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19th century British Marine School, ship in rough seas, with setting Sun
By Bernard Benedict Hemy
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century British oil, Ship in a rough sea.
The style of the painting is very similar to the
Category
1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
The Maryland Ship DEFENCE Chases the British Sloop OTTER Down Chesapeake Bay
By Leslie Arthur Wilcox
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
the Bay along with many small vignettes to draw the eye. No less than ten other ships surround the
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classic Tall Sailing Ship on Turquoise Seas Signed Original British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing on the High Seas
by Bernard Page (20th century British artist)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,892 Sale Price
20% Off
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship off Land, Signed
Dated WR 1865
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship off Land,
Signed & Dated WR 1865.
Crafted with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century British Union Flag, ca 1918-1952
Located in York County, PA
ship when entering a British port, in this case), as only the Royal Navy may fly the Union Flag at sea
Category
Mid-20th Century English Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
WWII-Era British Royal Navy Bronze Ship’s Bell, George VI Cipher, circa 1940s
Located in Worcester, GB
WWII-Era British Royal Navy Bronze Ship’s Bell, George VI Cipher, circa 1940s
A distinguished and
Category
Mid-20th Century British Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
British Sailor
s Woolwork with Port Side view of Ram-bowed Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
yarns, this textile artwork is a superb example of the folk art traditionally made by British sailors
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Wooden Ship Wheel
Located in Queens, NY
Wooden ship wheel with brass trim (19th Cent)
Category
Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Large British Marine Oil Painting Old Whaling Ships on High Seas, signed canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Old Whaling Ships
by Henry Woodward, British 20th century
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,641 Sale Price
20% Off
English Country Diorama Clipper Ship Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian Country painted diorama wall plaque in maple frame of clipper ship with blue flag
Category
Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Decorative Art
Materials
Maple
English Country Diorama Clipper Ship Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian Country painted diorama wall plaque of clipper ship with red flag painted in
Category
Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Decorative Art
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-18thC English School Marine Oil Painting With Two British Men-o’-War Ships
Located in Cheltenham, GB
a marine scene with numerous British and Dutch vessels, including two impressive ‘Men-O’-War’. It’s
Category
18th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1900
s British Impressionist Signed Oil Rocky Seascape with Sailing Ship at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ship at Sea
RICHARD HESKETH (1867-1919)
oil on canvas, framed
signed and dated 1902
framed: 24 x
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain
s Sea Power Savings Navy Ship WWII
By Walter Thomas
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Britain's Sea Power Maintain it with your Savings
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
British National Savings Poster c. 1945 Leslie Wilcox Make Sure Your Ship Comes
By Leslie Arthur Wilcox
Located in London, GB
.
Leslie Arthur Wilcox RI RSMA (1904-1982)
National Savings - Make Sure Your Ship Comes In
c.1945
75x50cm
Category
1940s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of English Victorian Man O
War Ships
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of English Country Victorian maple framed prints of Man o\' War ships.
Category
Antique 19th Century British British Colonial Paintings
Materials
Maple
British Woolwork of a Family of Man, Wife and Child on the Seashore with Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Sailor's Glimpse: Woolwork of a Family
Object: Rectangular Woolwork Picture
Origin: British
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
American Country Iron and Glass Ship
s Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
American Country style (19th Century) iron and glass half round ships embarkment lantern with
Category
Antique 19th Century American British Colonial Lanterns
Materials
Glass
W.S. Lacey ‘British, 19th-20th Century’ Oil on Canvas "Tall Ship at Sail"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W.S. Lacey (British, 19th-20th century) oil on canvas "Tall Ship at Sail" sailing by a lighthouse
Category
Mid-20th Century English Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$6,403 Sale Price
34% Off
London Transport Warwick Avenue for Little Venice canal poster by John Finnie
Located in London, GB
, and then worked as a freelance artist, designing posters for the British Ship Building Conference, The
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
David Bowie British GQ Photograph, Signed Lt
d Ed by Markus Klinko - Ships Free
By Markus Klinko
Located in New Orleans, LA
photographer Markus Klinko (bio below) for British GQ in 2002. We offer this strictly limited-edition signed C
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Naval Engagement at Unalata, Guam: The Peril of HMS Success, circa 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
edge at Unalata.
The engraving depicts the British ship 'Success' stranded on a rock and under fire
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid 20th Century Teak Ships Wheel A wonderful decorative piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Mid 20th Century Teak Ships Wheel
A wonderful decorative piece, heavy and made in solid teak
Category
Vintage 1960s British Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Teak
El Nido English Ships Wrought Iron Wall Bracket Lantern
By Steven Handelman
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
the style of ships lanterns on the 19th century. The intricate woven cage and tapered shape make it
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English British Colonial Lanterns
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of the Four Masted Bark Loch Torridon
Located in Nantucket, MA
likely had served at one time on a British ship).
Measures: 14-1/4 in H x 20-1/8 in W
Framed: 20-1/2 in
Category
Antique 1880s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool, Silk
Montague Dawson: Wind Aft, The Repulse
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
and Swedish vessels. Some of the British ships were also called tea clippers.
Repulse was a first
Category
Mid-20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
Antique Copper Brass Nautical Maritime Gimbal Compass Binnacle Ship Oil Lamp 14
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English nautical / maritime ship / Yacht / lifeboat binnacle gimbal compass with rare
Category
Early 20th Century British Colonial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Hogarth
s 1756
France
Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique - Published in 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
highlighting their desperation. British ships loom in the background, symbolizing the threat of invasion, while
Category
Antique 1790s Prints
Materials
Paper
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam
Located in Nantucket, MA
other nations (who most likely had served at one time on a British ship).
Measures: 12-1/2 in H x 18-1
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Pair of English 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze Brig - Tall Ship Marine Lanterns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of English 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze 'Brig - Tall-Ship' Marine Lanterns with Putti
Category
Antique Early 1900s English British Colonial Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
$9,895 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Original Antique Poster British Empire Our Master Hope Britain Stanley Baldwin
Located in London, GB
with the quote by Baldwin in the centre, and a view of British steam ships sailing on the ocean as bold
Category
Vintage 1920s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Huge 17thC Marine Battle Painting, An English Warship Engaging Barbary Corsairs
By Isaac Sailmaker, born circa 1633-1721
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This large and imposing late 17th-century oil painting depicts several British ships defeating the
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Royal Navy Mast Crown
Located in Norwell, MA
Painted metal mast crown from a British Royal Navy fighting ship. Quite rare to find, especially in
Category
Vintage 1940s English Antiquities
Materials
Metal
British Schooner Anchored at Naples
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whitehaven Quay
By Robert Salmon
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
exposure to the prevailing westerly winds.
This animated scene likely depicts the sinking of the British
Category
1820s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Cardboard
19th century color lithograph seascape boat ship waves maritime landscape
By Currier
Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iron Steam Ship Great Britain" is an original hand-colored lithographed published by Currier
Category
1850s Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Scottish Ship Wheel by Mactaggart Scott
Co. from Edinburgh
Located in Dallas, TX
one of Britain’s foremost suppliers of ship steering gear, deck machinery, and hydraulic systems for
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th Century Maritime Seascape War Ship Oil Painting HMS Britannia 1835
Located in Portland, OR
other war ships of the British fleet, most likely returning from the Mediterranean.
In the foreground
Category
1830s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century seascape oil painting of ships off a jetty at sunset
By Henry Thomas Dawson
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry Thomas Dawson
British, (1841-1918)
Ships off a Jetty at Sunset
Oil on canvas, signed with
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“We could sell that ship for forty thousand dollars!” The Lively Lady
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
successfully captured The Rose of the West, a valuable British merchant ship laden with sugar and indigo. After
Category
1930s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paul R. Hee Maritime Scene " Wearing Ship Oil Painting on Canvas Signed
Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
as a naval sketch artist during World War II.
In this composition, two stately British tall ships
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Vintage Travel Poster Cutty Sark Clipper Ship London UK Tom Eckersley
By Tom Eckersley 1
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport poster advertising the historic Cutty Sark museum ship in
Category
Vintage 1960s British Posters
Materials
Paper
19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
flying on the mizzenmast indicates it was a British merchant or passenger ship. The owner may well have
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century pair of marine oil paintings of ships off Scarborough
Portsmouth
By John James Wilson
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
26.5 inches (each)
An attractive pair of seascape paintings depicting ships off two British harbours
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th-Century Maritime Oil Painting of a Clipper Ship in Burled Wood
Gilt Frame
Located in Black Rock, CT
-era maritime art, reminiscent of renowned British and American ship portraitists of the period.
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Brass
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
British ensign at stern and ship's flags at each mast peak, in the background a lighthouse on a headland
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Ship Model "Sovereign of the Seas" English Navy Warship in a Glass Case
Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
The Sovereign of the Seas, an early British "First-Rate Ship of the Line" was launched in 1637 and
Category
20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
liberty cap. Along the horizon, Boston Harbor is accented with lightning bolts, with British ships fleeing
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster SS Avalon Harwich Holland Ferry British Railways
By Robert Johnston
Located in London, GB
. Avalon The New British Railways Ship For Harwich Hook Of Holland Night Service featuring artwork by
Category
Vintage 1960s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Model of a bone warship, made by French prisoners, Great Britain, 1793-1815.
Located in Milan, IT
A British model of a sailing ship, made out of bone. Made by French prisoners of war (POWs), held
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy
By Roland Davies
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea
Category
Vintage 1940s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner
SS Empress of Britain
By Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't
Category
Vintage 1930s English Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Landing of the British Troops in New York – Hand-Colored Optical View, ca. 1776
Located in Langweer, NL
effect.
The print vividly depicts the British forces arriving by ship in New York during the American
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
33/200 STEWART LINFORD ADMIRAL NELSON TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY H.M.S ViCTORY STOOL
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
waters off Cape Trafalgar. 27 British ships faced 33 French and Spanish. Nelson won an annihilating
Category
20th Century English Campaign Stools
Materials
Copper
The Battle of Raz de Sein
By Thomas Luny
Located in London, GB
naval battle between the British ship HMS Mars and the French Hercule. The scene is only lit from two
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
By J.M.W. Turner
Located in Alamo, CA
up for scrap. The Temeraire was first launched in 1798 and represented the pinnacle of British ship
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
RCA Design Art Deco Streamline Mid Century Modern American Scene Architectural
By John Vassos
Located in New York, NY
Greek after all), he was forced to flee (supposedly for his life) on a British ship. He was 16.
World
Category
1930s Art Deco Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
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An assortment of British ships is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique British ships was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wool and wood. British ships have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. British ships are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art, Victorian and Industrial styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made British ships over the years, but those made by Kelvin
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British ships can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,250, while the lowest priced sells for $450 and the highest can go for as much as $65,000.