Ocean Liner & Steamship Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1955 Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Line salad plate by Rosenthal China. Norddeutscher Lloyd was a German shipping line that was established in 1857 and became one of the most important shipping companies of the 19th and 20th century...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930's - 1940's Union Steam Ship Company (USS Co.) of New Zealand enameled officer's hat badge. Also known as the Union Line, the USS Co. was once one of the largest shipping companies in the Southern Hemisphere. Founded in 1875, the...

ARTIFACT: This is a an old celluloid pin for a steamship line the name of which I do not know. It is for a ship of that line called the "POLONIA". It is of a size common to celluloid pins, but has an attachment similar to a stickpin. This item came with...

ARTIFACT: This is an old celluloid pin for a steamship line the name of which I do not know. It is of a size common to celluloid pins, but has an attachment similar to a stick pin. This item came with a similar pin for the "POLONIA" dated 1928...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij (Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Company), or NASM for short, Established in April 1873, this company became known as the Holland-America Line, and had an official...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1920s promotional celluloid pin from the Meseck Steamship Line. The pin features the S.S. Westchester. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1920s or 1930s shipping hat badge for Watts, Watts & Company, a British shipping lines. Originally Watts, Ward & Co., the company was in business as early as 1885 with its name change happening in 189The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of circa 1930s-1940s Matson Steamship Lines collar insignia. Established in 1926 upon the purchase of Oceanic Steamship Company, Matson ran routes all over the Pacific. Each insignia is a red flag bearing the letter M at center...

ARTIFACT: Great 1930's Texaco Oil Company Shipping Fleet Captain hat badge. The badge shows a nicely embroidered company flag logo in silk with a bullion wreath embellishment surrounding it and reads: "CAPTAIN" across the top in bullion detail. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s lapel pin for the Propeller Club of the United States. Founded in 1927, the club was a grassroots organization for maritime interests that spread to international ports. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 advertising letter opener for the steamship S.S. City of Birmingham of the Savannah Line (or the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah). Built in 1923 as one of the last passenger ships for the Savannah Line, the Birmingham...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare New York Harbor Ferries deckhand hat badge used on the Staten Island Ferry in the 1930s. The badge shows the New York City coat of arms along with eagle, anchor and ropes and reads DECKHAND 300. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...