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One Of the Earliest Flags in America: Authentic 15 Star US Navy Jack
Located in York County, PA
the British Royal Navy ship H.M.S. Charybdis from the American privateer schooner, Blockade.
(9) An
Category
Antique 19th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Burgee Style Swallowtail Jack Made by Annin
Company, Ca 1866-1880
Located in York County, PA
’s
A jack is a flag traditionally flown on a military ship. Like the British Royal Navy, American
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
Lieutenant Rabett’s Seagoing Silver Flute, 1823
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
midshipman on board Galatea, 42 guns. Soon afterwards Galatea, in company with two other British frigates
Category
Antique 1820s English Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
Henry Loos, Portrait Of A Three-Masted Full Rigged British Ship
By Henry Loos
Located in Cheltenham, GB
-rigged three-masted British ship before a distant port.
Given the thriving nature of maritime trade
Category
1870s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the High Seas, British, Ship, Seascape, Marine Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Denzil Smith was a British marine painter active in the 19th century. His oeuvre is largely
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
The Battle of Trafalgar - Dramatic Naval Engagement French
British Ships OIL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: James Hardy, signed lower corner, British 20th century
Title: The Battle of
Category
20th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
World War II British Minature Ship Models by Framburg
Located in Tarrytown, NY
World war ll special devices division USN bureau of aeronautics model British ships made by
Category
Vintage 1940s Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Huge Antique British Marine Oil Painting - Three Masted Tall Sailing Ship dawn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Setting out at Dawn
British School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 30 x 50
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Evening Gun Salute Classic Naval Ship in Harbor Classic British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Evening Gun
British School, 20th century
(painted in an earlier style)
oil on board, framed
Category
Late 20th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large British Marine Oil Painting Classic Tall Ship Sailing at Sea Gilt Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall Ship at Sea
English School, 20th century but painted in the earlier style.
oil on canvas
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
George III Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
. Provenance; George Lowcay Norcock a British ship commander.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Classic Naval Maritime Battle Scene Napoleonic War Ships at Sea, Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, 20th century
Title: Naval battle engagement. The ships look to be
Category
20th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Sailor
s Folk Art Woolie, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
British ship before a headland with lighthouse and cottages, within a cartouche framed by British
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
British Antique Paintings Ships in the Harbor
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of painting by British artist Fredrick Dove Ogilvie (1850-1921) noted British coastal and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
British Large Woolwork
Woolie
of Three Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large British woolwork of three ships including the Ada and two smaller craft,
circa 1875.
The
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
1939 Great Britain Brass Cargo Ship Lantern Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
1939 Great Britain brass cargo ship oil lantern previously converted to a table lamp. Black stained
Category
Vintage 1930s English Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of British Royal Navy Brass Ships Portholes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Matched set of British Royal Navy brass ships portholes converted to wall decorations and mounted
Category
Antique 19th Century English Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
British Sailor
s Woolwork Woolie Picture of a Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
The sailor's woolwork, known as a woolie, wool is made in an unusual oval format. It is bordered by braided red and white rope-work band and a muted red wool ground with a port-side...
Category
Antique 1860s English Early Victorian Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
English shipping scene with sale boats, war ships and a quayside harbor.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted English 19th century Victorian antique marine scene.
The style of the piece is typical of the mid-19th-century marine painters such as C.M.Powell, Robert Salmon, and G...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century British School Ship at Sea, Seascape Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century British School
Ship at Sea
Oil on canvas laid on panel
11 x 14.5 inches
14.5 x 18
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
British Royal Navy Solid Brass Ships Porthole Rope Mirror
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare British Royal Navy solid brass ships porthole window converted to a mirror and mounted on a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
British Sailor
s Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff,
Circa 1875
This exquisite sailor's
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Large Authentic Brass Ship Binnacle Made in Great Britain
By Kelvin
Hughes 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
on the back. This once functioned on a real ship and was made in Great Britain. Please confirm item
Category
Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Industrial Ship Dockyard British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 11 x 16
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Shipping Merchant with Ship
Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Shipping Merchant
attributed to Edward Alcock (British 1745-1778)
oil painting on canvas
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique British Sailor
s Woolwork
Woolie
Sailing Ship 19th Century Maritime
Located in Katonah, NY
This large 19th century sailor's Woolie of a British line-of-battle ship, circa 1840is
is hand
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of British Sailor
s Woolworks Depicting a Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of British Sailor's woolworks depicting a Royal Navy ship leaving and arriving at the same
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Antique Steamer Trunk, Wildman, British Vice-Consulate, Chile, Ships Chest
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique steamer trunk once belonging to T.B. Wildman of the British Vice-Consulate
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
British Solid Brass Gimbal Ship Sconces w/ Silk Shades
Pair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Britain as gimbal wall lights for a ship. Sold with ivory colored silk, hard-back, empire shades. Newly
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
The Last Action Of Santisima Trinidad At The Battle Of Trafalgar, 1805
By Thomas Luny
Located in Blackwater, GB
the last action of the Spanish first rate ship of the line before being taken by the British ship HMS
Category
Early 19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th-Century British School, Ships In A Turbulent Sea
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century British oil painting depicts three vessels buffeted by turbulent waters. A
Category
1850s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century British Marine painting - The storm - Seascape Lightening Ship
Located in Aartselaar, BE
19th century British marine painting by Richard Brydges Beechey, an Anglo-Irish painter and admiral
Category
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Laurence Dunn: Karel Doorman (R81) Dutch Navy ship watercolour
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
the British ship HMS Venerable, she was sold to the Netherlands in 1948 as a light attack carrier. In
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Brunel’s Ships, Great Western and Great Britain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Brunel’s Ships, Great Western and Great Britain
by Jack
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of Folding Rosewood Deck Chairs from 1920s British Steamer Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
An elegant pair of exotic rosewood folding deck chairs from 1920s British Steamer ships. I also
Category
Early 20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood
British Sailor
s Woolwork Porthole Woolie of a Merchant Ship, circa 1875
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of a Merchant Ship,
circa 1875
The sailor's woolie depicts a
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Textile, Wool
Naval Battle between British and Dutch ships at Batavia, Indonesia, 1806
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, British frigates had been sent on reconnaissance missions to Java and Batavia. The mission by the 36-gun
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Nautical Maritime Seascape Painting of Naval Battle French
British War Ships
Located in Preston, GB
Nautical Maritime Seascape Painting of a Naval Battle between French & British wooden warships, by
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Paint
Copper Sailing Ship Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury stylized sailing ship sculpture crafted in copper with a lush colorful patina and signed
Category
20th Century American British Colonial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
British Union Jack Flag of the WWII
Located in Miami, FL
the Red Ensign became the British civil ensign.
When flown from the bows of RN ships, the Union
Category
Early 20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Cotton
British Marine Painter, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, Numerous Ships off Dover
Located in København, Copenhagen
British marine painter. Oil on canvas, 19th century. Numerous ships off Dover. Two three-masters
Category
Antique 1880s English Paintings
Antique Maritime Ships Oil Painting "British Fleet Bay of Naples" Signed
Dated
Located in Portland, OR
An important antique Maritime ships oil on canvas painting of " The British Fleet in the Bay of
Category
1860s Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
GHS British Mid-Century Bakelite and Brass Mounted Ships Wheel Nut Cracker
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century British nut cracker modeled as a ships wheel on brass fittings mounted in a
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Brass
Huge 18th Century French Marine Oil Painting British
Dutch Ships in Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
(French 1714-1789), and the port depicted is most likely in southern France. The ships are beautifully
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Masted Classic Sailing Tall Ship at Sea British Marine Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'British Blackwall Frigate, Kent'
Bob Bramley (1924-2005) British
signed oil painting on canvas
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
British Folk Art Whimsical Enamel Painted Carved Wood Model Ship Toy Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Gallery, Eastbourne
Ship-Shape Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
‘Handmade in Britain – The Crafts Council
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
British Folk Art Whimsical Enamel Painted Carved Wood Model Ship Toy Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Gallery, Eastbourne
Ship-Shape Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
‘Handmade in Britain – The Crafts Council
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Large British Maritime Naval Battle Engagement at Sea 18th Century Classic Ships
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Naval Engagement at Sea
by Roger John Collins (British 20th century(
signed oil on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Waiting for the Tide" Henry Thomas Dawson, British Sunset Seascape with Ship
By Henry Thomas Dawson
Located in New York, NY
Society of British Artists from 1868, as well as at the British Institute, Suffolk Street and Portland
Category
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Oil on Board Maritime Harbor Scene Painting with Tall Mast Ship
Located in Big Flats, NY
English oil on board maritime painting depicts nautical harbor scene with tall mast ships
Category
20th Century English Paintings
Large Antique Bronze Ships Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Antique Bronze ships bell
19th Century Bronze Ships Bell comes complete with a new iron
Category
Antique 19th Century British Colonial Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century British Oil Painting Naval Battle Ship in Stormy Seas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipping in Stormy Seas
English School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas: 20 x 30 inches
elaborate antique gilt frame: 26 x 36 inches
condition: very good and presentable
provenan...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tall ship at sea, dramatic sky, crashing waves, maritime oil by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Tall ship at sea, dramatic sky, crashing waves, maritime oil by British Artist
Art measures 18 x
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Sailor
s "Woolwork" But Made of Pearled Cotton of a Merchant Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's "Woolwork" but made of pearled cotton of a Merchant Navy Ship at Sunset,
circa
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Cotton
Huge British Marine Oil Painting Tall Sailing Ship at Sea off Coastline, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sailing Ship
by William John Popham (British, 20th century)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century British Sailor’s Woolie of a Ship-of-the-Line, circa 1840
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century British Sailor’s Woolie of a Ship-of-the-Line, circa 1840, depicting a fully rigged
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Canvas, Wool
British Sailor
s Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George,
Circa 1860
A naive sailor's
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
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British Ships For Sale on 1stDibs
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
Hughes, Michael J. Whitehand and Robert Ernest Roe are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are British Ships?
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.








