Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s cap tally for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer, the USS Blake. Now called the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the Geodetic Survey was established in 1807 as the first civilian...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s prize for Cracker Jacks, America's perennially popular peanut and popcorn snack. The prize is shaped like the "Clermont" of the Hudson River Steamboat Company. The Clermont was designed by Robert Fulton with a paddle-wheel...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1837 dated membership certificate for the Boston Marine Society, the oldest sea captain association anywhere. The group had already been known for 67 years as the The Fellowship Club when it adopted its current name in 180This...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission boat inspector badge. Boat inspections are now handled by the New Hampshire State Police. The badge has a Seal of the State of New Hampshire at center and is in excellent condition...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950s Ipswich, Massachusetts Assistant Harbormaster badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1-3/4" wide by 2-1/2" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a "drop in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1880s-1890s United States Steamship Inspector silver shield. The badge reads U.S. INSPECTOR STEAM VESSELS 384 and shows a detailed ship scene at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s. SIZE: 2-1/8" height and 1-7/16" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1917 United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation agent badge from Bristol, Pennsylvania. The badge is in a lime green and off-white and is numbered 12088. VINTAGE: Circa 1917. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1951 Wethersfield, Connecticut Harbormaster badge with the original owner's name engraved on reverse: W.(illiam) H. Lankton. Wethersfield is just south of Hartford, the state capital, and lies on the Connecticut River...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s open top sugar bowl in white and green from the International Steamship Company. International was part of Inman Lines, a British passenger service which operated until merging with the American Line in 189International...

ARTIFACT: This is a tea cup and saucer from the early nineteenth century for the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The club has been around since 186The saucer is made in England and stamped on reverse. We also have a Boston Yacht Club...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1903 International Yacht Races lithographical tin tray of the sailing yacht "Reliance". Reliance had a brief and undefeated career, successfully winning the America's Cup on three occasions. She was built with overhangs to circumvent...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s-1920s cap badge for the Hudson River Navigation Company Night Line, the departures that were bound upstream at night. Hudson River was a steamboat line formed by merger of the People's Line and the Citizens Line. The badge...