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"North Channel, " Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
painting, but this didn’t affect his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Daniel Pollera, "Mid Autumn Salt Marsh" 40x60 New England Landscape Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
, but this didn’t void his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the United
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Mid Day at East Hampton Beach, " Contemporary Realist Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
affect his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the United States Coast Guard
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sailing Out to the Bay, " Realist Coastal Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the United States Coast Guard and took
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Catboats, " Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
painting, but this didn’t affect his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Into the Light, " Coastal Landscape Painting is
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
sabbatical from painting, but this didn’t affect his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

“Sea Captain”
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper with highlights of white gouache of a sea captain attributed to the American
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1890s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Sea Captain s Telescope Walking Stick
Located in Austin, TX
An American sea captain's walking cane or stick of mahogany, capped with a working retractable
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Antique 19th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Pair Hand Painted Pirate and Sea Captain Sculptures/Bookends
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-631 Pair English hand painted gesso pirate and sea captain sculptures/bookends, circa 1920's.
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Vintage 1920s Bookends

Materials

Gesso

Sea Captain, Elks Magazine Cover, 1927
By Edgar Franklin Wittmack
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left The Elks Magazine Cover, September 1927 of a sea
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1920s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Fox Terrier As A Sea Captain, early 20th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Fox Terrier As A Sea Captain, early 20th Century English School Large early 20th
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed French Oil Portrait of a Sea Captain White Beard and Cap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea Captain French School, late 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 28 x
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid Century Faux Argillite Haida Statue of a "Boston Sea Captain"
Located in Nantucket, MA
Scarce Vintage Museum Replica Faux Argillite Haida Statue of a "Boston Sea Captain," a cast resin
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Vintage 1950s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Resin

Italian Sea Captain Figurative Painting Circa 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3228a oil on canvas board Set in a vintage wood frame Image size 13.5x9.5"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Maritime Sea Captain s Chest from the Sloop Atalanta, circa 1780
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
small drawer. "Benjamin Reeves, Sloop Atalanta, Cap (captain) Frie Luthill." Below is a brief
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Antique Late 18th Century American Federal Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Poplar, Mahogany

An Antique Sea Captain’s Writing Compendium by JC Vickery of Regent Street
Located in London, GB
In Honduras mahogany, cross banded in satinwood, the drop flap upper section is removable, and sits on a base containing cupboards with mahogany lined interior drawers. The writing s...
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Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Handmade High Relief/Diorama Carving, circa 1923
Located in San Francisco, CA
High relief/diorama wooden carving of a schooner by a San Francisco sea captain. Framed in wooden
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Early 20th Century American Nautical Objects

Materials

Glass, Wood

Steadfast Captain at the Helm Portrait of a Bearded Sailor Fishing Captain Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
condition Description: This striking oil painting depicts a seasoned sea captain confidently standing at
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

English Portrait Miniature of a Nobleman in Carved Bone
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine English early 19th century carved bone portrait of a nobleman or sea captain laid down on
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Models and Miniatures

Materials

Bone

Victorian Agate Intaglio Ship Ring
Located in New York, NY
Charming Victorian Intaglio Ship Ring from the late 19th Century, possibly made for a sailor or sea
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, 9k Gold

19th Century English Campaign Lap Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
veneer. These desks were made for sea captains and officers in the field, and known as campaign furniture
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Desks

Materials

Elm

English Mahogany Fitted Portable Pharmacy or Apothecary with Numerous Components
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chest" states it was originally designed for use by "missionaries, sea captains heads of families and
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Antique Late 19th Century English Regency Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Chinese Camphor Antique Chest Luggage Box Table, 1920
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Chinese camphor-wood chests were originally used by westerners (traders, sea captains, military men) in
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Vintage 1920s Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

19th Century Korean Etched Brass Compass Sundial
Located in Stamford, CT
string gnomon support, on three leveling screw feet decorated with red glass beads. Likely a sea captains
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Antique Mid-19th Century Korean Qing Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

"To Have and Have Not" Novel by Ernest Hemingway, circa 1937
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
purgatory of the 'have-nots.'" Morgan, a sea captain and honest man, is forced to run contraband between
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Vintage 1930s Books

Furniture from British India and Ceylon by Amin Jaffer, First Edition
By Amin Jaffer
Located in valatie, NY
and the U.S. in the late 18th c by a group of sea captains from Salem Massachusetts and links between
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Outstanding Ship Captain s Sea Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Outstanding ship Captain's sea chest in either teak or cedar with all original brass fittings and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood

The bar: prohibition speakeasy era faux naif surrealist outsider painting
Located in Norwich, GB
New Guinea, and New Caledonia. He worked as a crocodile hunter, a sea captain and as a planter while
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1930s Outsider Art Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Modern Danish Cigar Box by Andersen Sohoel
Located in Northampton, GB
for a Sea Captain or Naval officer due to the unusual Plimsoll Line symbol. Rosewood has many
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Wood

Woodes Rogers Expedition 1708 Naval Historical Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English sea captain, privateer, and later Governor of the Bahamas, famed for his round-the-world voyage
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20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

“Wilderness Sunset”
Located in Southampton, NY
. ...
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1880s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Sir Francis Drake
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, pirate, naval
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1740s Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Copper

Living in Amsterdam Forgeur, Brigitte Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
sea captain's home in the port, a farmer's house on the outskirts of the city, boat houses and
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20th Century Dutch Baroque Books

Materials

Paper

1980s Italian Woven Pure Wool Vintage Rug Ottavio Missoni for T&J Vestor
By Ottavio Missoni
Located in Firenze, FI
, Vittorio Missoni, was a Friulian sea captain who moved to Dalmatia while it was under Austrian rule.He was
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

1980s Italian Woven Pure Wool "Luxor" Rug Ottavio Missoni for T&J Vestor
By Ottavio Missoni
Located in Firenze, FI
, Vittorio Missoni, was a Friulian sea captain who moved to Dalmatia while it was under Austrian rule.He was
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

Venice (gondolas, arched bridges and villas along a canal of this fabled city)
By André Smith
Located in New Orleans, LA
tied up to the villas. J. André Smith (1880 - 1959) was born in Hong Kong, the son of a sea captain
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Man of Sorrows ( GOOD FRIDAY stylized side profile of Christ in crown of thorns)
By André Smith
Located in New Orleans, LA
. J. André Smith (1880 - 1959) was born in Hong Kong, the son of a sea captain who died at sea. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Man of Sorrows (stylized side profile of Christ wearing crown of thorns)
By André Smith
Located in New Orleans, LA
. J. André Smith (1880 - 1959) was born in Hong Kong, the son of a sea captain who died at sea. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"AVIRONS, Lune dans L Arbre" - wall sculpture, moon, celestial, space, oar
By Corrina Sephora
Located in Atlanta, GA
sea captain grandfather and the boats built by her father. Her mother’s poetry and words also permeate
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2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Iron

"American Beaver Plate #46 Bowen Edition Octavo Suite, Quadruped" Litho
By John James Audubon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, a French merchant and sea captain, and Jeanne Rabine, a chambermaid who died in a slave uprising
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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

19th century color lithograph rabbits animal nature print wildlife
By John James Audubon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Haiti in 1785. He was the illegitimate son of Jean Audubon, a French merchant and sea captain, and
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1840s Academic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Romer Carved Italian Figures Boat Captain Sailor
Located in Ferndale, MI
varied trades people , professionals , hobbyists . These three are sea faring men . Two captains and one
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Junk off the coast of Hong Kong
By Thomas George Purvis
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
in 2014 on our instructions. The painting is signed and dated lower left. A knowledgeable sea
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine American Two Day Marine Chronometer, Signed T. S J. D Negus New York
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
chronometers passed first place in a list of 45 chronometers submitted for testing. Sea captains came to the
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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Table Clocks and De...

Materials

Brass

Sharing with you this very nicely decorated kraak Plate with the well known scen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
condition from the sea. Captain Michael Hatcher and his crew brought up about 25,000 pieces of unbroken
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

The capture of Porto Bello, 21st November 1739 , large oil painting on canvas
By Studio of Samuel Scott
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jenkins, a merchant sea captain, had his ear cut off by a Spanish officer at Havana in 1731 it led to
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1740s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

The Cutty Sark, signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
ship until purchased in 1922 by retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman, who used her as a training ship
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Spanish Galleon in the Tropics in High Seas Oil Impasto on Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
banners and Flags adorned this Galleon and a red robed figure stands looking out to sea from the Captains
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Merton Clivette Flower Still Life
By Merton Clivette
Located in New York, NY
Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, to a retired British sea captain and his wife. After his
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Woodcock" Frank Weston Benson, 1930s Etching of Bird, Sandpiper, Nature
By Frank Weston Benson
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 150 Born in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of a long line of sea captains, Benson first
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1930s Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Voyage and Exploration Books, Fridtjof Nansen
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
the Kara and Laptev Seas. Otto Sverdrup, the captain of the Fram, used his intuition of the arctic
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Antique 1890s British Books

Watching the Sunset , Contemporary Realist Marine Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
, chairs, wyeth-inspired, sea, seascape, landscape, traditional, classic ABOUT DANIEL POLLERA BIOGRAPHY
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

The Smith s Bay House , Contemporary Realist Marine Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
painting, but this didn’t void his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Ominous Front , Contemporary Realist Marine Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
, chairs, wyeth-inspired, sea, seascape, landscape, traditional, classic Professionally framed in an
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seaman Bay House
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
, chairs, wyeth-inspired, sea, seascape, landscape, traditional, classic Professionally framed in an
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Back Bay of Quogue
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
, chairs, wyeth-inspired, sea, seascape, sailing, landscape, traditional, classic Professionally framed in
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Partners For Life, " Contemporary Realist Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
ready, luxury, gift, water, chairs, wyeth-inspired, sea, seascape, landscape, traditional, classic
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

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