Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

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 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,...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the USS cruiser Fall River (CA-131). The Fall River was launched in August 1944 and after the war served during atomic weapons testing at Marhsall Islands. Part of her hull can now be viewed at Battleship Cove in...

ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely Rare 1950's New York Harbor Ferries /Staten Island Ferry Deckhand Hat Badge. VINTAGE: 1950s. SIZE: Approximately: 2-3/8" in height x 2-1/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze with black painted and Hard-Fired...