Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1910's – 1920's match safe from the Alfred Holt Shipping Lines / Blue Funnel Line Ship TSS Ascanius. The silver-plated nickel safe shows an enameled flag in blue, white, and yellow detail with the letters: "AH" in the center...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s lapel pin for the Propeller Club of the United States. Founded in 1927, the club was a grassroots organization for maritime interests that spread to international ports. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 advertising letter opener for the steamship S.S. City of Birmingham of the Savannah Line (or the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah). Built in 1923 as one of the last passenger ships for the Savannah Line, the Birmingham...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1938 badge for the Norwegian-America Line (NAL) Mail Ship Oslofjord. The line was established in 1910, and carried passenger as well as mail and cargo between the states and Norway. The M.S. Oslofjord was constructed...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare New York Harbor Ferries deckhand hat badge used on the Staten Island Ferry in the 1930s. The badge shows the New York City coat of arms along with eagle, anchor and ropes and reads DECKHAND 300. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1921 United States Mail Steamship Company deck plan for three sister ships: the SS Panhandle State, the SS Creole State and the SS Old North State. The United States Mail Steamship Company, also known as the U.S. Mail Line,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's War Worker employee badge for the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. The shipyard was started up in 1913 and sold off in 196The reverse of the badge reads LOSS OF THIS CHECK MUST BE REPORTED...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous old French Line steamship porter badge. The badge is round and reads FRENCH LINE 19 PORTER. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 2" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with black paint...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1924 Orient Line Australia boxed double deck of round playing cards in excellent condition. The Orient Steam Navigation Company (The Orient Line) was first established in the late 1870's as a British shipping company. During the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1920s steamship captain's visor hat from the Australind Steam Shipping Company. Initially known as the West Australian Steam Navigation Co., Australind came into being in 1904 after the merger of Trinder, Anderson,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1903 Anchor Line Transatlantic Steamships brochure entitled "Tours of Ireland, Scotland & England". It includes beautiful travel-related color illustrations (painted photographs) and information on various international...

ARTIFACT: This is a old Colonial Shipping Line butter pat dish. VINTAGE: Circa 1912. SIZE: About 3" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted Porcelain. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: Baucher New York-Chicago Weidon(Germany) 1912. ITEM...