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Wool-work Picture of a British Sailing Ship
Lot: 1Sold for: $1,422$1,200Wool-work Picture of a British Sailing Ship, on a blue sea within a central oval surmounted by a crown, flanked by international flags against a background with draperies and a British outpost in more ...
Pair of Woolwork Pictures with Nautical Themes
Lot: 2UnsoldPair of Woolwork Pictures with Nautical Themes, 20th century, with central mirror flanked by stylized national flags, one example surmounted by an anchor and crown, the other, a lighthouse on a more ...
Burl Walnut Cordial Cabinet
Lot: 3Sold for: $1,304$1,100Burl Walnut Cordial Cabinet, the serpentine-front cabinet with dual hinged domed lid and sides, brass and mother-of-pearl inlays, reveals sixteen etched glass short-stem cordial glasses and four more ...
Pair of British Naval Uniform Epaulettes
Lot: 4Sold for: $385$325Pair of British Naval Uniform Epaulettes, mid-19th century, gold lace over leather and felt padded sheet metal core with a cresent of twisted gold purl alternating in light and dark, strap button more ...
Brass Ship-Log by Thomas Walker & Son Ltd.
Lot: 5Sold for: $356$300Brass Ship-Log by Thomas Walker & Son Ltd., Birmingham, England, c. 1880, brass case on a gimballed stand, 4 in. dia. enameled dial with nautical mile calibrations and marked Walker's "Trident" more ...
Walker's Patent Speed Indicator
Lot: 6Sold for: $444$375Walker's Patent Speed Indicator with propeller and worm gearing to register speed on a calibrated dial, frame marked Walker's Patent 3652 and associated connector or tie-down. more ...
Thirteen-star American Flag
Lot: 7Sold for: $1,126$950Thirteen-star American Flag, New York Navy Yard, April, 1912, the thirteen stars sewn on coarse linen in a 3-2-3-2 configuration and stenciled on the end seam in black ink U.S. Ensign No. 7 New York more ...
Two Boatswain's Whistles
Lot: 8Sold for: $296$250Two Boatswain's Whistles, one in silver with engraved decoration and a cast anchor and crown on the sides of the barrel, the other in brass, both approx. lg. 4 3/4 in. more ...
Brass Binnacle Helmet Compass by Henry Browne & Son, Ltd.
Lot: 9Sold for: $178$150Brass Binnacle Helmet Compass by Henry Browne & Son, Ltd., London, the glazed viewing area reveals a liquid compass with gimbals, cardinal points in block letters, applied maker's plaque on brass more ...
Slant Front Binnacle Compass by Ritchie
Lot: 10Sold for: $593$500Slant Front Binnacle Compass by Ritchie, Boston, the walnut hinged slant-front case with carrying handle and oval glazed viewing window houses a dry compass in gimbals with cardinal points in block more ...
Box Compass by E. & G. W. Blunt
Lot: 11Sold for: $711$600Box Compass by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, dovetailed poplar box housing a brass bowl, gimbal mounted 7 in. dia. dry compass signed E. & G. W. Blunt. New. York., with cardinal points in block more ...
Gimbaled Ship's Compass by E. S. Ritchie
Lot: 12Sold for: $385$325Gimbaled Ship's Compass by E. S. Ritchie, Boston, the liquid-filled compass with 7 in. dia. dial, cardinal points in block lettering, fleur-de-lis at North, outer ring calibrated 0-90 in four more ...
Box Compass by T. S. & J. D. Negus
Lot: 13Sold for: $444$375Box Compass by T. S. & J. D. Negus, New York, the dovetailed poplar box with brass bowl, gimbal-mounted dry compass, cardinal points in block lettering and signed T. S. & J. D. Negus. New York. at more ...
Gimballed Box Compass by Lorkin
Lot: 14Sold for: $326$275Gimballed Box Compass by Lorkin, London, with brass gimbal, frame and stop lever, 2 3/4 in. dia. paper card with compass bearings in block lettering, fleur-de-lis at North, outer perimeter more ...
Brass Binnacle Compass
Lot: 15Sold for: $1,422$1,200Brass Binnacle Compass, with liquid compass within a helmet cover with dual viewing ports, compass card marked Ch. Simon-Verbeke. Ostende., cardinal points in block lettering, iron weighted balls on more ...
Brass Tell-Tale Mariner's Compass
Lot: 16Sold for: $1,304$1,100Brass Tell-Tale Mariner's Compass, 20th century, with pivotted printed compass card within a crown-form, lacquered pressed-brass hanging case and glass globe etched with a design of a ship and more ...
Miniature Carved and Painted Wooden Ship's Figurehead
Lot: 17Sold for: $18,960$16,000Miniature Carved and Painted Wooden Ship's Figurehead, 20th century, depicting a lady in a long flowing dress and bonnet with curled brown hair and necklace, holding a ship's anchor in her left hand more ...
Reproduction Sea Chart
Lot: 18Sold for: $148$125Reproduction Sea Chart, titled Part of the Maine Island of Shetland and the cartouche To the Honorable Daniel Earle of Nottingham Presented by Capt. Greenville Collins, rolled in a mahogany holder, more ...
Carved Eagle, Wooden Yacht, and Half Hull Models
Lot: 19Sold for: $593$500Carved Eagle, Wooden Yacht, and Half Hull Models, Abel Hand, Easthampton, an accurate scale model of a pleasure yacht owned by Norman Mercer including skiff, bridge and rigging within a Plexiglas more ...
Three Replica Brass Miniature Cannons
Lot: 20Sold for: $119$100Three Replica Brass Miniature Cannons, including a matched pair with decoratively cast 11 in. barrels, wooden carriage and spoked wheels, ht. 6; the last a 5 3/4 in. barrel with steel clad wooden more ...
Miniature Brass Cigar Cutter
Lot: 21Sold for: $148$125Miniature Brass Cigar Cutter, in the form of a ship's wheel and mounted in a turned figured walnut stand, ht. 6 in. more ...
Romanian Bronze Naval Medal
Lot: 22Sold for: $71$60Romanian Bronze Naval Medal, 3 in. dia. cast bronze medal with raised decoration of a sailing vessel, inscribed Republica Socialista Romania and Nava Scoala Mircea, and on the reverse below a ship's more ...
Mahogany Stick Barometer
Lot: 23Sold for: $770$650Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed A. Megarey, New York, and J. Kehew, New Bedford, bone scale with sliding vernier, remains of thermometer scale, brass screw-fit cover over wood and leather cistern, more ...
1 3/4-inch Single-Draw Brass Spyglass
Lot: 24Sold for: $178$1501 3/4-inch Single-Draw Brass Spyglass, with 20 in. barrel wrapped in cord, dust slide on ocular, together with another single draw example of similar size, cord-wrapped spyglass with brass barrel more ...
1 3/4-inch Mahogany and Brass Single-Draw Telescope
Lot: 25Unsold1 3/4-inch Mahogany and Brass Single-Draw Telescope, the unmarked scope with brass fittings and mahogany in old surface and brass ocular with dust shade, lg. of barrel 18 in. more ...
Three Spyglasses with Leather-covered Tubes
Lot: 26Sold for: $267$225Three Spyglasses with Leather-covered Tubes, one signed J.H. Steward, 51 Cornhill, London, a 10 3/4 in. barrel, two-draw signed example, 1 1/2 in. objective with leather-covered barrel and caps, one more ...
2-inch Three-Draw Spyglass by Ramsdon
Lot: 27Sold for: $474$4002-inch Three-Draw Spyglass by Ramsdon, the 8 3/4 in. mahogany barrel with three brass tubes, the first engraved Ramsdon, London, sliding ocular dust cover and leather case. more ...
Brass Flare Gun by Wolselley
Lot: 28Sold for: $237$200Brass Flare Gun by Wolselley, marked 1918, 1 in. dia. barrel with flared muzzle, brass trigger guard and breech marked Wolselley 1918, bone handles and steel trigger, lg. 10 in. more ...
Brass Ship's Search Light
Lot: 29Sold for: $154$130Brass Ship's Search Light, with 14 1/2 in. dia. bezel, gimballed stand, and screw-down base, ht. 33 in. more ...
Large Nautical Signal Horn
Lot: 30Sold for: $178$150Large Nautical Signal Horn, with particle board case, wooden handle crank and copper horn, lg. 22 in. more ...