Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great mid – 19th century Sailor Art marine ivory fish from toothpick, scrimshawed details on tail, brass pin serves as eye. VINTAGE: Circa mid- 19th C. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/8" x 2-1/2" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Ivory, brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare 1916 New Hampshire boat registration plate from the first year of issue. Only the years 1916, 1917 and 1918 were made of porcelain, and the porcelain on this plate is nearly perfect. The tag number is 778. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Canadian Pacific Starboard Crew badge #15 in stamped brass. The five point, convex star badge displays the number: "15" in the center in raised detail and surrounding it reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC STARBOARD"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1889-1890 Boston International Maritime Exhibition Vice President badge and a bronze medallion. This exhibition was the first of its kind, and was envisioned only months before it actually took place. The event's organizers...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Hamburg - Amerika Steamship Line Petty Officer hat badge in wire, tinsel, and silk embroidery on wool. The center of the hat badge shows an embroidered flag of blue and white with gray details and black lettering. The flag pole is...

ARTIFACT: Early, circa 1870's Hamburg – Amerika Line steamship souvenir pin. The exquisitely detailed pin shows two enameled flags crossed with a copper anchor bearing a brass steering wheel centered between them and with a lovely rope/chain...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s enameled badge for the steamship Patricia of the Hamburg America Lines, a transatlantic German shipping company established in 184The company's full name, in German, is Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft...

ARTIFACT: This is a soup bowl from the Porto Rico Steamship Line made by Buffalo China. The ship china topmark on the rim of the bowl shows a maroon pennant encircled by a round logo with ribbon tails. There is a B at the center of the pennant...

ARTIFACT: 1910's - 1920's Eastern Steamship Lines key for Berth #12 of the S.S. New York. Eastern Steamship Co. was established in 1901 by Charles Wyman Morse through the merge and consolidation of three shipping companies that controlled a number of...

ARTIFACT: This is a Clyde Ship Line baggage tag numbered 306 for Boston. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-11/16" in width by 1-15/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Stamped brass with white painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Hole...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1913 log book of the Yacht Ultima Thule written in a Spanish-American War period United States Navy Torpedo Boat Log Book. The cover reads: "LOG BOOK YACHT" ULTIMA THULE". The first few interior pages show the ship's...

ARTIFACT: This is a great pair of old bronze oar stays from a life boat. These could possibly have been employed by the United States Life Saving Service. They have a simple, nice rounded U shape. One seems to have light thread marks on its post. These...