Ocean Liner & Steamship Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1921 United States Mail Steamship Company deck plan for three sister ships: the SS Panhandle State, the SS Creole State and the SS Old North State. The United States Mail Steamship Company, also known as the U.S. Mail Line,...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous old French Line steamship porter badge. The badge is round and reads FRENCH LINE 19 PORTER. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 2" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with black paint...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1924 Orient Line Australia boxed double deck of round playing cards in excellent condition. The Orient Steam Navigation Company (The Orient Line) was first established in the late 1870's as a British shipping company. During the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1903 Anchor Line Transatlantic Steamships brochure entitled "Tours of Ireland, Scotland & England". It includes beautiful travel-related color illustrations (painted photographs) and information on various international...

ARTIFACT: This is a old Colonial Shipping Line butter pat dish. VINTAGE: Circa 1912. SIZE: About 3" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted Porcelain. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: Baucher New York-Chicago Weidon(Germany) 1912. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Canadian Pacific Starboard Crew badge #15 in stamped brass. The five point, convex star badge displays the number: "15" in the center in raised detail and surrounding it reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC STARBOARD"...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Hamburg - Amerika Steamship Line Petty Officer hat badge in wire, tinsel, and silk embroidery on wool. The center of the hat badge shows an embroidered flag of blue and white with gray details and black lettering. The flag pole is...

ARTIFACT: This is a soup bowl from the Porto Rico Steamship Line made by Buffalo China. The ship china topmark on the rim of the bowl shows a maroon pennant encircled by a round logo with ribbon tails. There is a B at the center of the pennant...

ARTIFACT: 1910's - 1920's Eastern Steamship Lines key for Berth #12 of the S.S. New York. Eastern Steamship Co. was established in 1901 by Charles Wyman Morse through the merge and consolidation of three shipping companies that controlled a number of...

ARTIFACT: This is a Clyde Ship Line baggage tag numbered 306 for Boston. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-11/16" in width by 1-15/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Stamped brass with white painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Hole...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 souvenir paperweight for the Fall River Lines Steamer Plymouth. The glass paperweight has an original New York maker label on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4" in length and 2-7/8" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870's fine crystal wine glass for the Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) shipping line. Established in 1872, CSAV is the oldest Chilean shipping line and now the largest one in Latin America. This glass would have been...