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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...