Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 souvenir paperweight for the Fall River Lines Steamer Priscilla. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 4" in length and 2-9/16" in width and ¾" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Glass, paper...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 souvenir paperweight for the Fall River Lines Steamer Plymouth. The glass paperweight has an original New York maker label on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4" in length and 2-7/8" in width...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 Polar Exploration Ship Fram patriotic Norwegian pin in enameled silver. In the late 1870's, Fram ("Forward") was the creative innovation of an explorer who wanted to travel to the North Pole, a feat no ship before had been...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 demitasse in fine china with gold leaf decoration for the "Aloha" yacht of the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts. The cup shows the yacht club's burgee is crossing staffs with the owner's private...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s or 1890s Dominion Line Steamship china double egg cup. The Dominion Line was a trans-Atlantic line operating between Liverpool, England and some New England and eastern Canadian ports in late nineteenth until 192The floral...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870's fine crystal wine glass for the Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) shipping line. Established in 1872, CSAV is the oldest Chilean shipping line and now the largest one in Latin America. This glass would have been...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1880 Steamboat Police badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1880. SIZE: About 2-3/8" in width by 1-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated brass with black painted details. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal one piece...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare 1860's-70's White Star Line ceramic hat badge center. The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packets, was a prominent British shipping company. Famous for the 1870 Oceanic, the RMS Titanic, and the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully made enameled pin for a French steamship line. It shows a blue anchor crossed with a white flag showing a small red ball and with the words: Cie. Gle. TRANSATque. All of this is surrounded by a shield-shaped red wreath...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa early 1900s enameled brooch showing the White Star Lines RMS Celtic at center. Launched from Belfast on April 4, 1901, the Celtic had a record-setting gross tonnage, one of four sister ships known as "The Big Four"...

ARTIFACT: This is a pin for the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, also called the Ward Line, after its founder, James Otis Ward. The company initially ran routes from New York to Havana and Nassau, and later expanded to include the "Mexican...