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19th century color lithograph seascape boat ship waves maritime landscape
By Currier
Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Length from Figurehead to Tafrail 322 Fe3et. Main breadth 50' 6" ... Depth 32' 6" Lieut. Jaf. Hosken R.N
Category
1850s Antique Figurehead
Materials
Lithograph
French Empire Style Bench with Hand-Carved Swan Figureheads
Located in Middletown, MD
. Artisan crafted in solid, rich walnut with elegant scrolled arms featuring hand-carved swan figureheads
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Figurehead
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Hand-Painted Jackwood Figurehead Prau
Located in Hudson, NY
Prau- a type of sailing boat originating in Malaysia and Indonesia that may be sailed with either end at the front, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger.
Green ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indonesian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
American Ship
s Nautical Folk Art Figurehead From Small Sailing Yacht
Located in Palm City, FL
figurehead of an appealing small size that is suitable for display in almost any setting. Small figureheads
Category
19th Century American Antique Figurehead
Early 19th Century Dutch Wood Carved Folk Art Painted Figurehead
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An early 19th century Dutch wood carved Folk Art painted figurehead as a sign for an early pharmacy
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Charles X Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Console Table with a Grey Marble Top
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
four square tapering legs with neoclassical figureheads and an arched cross stretcher.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Figurehead
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century French Six Arm Brass Chandelier in the Louis XIV Style
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
folate figureheads raised on scrolled pillar supports and ending with an acorn pendant.
The six square
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurehead
Materials
Brass
18th Century Irish Architectural Oak Bookcase
Located in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
centre glazed section lies below a carved figurehead (almost greenman looking ) and also opens to reveal
Category
1740s Irish Antique Figurehead
Materials
Oak
Victorian Yew Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Edinburgh, GB
figurehead and foliate mounts. It has a large shaped ormolu-mounted glazed door and conforming glazed panels
Category
19th Century Antique Figurehead
Materials
Yew
French Boulle Serpentine Front Games Table
Located in Edinburgh, GB
a freestanding table, and there are ormolu figurehead mounts. It has a shaped apron and stands on
Category
19th Century Antique Figurehead
Baroque Majestic and Rare Pair of Cabinets
Located in Carrocera, Spain
with exquisite marble. Richly ornamented, topped with tiara and figurehead at the top; enhancing an
Category
18th Century and Earlier Baroque Antique Figurehead
$977,500 / set
Novelty Silver Oil and Vinegar Cruet, London 1916
By James Wakely
Frank Clarke Wheeler
Located in Umberleigh, Devon
A stunning English novelty silver oil and vinegar cruet with female ships figurehead as handle. The
Category
1910s Great Britain (UK) Antique Figurehead
Materials
Silver
Carved Louis XVIII French Chateau Walnut Settle/Monks Bench, Early 19th Century
Located in Alton, GB
beautiful dragon figureheads. Overseen by four sculpted gargoyles acting as corbels. The seat-pad is also
Category
Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Figurehead
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Solid Hand-Carved Three Root Dentist Trade Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
trade signs were often produced in the same workshops as figureheads and other ship decorations and
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
19th Century Wrought Copper Exterior Drugstore Mortar and Pestle Trade Sign
By Mclewee
Son
Located in Chicago, IL
trade signs were often produced in the same workshops as figureheads and other ship decorations and
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Figurehead
Materials
Copper
The “Red Jacket” on Open Seas - Montague Dawson - Maritime Painting
By Montague Dawson
Located in NEW YORK, NY
(Sagoyewatha, or “he that keeps them awake”), from the Genesee River Valley. The ship’s figurehead was a
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Figurehead
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurehead Fragment Bust
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted ship's figurehead fragment of a neoclassical woman.
Finely carved with dark
Category
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
$8,500
19th Century Ship
s Figurehead
Located in Nantucket, MA
A carved and painted full length ship’s figurehead of a young classical woman dressed in green
Category
Mid-19th Century European Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Paint, Pine
Authentic American 19th Century Figurehead
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved ships figurehead bust of a bearded seaman.
The figure is dressed in period sailor attire
Category
1850s American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
19th Century Polychromed Terracotta Virgin Figure
Figurehead
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
they were placed on the ship's bow (figurehead) as an ornament.
Category
19th Century Spanish Napoleon III Antique Figurehead
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Carved and Decorated Ship
s Figurehead, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique carved and decorated ship's figurehead, circa 1890, depicting a beautiful woman draped in
Category
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Circa 1790/1810 Regency Irish Carved Ships Figurehead
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very well carved Regency ships figurehead believed to off been originally from an Irish ship. The
Category
18th Century Irish Regency Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
Galion Mermaid Figurehead from a Northern European Ship
Located in Kastrup, DK
Figurehead of a mermaid from a Northern European ship, circa 1820-1830.
The figure is crafted from
Category
Early 19th Century European Other Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century English Carved Figurehead of Queen Boudica
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century English carved figurehead of Queen Boudica, with remnants of old
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Antique Equestrian Riding Crop, Figurehead, English, Beech, Leather, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique equestrian riding crop with Mallard figurehead. An English, beech and leather
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Beech
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship
s Figurehead Model
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Miniature Pequot Ship's Figurehead Model, circa 1920s, a wonderful
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
18th Century Ship Figurehead Finely Carved Depicting Female Nautical Antiques
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant figurehead in finely carved oak wood depicting a female figure of the second half of the
Category
1750s Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Circa 1880 Large Carved Oak Dragon Figurehead Gentleman
s Yacht Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large late 19th century ships figure head in the form of a snarling dragon clutching a corbel. The dragon is carved from a single piece of oak with detachable ears, gesso applied s...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wooden Carnival/Circus Mermaid/Ship Figurehead
Located in Surrey, BC
Intriguing wooden Folk Art from a carnival or circus, representing a ship figurehead/mermaid. Hand
Category
1910s Canadian Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
19th C Wales Llanbedrog Ships Figurehead Fragment Naval Maritime King Alfred
Located in Lowestoft, GB
surrounding areas.
It believed the figurehead was a depiction of King Alfred, the carving was vandalised
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
Pair of Vintage Distressed Plaster Figureheads Ship Busts Terms Depicting Ladies
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer lovely pair of antique ships figurehead busts or terms in plaster
A
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Plaster
Late 19th Century Huge Carved Victorian Dodo Figurehead Fairground Folk Art Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
figurehead but with no remnants of a joint in the back. Possibly fairground/circus related, but would be far
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Figurehead
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Antique Oak Corbels / Wall Brackets
Located in Pomona, CA
An old and interesting pair of Oak Corbels featuring nicely carved figureheads. The figureheads of
Category
1880s English Medieval Antique Figurehead
Materials
Oak
$1,500 / set
Neoclassical Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neoclassical carved leather upholstered armchair with figureheads on both arms, Guatemala
Category
1720s South American Neoclassical Antique Figurehead
Materials
Leather, Wood
$6,750
19th American Carving in the Form of Lady Liberty
s Head
Located in Nantucket, MA
larger carving, perhaps a ships figurehead or for a public space. Carvings of this scale were often
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Model of the Famous Whaleship "Lagoda"
Located in Norwell, MA
many details including lifeboats, figurehead, marlin strike etc.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Figurehead
Early 20th Century Wrought Iron Gate in the Style of Antoni Gaudi
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antoni Gaudi was a Spanish Catalan architect, who was the figurehead of Catalan Modernism. His free
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurehead
Pair of Italian Capodimonte Lidded Hand-Painted Porcelain Urns, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
continuous cupid (putti) procession, handles with figurehead terminations, and blue crown N marks, 19th
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Porcelain
Large Carved Oak Shelf
Located in Cheshire, GB
figureheads with recessed carved foliated back.
Dimensions
Height 11.5 inches
Width 69 inches
Depth 8
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Figurehead
Materials
Oak
$1,339
1870 Fragments from the Shipwreck Prince Victor Canadian Vessel Maritime Naval
Located in Lowestoft, GB
up and down the riverside. The figurehead was salvaged and chained to a plum tree in the garden of a
Category
1870s Canadian Late Victorian Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
Child’s Crib, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
figurehead.
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Silver on Brass Sailing Ship on Wheels
Located in Palm Beach, FL
unexpected details including hand hammered billowing sails, a crows nest, dramatic dragon figurehead, busy
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Figurehead
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Spanish Armada-Style Model
Located in Norwell, MA
black pearl. Awesome stern galleries and figurehead. Model carries forty guns on carriages. With wood
Category
19th Century Antique Figurehead
$12,500
European Sailing Ship Diorama
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century model of the merchant Brig Alice with painted gunports, figurehead, quarter
Category
1910s European Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Antique Ships Half Model of a Schooner
Located in Norwell, MA
. Figurehead of a bird or fish? Mounted to a wood backboard. Circa 1920. 17"H x 43"W x 6"D 11 lbs.
Category
1920s North American Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
19th Century Ship
s Figurhead of a Woman
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved ship figurehead of a woman wearing an elaborate gold necklace and holding a bouquet of roses
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Carved Limewood Maquette
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An exceptional carved limewood Maquette
of the figurehead for the flagship HMS Queen Charlotte
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Figurehead
Ebonised Figural and Marble Topped Console Table
Located in Culver City, CA
interlinking ribbons, with central carved scallop shell over the main figurehead type cabriole leg support
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Figurehead
Materials
Marble
Exceptionally Well Carved Antique Oak Knee Hole Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
craftsmanship. The four figureheads and three panels each with a central cartouche are carved in high relief
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Figurehead
Prisoner of War Style Ship Model
Located in Norwell, MA
and deck planked in bone. Finely detailed quarter and stern galleries. Carved centurion figurehead
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wood
Centerpiece, Boat Sailing, Calamine, Etc. 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
) and Renaissance influence, with a Cupid with an architectural lower area as a figurehead. The work is
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Figurehead
Materials
Other
Antique Bronze Sculpture Fortune, Allegory of Sea Trade, France 1870
Located in Antwerp, BE
net on the bow of a classical ship with a Triton figurehead blowing a trumpet.In her right hand she
Category
1870s French Empire Revival Antique Figurehead
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Full Bodied Copper Ship Weathervane
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
eagle figurehead. Nicely weathered with natural tints of verdigris. A truly wonderful rare survivor
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Figurehead
Sailor
s Woolwork Woolie with Trapunto Sails
Located in Downingtown, PA
applied at the prow to illustrate a figurehead. Within a maple frame. Lovely composition.
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Wool
Sterling Silver Cellini Type Ewer by Alfred Ivory
Located in Newark, England
a woman’s bust. The ewer profusely chased and embossed to the body with classical masks, figureheads
Category
Late 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Figurehead
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Impressive Antique Sternboard Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
, with an undershirt. Decorated sternboard carvings were a rarely used counterpart of figureheads
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Figurehead
Materials
Pine
1920s Antique Diamond Emerald and Yellow Gold Platinum Military Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
badge of the King's Royal Irish 8th Hussars; A harp with a winged female figurehead surmounted to the
Category
1920s British Antique Figurehead
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
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