Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great travel bag from Grace Steamship Lines in the shape of a smokestack. The bag is in black, green and white vinyl with a drawstring closure and shows the Grace flag logo on both sides. Grace was originally begun by two Irish...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s framed promotional print for the USS United States, flagship of the United States Line. Begun in 1921, United States Lines was originally a shipping company. They debuted the USS United States in 1952 as the fastest ocean liner...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s shipyard worker badge from the engineering firm of Hinzmann & Waldmann Marine Contractors of New York City. The badge is numbered 250. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is likely, a vintage 1940s hat badge for Eagle Steamship Lines. The badge has a full band and the insignia is an eagle perched on a sideways anchor in gold bullion. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Full band; insignia is 2-1/4" high and...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic circa 1930s Maersk Steamship Lines ash tray advertising their "Far East Service". Maersk is a Danish shipping company that still operates today and is easily identified by its cheery bright blue and white star logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s - 1920s cap badge from Seattle's Inland Navigation Co., an early Puget Sound area transporter. The badge is a full band and its insignia is a gold bullion wreath that sets off an enameled star insignia flanked by two...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Canada Steamship Lines souvenir pin for the S.S. Richelieu. The pin shaped like a maple leaf and a banner encircling a picture of the ship reads S.S. RICHELIEU C.S.L.. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 1-7/16" height and...

ARTIFACT: The lovely and talented Valerie is modeling a circa 1910 steamboat life vest. It is nicely labeled as having met the approval of the Steamboat Inspector of the Department of Commerce. On handling this rare item, seems hard to imagine how such a...

ARTIFACT: This is a children's book "My Picture Book of Ships". The book includes one great color illustration of The Majestic (White Star Line) and many other black and white photographs, along with ship information in an easy-to-read fashion...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 souvenir pitcher or creamer for the D&C (Detroit & Cleveland) Navigation Company. D&C was a dominant ship line for the Great Lakes region, steaming from 1868 until 195The front of the squarish pitcher shows a brightly...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 tool tag or fob from the Isthmian Canal Commission. The item has a six-pointed star shape and is numbered 6405It was made by the American Railway Supply Company of New York, VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous mid-nineteenth century sailor's "sap" made from baleen, lead shot and a woven, knotted indigenous fiber. A sap was carried as a compact personal protection device. This particular sap is attributed to a sailor...