Antique Early American Sailor’s Sea Bag

  ANTIQUE EMBROIDERED  SAILOR’S SEA BAG  FOLK ART Ca 1795            Measurements:                        Bag:  38 1/2 “x 22”                         Width of each panel: 12”           Width at Top: 22″                            at Bottom: 17″                         Decorations: Flag                           Top of pole to bottom: 7″           Anchor: 2″                                      Tree & Serpent: 3″                                                      Presented is an early example of a sea bag possibly dating as far back as […]

Sailor Made Sea Chest Beckets & Mounts Ca 1850 American

  AMERICAN 19th Cent SAILOR MADE BECKETSSea Chest handlesand mounting cleats From the H. Wells Henderson Collection.     Presented is a pair of sailor made fancy rope work chest handles called beckets and their rarely found mounting cleats. They were used as on sea chests during the 19th Century.  Seaman took great pride in making these, and the  fancier, […]

Awards Goblet Collins Line Atlantic, Dated 1850

SILVER PRESENTATION GOBLET MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE COLLINS LINE SIDEWHEEL STEAMER “ATLANTIC” New York & Liverpool United States’ Mail Steamship Company – American, Dated 1850   by BALL, TOMPKINS & BLACK, NEW YORK                                                                                                Presented is an important silver goblet that was awarded in recognition of the sidewheel steamship’s crossing from New York to Liverpool, England. […]

Five Vintage Whale Carving Sculpture Display

VINTAGE HAND CRAFTED DISPLAY OF FIVE SPECIES OF WHALES Presented is a hand carved display of five whales mounted on a backboard with a small bone plaque naming each species. It was purchased somewhere in New England, any time between 1971 and the early 90’s. Time was spent in all the usual places, but where and when has been forgotten. The […]

Dramatic Folk Art Sperm Whale Carving

DRAMATIC FOLK ART SPERM WHALE CARVING < Presented is a beautiful and dramatic hand carved black sperm whale on a rustic stand. The personality and character of this whimsical carving speaks for itself. It is a well executed carving by someone very adept in this type of artistic endeavor. There are no markings indicating either […]

Grand Turk of Salem1815 Watercolor Painting

The War of 1812 Brig GRAND TURK of Salem Early Watercolor     Watercolor on paper Unsigned Unframed 22 1/2″ L x 17″ H Framed 27 1/2″ H x 21″ L Presented is an early work that replicates the watercolor in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA of the French artist’s Antoine Roux’s […]

British Wookwork Three Warships Talmadge Collection

   SAILOR MADE WOOLWORK OF ROYAL NAVY KNOWN WARSHIPS Ca 1858  Owned by famous silent film star Norma Talmadge since 1922, and later her niece       Viewing area 38 3/4″ x 181/4″        Framed  48″ x 28″ Stitched on canvas Date Ca 1857 -1862 Presentedis a magnificently made woolie of three well documented British warships which all served together […]

Lalique Figural Nude Bacchantes Glass Panel SS Normandie

This Interesting Relic Has Been Sold. Thank You! LALIQUE STYLE PLAQUE FROM S.S NORMANDIE  Presented is a frosted glass figural panel of two soaring nude females, possibly Bacchantes from Greek Mythology, frolicking over a rising sun. The amber plate is in the style of Rene’ Lalique, recognized as one of the world’s greatest glass makers and jewelry designers of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Reportedly, […]

Ships Figurehead Male Carved Wood Authentic

AUTHENTIC MALE SHIP’S FIGUREHEAD Vintage Hand Carved Wood Classic American Folk Art From a Special Collection Size: 36″ H x 16″ W x 18″ D Weight 60 pounds Carver Unknown Markings none Provenance originally Ramon Parga Collection Period Ca 1940 Presented is an authentic, carved wood, ship’s figurehead, possibly American, which is in a style […]

Vintage Steamship Painting S.S. Crofton Hall

S.S. CROFTON HALL PRESENTED is an original watercolor on paper of the steamship “Crofton Hall” flying American colors. The picture size is 16″ x 24″ not counting the matting and frame. Note the stern gun.   HISTORY: The ship was built by W. Hamilton & Co., Ltd of Glasgow in 1913. She was 405 feet […]