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Set of Eight Ship s Galley Folding Chairs, Teak, Midcentury
Located in Nantucket, MA
This is a set of eight folding teak chairs from a Mid-Century merchant ship's galley. They fold up
Category

Mid-20th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Teak

Nautical Mid-Century Russian Ship Light
Located in Nantucket, MA
This is an iron and chrome ship light from a Russian merchant ship from the mid 1900's. It has
Category

20th Century Russian Industrial Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Chrome, Iron

Pair of Copper and Brass Mid-Century Ship s Deck Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning pair of copper and brass deck lights used on Mid-Century merchant ships to unload cargo
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Copper, Iron

Pair of Mid-Century, Copper and Brass Nautical Ship s Deck Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
Fabulous pair of salvaged copper and brass deck lights from a Mid-Century merchant ship and were
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pair of Brass Passageway Lights from Mid-Century Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
Fine pair of brass passageway lights from a Mid-Century merchant ship. Rewired for American use and
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Pair of Ship s Brass and Copper Passageway Lights, Mid-Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of brass and copper passageway lights from a merchant ship, mid-century. The lights are a
Category

Mid-20th Century European Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pair of Copper and Brass Mid-Century Ship s Deck Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of Mid-Century copper and brass ship's deck lights from a working merchant ship. Traces of
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Copper

Ship s Nautical Adjustable Desk Lights with Original Paint, Russian, Midcentury
Located in Nantucket, MA
From a Russian merchant ship, two adjustable desk lamps with original paint. Chrome hardware and on
Category

Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

1940 s Italian Iron Hanging Lamp with Sailing Ship after Gio Ponti
Located in Hanover, MA
a model of an 18th century three masted merchant ship. Three glass globes each hold one standard
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Empire Revival Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Nautical Antique Ship Passageway Lights in Brass, Mid-Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of brass passageway lights from a merchant ship. The arm is adjustable and could actually
Category

20th Century European Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Nautical Antique Ship s Anemometer and Aerovane, Midcentury
Located in Nantucket, MA
This is a cool midcentury nautical instrument from a merchant ship. An anemometer used to measure
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

British Large Woolwork Woolie of Three Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
wool depicts three ships- a port side view of The Merchant ship Ada, another sail-ing vessel off her
Category

Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Mid-Century Ship s Nautical Chrome Anemometer and Aerovane
Located in Nantucket, MA
From a working merchant ship, this Mid-Century anemometer and aerovane were mounted on the top of
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Chrome

18th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Shipping Merchant with Ship Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
overseas trade. His merchant ship is depicted on the high seas beside him, whilst his favourite dog stands
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Antique Nautical Brass Passageway Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of mid century brass passageway lights from a merchant ship. Price quoted is for a pair. The
Category

20th Century Industrial Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

George C. Sharp Inc. "Art Deco" Ship Image
Located in Philadelphia, PA
merchant ships for the U.S. Department of Commerce. During World War II Sharp designed the standardized
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

19th Century New England Portrait of Girl with Sailing Ship
Located in Winter Park, FL
merchants, ship captains, and owners of vessels involved in foreign trade, and the whaling industry.
Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

British Sailor s Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff
Located in Downingtown, PA
merchant ship is depicted sailing towards the shore, while in the foreground, a portside view of a Thames
Category

Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Sailors Woolwork of Two Full Rigged Ships
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
history including the America’s Cup, the age of the clipper ships and merchant ships through to the great
Category

1860s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool, Dye

1970s Astonishing Belem Model Ship. Handmade. Made in England
Located in Milano, IT
H inches cm 51 x cm 9 x cm 44 H (1896-1913) The Belem was a merchant ship then in 1914 became a
Category

Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

Materials

Wood

Ship Model of the Harvey, 1847, Baltimore, Maryland in Case
Located in Savannah, GA
Boyle captured 45 British merchant ships. The Chasseur was later nicknamed the "Pride of Baltimore" and
Category

Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures

Art Deco Asprey HM Submarine Unruffled Silver Box, 1941
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
of her eventful wartime career in the Mediterranean, where she sank the Vichy-French merchant ship
Category

Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

USS Doherty DE-14 Painting by Worden Wood
Located in Norwell, MA
camouflage for American merchant ships. Matted and framed. Frame has mounting holes. Weight: 7 lbs. Overall
Category

Vintage 1940s North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

WWII Molly Pitcher 1943 Ship Hatch Whale Form Anchor Nautical Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Steam Merchant Ship "Molly Pitcher" (WWII, 1943). This custom table was created from the ship hatch of
Category

Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

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

The Mist, Anglers
By Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
Located in New York, NY
supervised the camouflaging of merchant ships!), then Santa Fe and a host of other U.S. locations ending up
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Antique Map of the West Indies with a view of Merchants
Located in Langweer, NL
an elaborate view on the right, the scene depicts traders and merchants loading their ships
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

"Navy Day / October 27" Vintage WWII Poster by John Falter, circa 1940s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
special committee of the Continental Congress favoring the purchase of merchant ships as the foundation of
Category

Vintage 1940s American Posters

Vintage USS Constitution Plaque
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
numerous merchant ships. Her most famous sea battle was against the HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova
Category

Vintage 1920s Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Bronze

Large Vintage Model, France II, English, Mahogany, Collectible, Ship, Display
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
any merchant sailing ship. A five-mast barque design with steel hull, it was designed for the passage
Category

20th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Mahogany

Chinese Oil Painting of American Navy Ship, USS Lancaster, 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
where the captains of these merchant and navy sailing ships ordered paintings from local artists
Category

Antique 1890s Chinese Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas

18th-Century Old Master Painting Harbor Scene with Tall Ships Fortifications
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
dramatic harbor scene with tall sailing ships, likely merchant or naval vessels, anchored near a fortified
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sephardic Rabbi, Middle Eastern Expressionist Mid Century Orientalist Painting
By William Weintraub
Located in Surfside, FL
Mediterranean as a radio officer on American merchant ships. After World War II, Weintraub joined the rescue
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Sephardic Rabbi, Middle Eastern Expressionist Mid Century Orientalist Painting
By William Weintraub
Located in Surfside, FL
Mediterranean as a radio officer on American merchant ships. After World War II, Weintraub joined the rescue
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Middle Eastern Expressionist Orientalist Oil Painting Jewish or Arab Child
By William Weintraub
Located in Surfside, FL
to Europe and the Mediterranean as a radio officer on American merchant ships. After World War II
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

The USS OHIO Leaving San Pedro, 1849
By J. Duncan Gleason
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
naval and yachting history including the America’s Cup, the age of the clipper ships and merchant ships
Category

1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Historic Antique Civil War Walking Stick Cane of General Joe Hooker
Located in Dayton, OH
several attacks on British merchant ships. Left without a command in 1787, he joined the Imperial Russian
Category

Antique 19th Century American Classical Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century China Trade Tea Clipper in full sail at Sea, sailing
Located in Woodbury, CT
trade and maritime history. These portraits, often commissioned by wealthy merchants and ship owners
Category

1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 18th century Italian landscape painting - Coastal view - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
European painter (18th-19th century) - The arrival of the merchants by ship. 48 x 66 cm without
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Japanese Antique Map and View of Yokohama, 1861, Rare Early Woodblock Print
Located in South Burlington, VT
and European foreign trade ships, and western merchant visitation buildings of the area known as
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

Materials

Paper

Ragazza al Bar (Girl at Bar)
Located in San Francisco, CA
. He served in the Merchant Navy, embarked on the ships of the “Società Italia” company. He served on
Category

1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th century framed Dutch European Marine Scene Painting
Located in Leesburg, VA
, probably a merchant sailing ship, while a steam liner and sailing vessel appear in the distance along the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Dutch High Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Mid-Century Japanese Wood Block Print "The Water Lily Season" by Hide Kawanishi
Located in San Diego, CA
affluent family of merchants and ship-owners with a long tradition in commerce. His family by chance owned
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Ancient Ghetto - Disappeared Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
from shop to shop, from homes to second-hand clothing merchants. This object is shipped from Italy
Category

Early 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cape Cod Gardens and Houses by Catherine Fallin Taylor Lewis Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
merchant seamen, whaling ships and the China trade, pirates and commercial fishermen, the Cape was settled
Category

20th Century American American Classical Books

Materials

Paper

Hand Carved Merchant Ship Model in Domed Case
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
A model of a late 19th Century French merchant vessel with sails down. Models like these were made
Category

Antique 19th Century French Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood, Glass

Saturday sale Pair of Antique Cargo Ship Pulley s
Located in Miami, Miami Design District, FL
Boston merchant ship perfect entrance piece for garden on the water
Category

Vintage 1940s American More Furniture and Collectibles

Marinescape by George Schmidt
Located in Hudson, NY
Merchant ship entering Hamburg harbor by German artist George Schmidt, late nineteenth century
Category

20th Century German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Industrial Zinc Top Center Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
base with great patina from a merchant ship
Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Center Tables

Battleship off Damiette, Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Vilhena ordered to Jacques-François de Chambray to seize a convoy of 40 ottomans merchant ships.
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Paintings

Sovereign of the Seas Clipper Ship Model
Located in Essex, MA
launched her in 1852. An extreme clipper, she was considered the largest merchant ship of her day and may
Category

Antique 1880s American Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique Military Large American Ships Bronze Signal Cannon
Located in Palm City, FL
, full size, cast bronze cannon in a style that was used by both Naval and Merchant ships in lieu of
Category

Antique 19th Century American Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Iron

Antique English Creamware Pottery Pitcher American Independence, circa 1800
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
". Right side of the pitcher with an American Merchant Ship flying an American Flag with 15 stars. The
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Pitchers

Original Cruise Ship Poster - To USA United States Lines American Merchant Lines
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster: To U.S.A. United States Lines American Merchant Lines
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

George V Silver and Enamel Bookmark Flag of Alfred Holt Co, Blue Funnel Linea
By Mappin Webb
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
Blue Funnel Line, was a UK shipping company that was founded in 1866 and operated merchant ships for
Category

Vintage 1920s English Other Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

China Poblana-National Dress of Mexico
Located in Mexico City, DF
merchant ship. Her exciting silk dress of green and reds adorned with jewels was considered quite
Category

Vintage 1960s Mexican Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Cotton, Nylon, Sequins

15th Century Salvaged Shipwreck Sawankhalok Jar, Royal Nanhai, circa 1460
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
Recovered from the Thai merchant ship ‘Royal Nanhai’ which sunk in 1460, with the wreck being
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Thai Jars

Materials

Stoneware

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Merchant Ship For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal merchant ship for your home. A merchant ship — often made from fabric, wool and wood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a merchant ship — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A merchant ship, designed in the Folk Art, Victorian or Industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made merchant ship has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by William Howard Yorke, James Hardy and James O'Shea are consistently popular.

How Much is a Merchant Ship?

A merchant ship can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,793, while the lowest priced sells for $547 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.