Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s - early 1900s set of cap badges and buttons from CW Lines. The set includes a chief's badge, and officer's badge and four brass buttons. Each badge is an pin showing an anchor and a flag that reads CW set against a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s - early 1900s cap badge from MKO Shipping Lines. The badge is a handsome pin fashioned from the a ship's wheel, an anchor and a brightly-colored flag reading MKO set against an elegantly bordered oval. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's West Chop Light Treen Pin Holder in the form of a miniature bellows, also known as Mauchline ware. Original pieces of Mauchline ware were produced by the Smith family of Mauchline, Ayrshire, now Strathclyde, Scotland. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s button from the Brooklyn & New York Ferry Company, which ran a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn starting in the late nineteenth century. The button has a great ferry chugging along at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 19th century ship's dry compass made by E.S. Ritchie & Sons of Boston, Massachusetts. The compass face is in black and white with handsome diamond and triangle details throughout. The compass has a detachable wooden base with two...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Maritime Commission inspector badge numbered 193 on its reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16 in height and 1-5/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1954 Louis Roederer champagne cruise souvenir in the form of a miniature ice bucket. The silver-plated souvenir was made in France by Argit. The name of the traveler, who appears to be a descendant of the famous Reims champagne maker,...