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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Antique Eight Spoke Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine late nineteenth century ships or yacht wheel. Very fine varnish finish. The brass trim ring and center hub have been meticulously polished. Brass acorn cap on one of the eight t...
Category
1890s Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Yacht Model of the Schooner Yacht Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ship model of the American schooner yacht Wanderer. The masts are rigged with deadeyes, pulleys, and standing and running rigging. The varnished deck carries two built up cab...
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "Y" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter 'Y', 'YANKEE,' set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle, with the maker 'An...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Boat Compass on Gimbal in a Mahogany Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass gimbaled boat compass that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, and fitted to a varnished mahogany box with a sliding lid. The compass is by Wilcox Crittenden of...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Ships Compass From Amsterdam
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ships compass with interesting Dutch lettering. Spun brass bowl with gimbal. Fitted to a primitive dovetailed box. Circa 1880. With compas...
Category
1880s European Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing “SUBSTITUTE 1” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of yellow and blue. F...
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This is a small one. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a gre...
Category
1920s European Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1851 Map of "Independent Tartary", Ric. R018
Located in Norton, MA
1851 Map of
Independent Tartary
"Russia"
Ric.r018
A highly decorative 1851 map of Independent Tartary by John Tallis and John Rapkin. Covers the regions between the Caspian Sea and Lake Bakquash and between Russia and Afghanistan. These include the ancient Silk Route kingdoms of Khiva, Tartaria, Kokand, and Bokhara. Today this region roughly includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This wonderful map offers a wealth of detail for anyone with an interest in the Central Asian portion of the ancient Silk Road. Identifies various caravan routes, deserts, wells, and stopping points, including the cities of Bokhara and Samarkand. Three vignettes by W. Bragg decorate the map, these including an image of Tartars on a Journey, a horseback Bride Chase, and a tartar camp site. Surrounded by a vine motif border. Engraved by J. Rapkin for John Tallis's 1851 Illustrated Atlas .
Tartary Antique Map...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the letter “B” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of an individual panel of red. Fitted to a...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Ship Model of the Whaleship Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Primitive model of the American whaleship Wanderer of New Bedford. Details include a winch, whaleboats, hatches, companionways, barrels, tryworks, etc. Six whaleboats hang from davit...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Victorian Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure
Located in Essex, MA
Impressively large bushel measure for the County Of Gloucester, England. Inscribed
"Imperial Standard Bushel". "County Of Gloucester". Made by Bate of London. Dated 1853 and 1834. ...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Finest Quality Model of the Iron Clipper Commonwealth
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional model of the iron clipper Commonwealth. The ship was built by Russel and Co., Greenock, 1876, owner C.H. Stewart of London. Employed in the Australian and Indian trade. T...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Federal Style Military Drum
Located in Essex, MA
Cylindrical with a painted shield with thirteen stars with overall red,white and blue decoration. Vellum under glass top.
Category
19th Century American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Triple 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. This is a triple block.
Weight: 3 lbs.
Overall ...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Ship Model of the Bark Jessie of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Model of the armed brig Jessie of New York. Fitted with eight cannon on deck. Hull is painted green and white. Rigged with full standing and runnng rigging. Mounted to an inlaid crad...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Nautical Brass Navigational Ship's Post Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
A pair of ship's navigational brass post lights with fresnel lens mounted on a teak base with an on/off switch on the base. Polished and rewired for American use and takes a standar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Teak
Three Foot Clipper Ship Model of the Flying Fish
Located in Norwell, MA
Detailed model of the American clipper ship "Flying Fish", built at East Boston, Mass., by Donald McKay. The model has a scribed deck, hatches, cabins, etc. Rigged with standing and ...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Model of an English Frigate
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century ship model of a British Royal Navy warship. Intricate stern and quarter galleries at the back, where the captain's quarters would be. Sturdily rigged with standing...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Thirty Two Inch Copper Cauldron
Located in Norwell, MA
Very large copper cauldron. With riveted panels, lion ring handles and dark patina. 28" H x 32" D.
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
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
Rope Twist Carved Oak Nautical Barometer
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century barometer with porcelain face with merchants name A Black & Co., Nautical Optician, Glasgow. Carved rope twist case with brass bezel. Brass hanging tab. Nice ...
Category
1930s European Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Sixty-Seven Inch Antique Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Large ten spoke ship's wheel by American Engineering Company of Philadelphia. Solid brass hub and maker's badge. The outer rings are fastened with dozens of round head brass screws. ...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
British Royal Navy Ship’s Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship’s compass on gimbal mounted into a brass binnacle housing. The nameplate reads pattern 0183, and serial number 14313-B. The compass car...
Category
1940s European Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical Double Gauge Bubble Clinometer on Teak Back Plate by Conn. Valley Ind.
Located in Nantucket, MA
A double gauge bubble clinometer with precision glass tubing and nickel face mounted on a teak back plate. These tilt gauges were used on vessels to measure the angular slant of the ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Industrial Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
19th Century Seascape with a Brig in High Seas
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Seascape with a Brig in High Seas, signed illegibly and dated 1857, an oil on canvas painting featuring a Brig laboring in heavy sea...
Category
1850s Unknown Other Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Sturdy Double Sheave Pulley with Steel Swivel Hook
Located in Norwell, MA
Double sheave pulley block with polished steel hook. Pulley block has solid brass polished wheels and brass pin positioning medallion caps.
Weight: 3 lbs.
Overall Dimensions: ...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Nautical Signal Flag of Letter "I" in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
International maritime signal flag of letter "I", "India", set into a shadowbox frame. The cotton flag has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and wood toggle, with a maker's labe...
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Framed Nautical Flag by Dettra
Located in Norwell, MA
Linen maritime flag with sturdy canvas hoist and stitched panels of yellow and blue. The hoist is stamped Dettra Flag Company Incorporated. This is a US N...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Nautical Signal Pennant for Numeral "ZERO" in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents numeral "0". 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
British Royal Navy Searchlight and Signal Light
By Francis Searchlights
Located in Norwell, MA
Superb and substantial marine beacon by Francis Searchlights of Bolton, England. From the Ministry of Defense, British Royal Navy. With shutters for...
Category
1940s British 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
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the number “7”, “SEVEN” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of yellow an...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Maritime Diorama "Working the Beds" by Hitchcock
Located in Norwell, MA
Oyster dredging diorama titled "Working the Beds" by William Hitchcock. Oystermen are seen piloting a schooner working the dredge. Two others are "working also", set into a calm sea ...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1909 George Lawley and Son Yacht Blueprint
Located in Norwell, MA
Sail plan blueprint of a George Lawley yacht. Drawn at a scale of one quarter inch to a foot. All sail dimensions are shown on this gaff-rigged yacht with a long trunk cabin with por...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Charles II Carved Crest Of The Arms Of Westminster School
Located in Essex, MA
A large crest with shell and scroll carved frame enclosing an azure ground with gilded coat of arms featuring a cross with four birds over lions and fleur de lis and Tudor roses. Onl...
Category
1670s English Baroque Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Solid Brass Yacht Winch with Handle from 1930s
Located in Norwell, MA
Geared yacht winch with handle. Highly polished and lacquered. Varnished handle with a varnished wood grip. This is a line tensioner winch. Fine yachting relic.
Weight: 3 lbs.
Ov...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Six and a Half Foot Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Twelve spoke varnished wood ships wheel with inlaid ring and brass hub. Carved spindles with extra details. Very impressive.
Weight: 138 LBS
Overa...
Category
1890s European Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Maritime signal flag in frame showing a large flag stitched in panels of deep orange and blue. With stitched cloth hoist. Large and decorative for the money. Great piece of nautical ...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Large Brass Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Large authentic brass ship's porthole with one bolt and a scalloped edge. Glass has imperfections.
Overall dimensions: 16" x 11 1/2" glass.
Category
20th Century Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
$1,434
Monumental Pair of Polished Brass Faux Tusks
Located in Hanover, MA
Amazing pair of life-sized polished cast solid brass faux elephant tusks mounted to tiered round brass stands, attributed to Suzanne Dahl and Jerry Barich from their Versailles Colle...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Cased Model of the Topsail Schooner Eagle
Located in Norwell, MA
Well-built model of the coastal schooner Eagle with a copper sheathed hull, scribed deck, cabins, hatches, flags, barrels, etc. The Eagle was from Bath, Maine. Fitted to a custom dis...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large 19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship, circa 1850, a large plank on frame model of a bluff-bowed and wide abeam whale ship. The model wa...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Scale Model of a Herreshoff Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare period model of a Herreshoff "Class" boat. The sleek scale hull is fitted with floorboards, tiller, boom crutch, cleats, blocks, etc.. Fitted with a dropped centerboards. Set on...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Original Yacht Blueprint for the Q Class Sloop "Tartar"
Located in Norwell, MA
John G. Alden hull lines drawing of the Q class sloop "Tartar." Tartar was built by George Lawley and Son at Neponset, Mass., in 1928 for George McQuesten, a lumber merchant. The pla...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Framed Nautical Flag by Dettra
Located in Norwell, MA
Linen maritime flag with sturdy canvas hoist and stitched panels of yellow and blue. The hoist is stamped Dettra Flag Company Incorporated. This is a US N...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
$499 / item
Large Nautical Metal Signal Day Buoy, 1970's
Located in Nantucket, MA
A great collection of large, metal signal day buoys. These are a double-cone shape. Day buoys are used to signal valuable information about a ship during daylight hours and are gen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$525 / item
Art Deco Table or Desk Top Brass Mounted 7" Double Convex Magnifying Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco desk/table top adjustable magnifying glass. A 7" diameter double convex lens in an open topped brass frame suspended between two vertical posts rising from a stepped two-tie...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Pulley Block from the USS Constitution
Located in Norwell, MA
Block and tackle from 'Old Ironsides,' the U.S.S. Constitution. A very rare relic removed from the vessel during the restoration in the 1970s, preparing the ship for the bicentennial...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Polished Steel Ship's Masthead Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's masthead lantern with protective cage, Fresnel lens, ac wiring, vented top, carry handle, etc. Sturdily built.
Overall Dimensions: 16"H x 12"L x 10"D. Weight is 18 pounds.
Category
1920s Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Portrait Gallery of Grand Bostonians from Joe Tecce's
By Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed series of American modern pen and ink drawings, sixteen portraits of Boston "pols" and Italian American civic leaders, all of whom were the famous 'Friends of Joe Tecce's' of the eponymously named restaurant in Boston's North End.
The frame is sixteen feet long by one foot tall...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Solid Brass Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Early 20th century solid brass ships porthole. Hinged door with four dog bolts. Clear glass. Highly polished and lacquered.
Weight: 47 LBS
Overall...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass "Hammerhead" ships telegraph. With faceplate from Siemens Brother and Company Limited, London. With ahead and astern ships commands includi...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its original hardwood bo...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical diorama of CARLYLE COVE in Maine
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical diorama titles "Carlisle Cove", yachting and lobstering in New England Circa 1921. 1/8th inch scale. A.Clark.
This highly detailed diorama shows an Alden schooner yacht, sl...
Category
Early 2000s North American Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Ship Model of Schooner Yacht Mendham
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique model of the John Alden designed schooner "Mendham". The Mendham was built by Hodgdon Brothers in 1930 for Boston owner Leonard Wheeler. S.B. Boutilier was the captain. This ...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Painted Ash Drum Now A Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a painted eagle and inscription.
Category
1850s American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
1870s European Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Boat Blueprint of the "Sunrise" from Motor Boating Publications
Located in Norwell, MA
Boat blueprint from Motor Boating's Build a Boat series. This blueprint shows a William Atkin design of the "Sunrise", a trunk cabin cruiser. Atkin designed more than 700 boats. Lloy...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1907 Chart of Nantucket Harbor by George Eldridge
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of Nantucket Harbor from 1907 by cartographer George W. Eldridge. The chart shows the channel passing by the jetty into the harbor, by Brant Point to Steamboat Wharf. Also show...
Category
Early 1900s North American Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, Marked Macy, for Bark Sunbeam
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, made by E.B. and F. Macy, New Bedford, for the Larboard Boat on the Whaling Bark Sunbeam (1856 - 1908), having an improved toggle head with acute barb (standing nearly at a right angle), and an unusual ridged cheek, with the maker's mark MACY stamped on the right cheek (the mark of E.B. & F. Macy, blacksmiths of New Bedford: 1861-1904), the ship stamp BK SB on the left cheek (for the Bark Sunbeam, and the dot punched boat mark L B (for the Larboard, or Second, or Port-side Stern whale boat); mounted on a round shank slightly kinked from use, ending in the spike end necessary for use with a darting gun, and the loop for splicing on the iron strap. An amazing artifact retaining a tremendous amount of historical documentation.
The harpoon remain in very good condition with a still very sharp cutting edge and deep brown patina and no corrosion. The head is frozen, but in the absence of rust it would very likely free up with a little lubrication if so desired. The tip of the front barb has a small chip off tip. The slight kink to the shank comes from use and is considered by most to be a a good feature.
The Bark SUNBEAM was built in Mattapoisett in 1856 and enjoyed a long career in the New Bedford whale fishery of 17 voyages to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Clifford Ashley...
Category
1860s American Other Antique Massachusetts - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
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