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Cased Station Pointer
Located in Salisbury, GB
Street, London. Used for coastal navigation, this superbly crafted brass station pointer has a
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Late 19th Century Antique Navigation

Ambon, Maluku Islands and Boero by Valentijn - Engraving - 18th Century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
.' - Scarce set of 2 original fitting antique maps/navigational charts of the island of Ambon, Maluku Islands
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1720s Contemporary Antique Navigation

Materials

Engraving

Nouvelle Carte pour Conduire a la Connoissance de la Marine [...].
By Henri-Abraham Chatelain
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
sailing ships and navigational instruments. It also explains certain shapes and details of maps. This
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18th Century Antique Navigation

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
"advised on the improvement of loughs and rivers for navigation" and published two treatises on the subject
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Navigation

Materials

Canvas, Oil

De Haven van Amsterdam
By Matthias de Sallieth
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, navigation and plants). Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Made by Mathias de Sallieth after D. de
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Early 19th Century Antique Navigation

Materials

Engraving, Etching

English Copper Barge Kettle Unique Design, 20th Century
Located in Woodbridge, CT
navigation which led to Manchester, to help fuel the increasing appetite for coal to power the mills and warm
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Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Antique Navigation

A New Gradually Encreasing Compass-Map.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the business, which not only published charts but also books on every aspect of geography, navigation
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1690s Antique Navigation

Materials

Engraving

antique victorian oil painting of a summer river boating scene by E.J. Gregory
By Edward John Gregory
Located in Hailsham, GB
entered the drawing-office, in his native town, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Navigation

Materials

Oil

Unique Front Focus Marine Telescope Ca 1790 Exceptional
Located in Palm City, FL
dealers in scientific instruments and with the chief curators of navigation instruments at museums in the
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19th Century English Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass, Metal

Rare 1710 Hand-Colored Map of Europe
By Frederick de Wit
Located in La Jolla, CA
animals, goats in Scandinavia and elephants in Africa. Winged putti holding navigational instruments
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1710s Dutch Northern Renaissance Antique Navigation

Materials

Paper

Exceptional Royal Quality French Regence Frame, Mirror, France, 1720s
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
the commissaries to treat with the French concerning the Treaty of Navigation and Commerce concluded
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1620s French Régence Antique Navigation

Materials

Giltwood

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
employed for a time by the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Navigation & RR Company, hired to paint
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Early 19th Century Antique Navigation

Materials

Oil

Rare Giant Nautical Antique Ships Octant Gold Gilt Fixtures
Located in Palm City, FL
which catalogs the collection of antique navigation instruments at England's National Maritime Museum
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Navigation

Large Copper Navigation Light
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Good quality large oil fired navigation light marked "Trawler" retaining its original oil burner
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Early 20th Century English Antique Navigation

Materials

Copper

Pair of Ship’s Navigation Lights
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of ship’s navigation lights, each copper light with double height prism glass; one green for
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Early 20th Century European Antique Navigation

Materials

Copper

Vintage Binnacle Compass, English, Brass, Maritime, Navigation, Instrument
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage binnacle compass. An English, brass maritime navigation instrument, dating to the
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Early 20th Century English Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

19th Century Brass Telescope Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with round section, with three extensions focusing and handle covered in leather, complete with sunshade extension, cap and dust flap. Maximum length 47.5 cm-inches...
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Antique Pocket Explorer s Compass, English, Navigation Instrument, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pocket explorer's compass. An English, mahogany cased instrument, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Wonderful pocket compass with charming details Di...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Navigation

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Wood

19th Century French Napoleon III Allegory of Navigation Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Napoleon III fireback with an allegory of Navigation. The fireback is made of
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Navigation

Materials

Iron

1917s Brass Nautical Pocket Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass nautical travel compass complete with leather case signed Barnes & Morris London n.13844 from 1917. It is a small compass used away from magnetic fields to check the ship's c...
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1910s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1890s Brass Sextant Georg Hechelmann Hamburg Antique Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Georg Hechelmann Nachf Hamburg from the late 19th century, original wooden box with locking hooks, handles, brass hinges and key set. Flap and vernier in silver,...
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1890s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Apothecary Cabinet Antique Set Marine Navigation
Located in Milan, IT
English apothecary cabinet dated to the first half of the nineteenth century, with mahogany case, brass handle and brass hinges, complete with key. The cabinet has a rectangular ba...
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1840s Antique Navigation

Materials

Wood

1920s Brass Nautical Magnetic PocketCompass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass survey compass made in 1920 circa, signed The Magnapole; small compass used away from magnetic fields to check the ship’s course. The compass is complete with a goniometric cir...
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1920s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1870s Brass Sextant Signed Ainsley Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Ainsley South Shields (1858-1886) complete with original wood case and lenses. Silver vernier, wood handle, 3 colored glasses for the fixed mirror and 4 for th...
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Antique French Fireback with an Allegory of Navigation, 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
French fireback cast in the 19th century. The decoration shows an allegory of Navigation. The
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Navigation

Materials

Iron

Navigation sur le Lac Léman original Swiss vintage lithograph poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Cie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman. Original, linen-backed, stone
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1920s Art Deco Antique Navigation

Materials

Lithograph

Cased Antique Protractor 360 Degree Scientific Instrument Navigation, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
surveying or navigational purposes. A super cased instrument ideal for use or presentation Inscribed
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Navigation

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Metal

1920s Sestrel Brass Nautical Gimbal Compass Antique Maritime Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
1920s Sestrel gimbal mounted liquid filled nautical compass made for Trawler Owners Asson. Ltd Milford Haven, a trawler owners association founded in 1917. The compass is mounted on...
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1920s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

19th Century Brass 3 Draw Telescope Antique Nautical Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with round section, with three extensions focusing and handle covered in leather, complete with sunshade extension and dust flap. Maximum length 74 cm-inches 29.1, mi...
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

19th Century Brass 3 Draw Telescope Antique Maritime Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with round section, with three extensions focusing and handle covered in leather, complete with sunshade extension and dust flap. Maximum length 80 cm-inches 31.5, mi...
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1918s Barke s Magnetic Nautical Pocket Compass Antique Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Pocket liquid bearing compass signed F. Barker’s Patent 1918, used by British army officers during the first world war. On the back of the compass it reads: The Soltima Inst. Co 19...
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1910s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1918s Barke s Magnetic Nautical Pocket Compass Antique Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Pocket liquid bearing compass signed F. Barker’s Patent 1918, used by British army officers during the first world war. On the back of the compass it reads: The Soltima Inst. Co 19...
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1910s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1900s Brass Magnetic Compass Signed Sestrel Antique Maritime Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and glass dry compass on universal joint signed Sestrel made in the first half of the 19th century and mounted on a walnut wood base. The compass is made of a brass and glass c...
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Early 1900s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1875s Brass Sextant Signed Negus New York Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
1864 and formed their own navigation instrument company, "TS & JD Negus", in 1869. In 1886 the United
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1910 Paget Nautical Angular Sextant Mahogany Box Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
used for calculating angles in coastal navigation. The instrument is in its original mahogany box with
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1910s British Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1850 Simple Nautical Wooden Block with Metal Pulley Antique Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Simple wooden block with metal pulley and large rope loop, ovoid hardwood box with two cavatas, in which both the pulley and the rope band that ends with a large loop for the suspens...
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1850s British Antique Navigation

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Rope, Wood

1870s Small Brass and Leather French Telescope Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Small brass telescope with leather-covered handle, French manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century, focus with three extensions. Maximum cm 47,5 – inches 18.7, mini...
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1870s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Early 1900s Magnetic Compass Signed Henry Browne Son Antique Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Hand-held magnetic bearing compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel Made in England, early 1900s. Support base made of turned brass. Height 23 cm - 9 inches, compass diameter 1...
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Early 1900s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

1917s Prismatic Magnetic Pocket Compass Signed F-L Antique Marine Navigation
Located in Milan, IT
Prismatic bearing bush in brass; it is a small compass, signed F-L N. 183801 produced in 1917. It can also be held in the hand and therefore away from magnetic fields. It is equipped...
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1910s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Antique Navigation Brass Compass made in 1918 and Supplied to British Officers
Located in Milan, IT
British officers, typically used in navigation. It can also be held in the hand and therefore far from
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1910s British Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Patented 18th Sept. 1866 Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed Walker’s A2 Harpoon Ship Log Patented 18th Sept. 1866. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, ...
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1860s Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

U.S. Coast Guard Post Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
USCG triangular post lighthouse service lantern. Used as a river or harbor navigational light
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1920s North American Antique Navigation

Materials

Metal

Cuba Antique Railroad Map c.1888 – The Pearl of the Antilles, Towns
Located in Langweer, NL
soundings, shoals, and navigation banks surrounding the island, with the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas
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Late 19th Century American Antique Navigation

Materials

Paper

Early 19th Century Nautical Octant Now as Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
English octant with bone inlay used for celestial navigation with original box. Recently converted
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Mid-19th Century Antique Navigation

Materials

Bone

Early 19th Century English Maritime Octant now as Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
English Maritime octant with bone inlay used for celestial navigation with original box. Recently
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Early 19th Century English Antique Navigation

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Metal

19th Century Set of Four Spanish Framed Engravings Representing the Arts
Located in Marbella, ES
Sculp. ap. Cavalli Venetis. They represent the arts: poetry, music, architecture and navigation.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Navigation

Materials

Wood, Paper

American Oak and Brass Nautical Sexton Table Lamp Mounted on Box, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
navigation.
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1880s American American Empire Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Antique Rolling Parallel Rule, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rolling parallel rule. An English, brass scientific instrument to aid navigation
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Early 20th Century British Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

18th-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Inlaid Commode
Located in Richmond, VA
commode with navigational rose on the top and swags/tassels on the sides and top drawer faces
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Navigation

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Antique English Late 18th/Early 19th Century Octant Made by "Greenbough Co."
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English late 18th/early 19th century octant (Navigational Instrument) made by "Greenbough
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Late 18th Century English Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Nathaniel Bowditch American Federal Giltwood Convex Mirror of Monumental Size
Located in Essex, MA
mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Navigation

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Binnacle Sestrel Compass from Henry Browne Son
By Henry Browne Son Ltd Sestrel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
magnificent example of a nautical navigation instrument for sailing yachts and boats. The compass binnacle is
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Set of Three Mid 19th Century Charts of the California Coast
Located in Stamford, CT
Umpquah River to the Boundary (Vancouver). The vignettes were used as aids to navigation to recognize
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1850s American Antique Navigation

Materials

Paper

Antique Sherwood Wedge British Nautical Maritime Brass Onion Ship Oil Lanterns
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two antique Sherwood & Wedge "onion" navigational lamps featuring a cylindrical brass base
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Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

19th Century Brass Mounted Campaign Instrument Box Now Fitted for Jewelry
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
cut corners. These types of cases were typically fitted for medical or navigational instruments. This
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Navigation

Materials

Brass

Mid-19th Century Set of Three Charts of the West Coast
Located in Stamford, CT
navigation to recognize landmarks, circa 1853, 1854 and 1855.
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1850s American Antique Navigation

Materials

Paper

A Pair of Walton Staffordshire Lions
By John Walton
Located in Katonah, NY
manufacturer at Navigation Road, Burslem, England. Both lions with some excellent invisible restoration.
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19th Century English Antique Navigation

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique navigation you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique navigation for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. Your living room may not be complete without an antique navigation — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique navigation is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Industrial, Mid-Century Modern and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. Honoré Daumier each produced at least one beautiful antique navigation that is worth considering.

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