in H x 25 in W
George Howell Gay was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and educated in Chicago under Paul Brown and Henry Elkins, and in 1889 moved to Bronxville, New York. He worked in all media, but was especially fond of watercolor, which allowed him to capture the transparency of the ocean and the luminous qualities of sunlight and clouds. Gay worked along the Northeastern coast from Rhode Island to Maine, but also painted summer and winter landscapes throughout New England.
Gay’s seascapes were exhibited at the Boston Art...
Category
1890s American Other Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Perkins Marine Onion Lantern with Eight Inch Globe
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass Perko onion lantern with an eight-inch clear glass globe. Fitted with the original oil burner, exterior bars to protect the globe, a vented chimney, and a carry ring. Som...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Model of Schooner Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Very fine antique model of the armed schooner "Wanderer". Nice patina to the scribed deck with a large swivel gun, cabins, helm, and a great crew carved in uniform. There are brass r...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Ship Model of the Bark Thalia
Located in Norwell, MA
Sailor's model of the sailing bark Thalia. The scribed and varnished deck carries cabins, hatches, wheel box with wheel, lifeboats, skylights, etc. Fully rigged with standing and run...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Spectacular Wood-Barreled Captain’s Telescope with Polished Brasses
Located in Norwell, MA
Early nineteenth-century spyglass, circa 1820, with a single focal tube engraved "William Harris and Co., 50 Holborn, London." The barrel has a French polish finish. An exceptional i...
Category
1820s European Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Brass Nautical Ship's Cleat
Located in Nantucket, MA
Old large brass cleat from a decommissioned ship. Has been polished but still shows a nice patina. Can be used as a desk accessory or mount on the wall to use as coat hooks. As of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$385 / item
Nautical Signal Flag In Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical signal flag representing "third substitute". The flag has a sturdy canvas hoist that is fitted with a manila hemp rope and wood toggle. The linen field is white with a black...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "D" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter 'D', 'DELTA,' set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle. The cotton field is...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Ships Spyglass Telescope with Rope Cover
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century ships telescope with a leather and rope wrapped barrel. Single focal tube is engraved Hughes and Son Ltd. London EC3. Circa 1920. Barrel end is fitted with a ...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag In Shadow Box Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Maritime signal flag representing the letter “O”, oscar. The flag has red and yellow stitched panels with canvas hoist. Manila rope and wood toggle. Shadow...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
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