18th Century Nautical Objects

"18th Century Maritime Hourglass 30 Second Stopwatch" 18th-Century Maritime Sandglass 30-Second Log Timer Hand-Blown Glass, Original Wood Frame, Nautical Navigation Instrument Heig...

Origin: Holland Value: 2 pennies / 2 stuiver Date: 1724 A VOC Akerendam shipwreck treasure of nine 2 stuivers minted by the Province of Holland ...

English bronze thunder mug signal cannon with decorative central ring, original side handle, lower fuse port, and resting on circular ringed base. Late 18t...

English Camphor wood sea captain's chest with hinged top, exposed corner dovetailing, original mounted braided beckets, and terminating on the original rectangular molded edge base....

18th century Giacomo Guardi old master painting of Venetian Lagoon. Provenance. Old master painting in oil on canvas by the artist Giacomo Guardi (1764...

Description: Antique map titled 'Paskaarte van de rievier de Elve streckende van Oldenbroek tot Hamburgh.' Rare and interesting chart of the East Frisian Islands (or Watten) and th...

Antique print titled 'Dards pour la Pêche (..)'. Copper engraving of darts for fishing and a kayak. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)' by An...

Print by engraving on copper plate Tav III TIX fig. 17-22 from the volume Navigazione; with frame 28 x 33. Some calculations are depicted. Very good condition. Shipping is insured by...

Liverpool Pearlware Plates decorated with Ships, Pair, Circa 1800. The Liverpool pottery pearlware plates with black rim are each printed with the i...

A historically important 18th century piece of interior from the Swedish King Gustav III:s yacht Amphion built in 1777-1778. One of the last pieces in private hands to have survive...

A Chinese export porcelain VOC (Dutch East India Company) dish Canton, Yongzheng period, circa 1730 Diam. 23 cm Executed in rose-pink, ...

Sundial with compass and case. Bronze. BION, Nicholas. Paris, 18th century. Polygonal sundial with a bird-shaped gnomon and engraved triangular piece, which presents, on one side, ...

Sundial and compass with case. Bronze. SCHRETTEGGER, Johan. Augsburg, Germany, around 1800. Sundial with a polygonal shape made of bronze, engraved with plant elements on the front,...

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on the marina: planes, construction, carpentry, tree trunks, armaments of maneuvers, ropes, sails, artillery, ship maneuvers and combat tactics). This is the plate no. n. 26, pag. 70 fig. 350-353; with frame cm 38.3 x 31.5. Ship ropes are depicted. The Print has the "Benard direxit...

The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George Welstead, purchased with prize money from the East India Company, 1805, in the form of a footed cup with a separate cover, with two arched scrolling acanthus handles, incised and chased with a band of scrolling vines and a continuous thick garland of flowers suspended by two tied bows around two cartouches, one with a later applied panel showing the coat of arms of the East India Company (a shield surmounted by a helmet, flanked by lion supporters each holding a British standard, motto ‘Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliæ’), the other with six putti driving a cart pulled by a pair of lionesses, the cover with a collar of pointed leaves and the Welstead family crest (a hind trippant), the foot with an inscription stating ‘A remembrance of the East India Company’s Present, to Captn G. Welstead, of four hundred guineas. June 11, 1805′. Assay marks for WH, London, 1795. English. Condition: repairs to old damage on the stem. Provenance: The collection of Carl De Santis, sold at Christie’s, 17th March 1999, lot 91 Sold subsequently at Sotheby’s 4th November 2011, lot 253 This is a fascinating documentary item. It is not, in itself, a presentation piece of plate. The wording makes it clear that Welstead was presented with money so he must have chosen to buy this piece with some of his prize to remember his success in the future. This also explains why the vase, probably bought second hand, predates the inscription by 10 years and has a later panel with the East India Coat of Arms applied to one side. Unfortunately, the precise reason for the award of 400 Guineas to Welstead in 1805 is not recorded. At this point he was captain of the East Indiaman Euphrates and it is recorded in Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping, Vol. 68, pp. 134 & 162, that Lloyds of London presented him with a “silver tureen” for successfully refloating the vessel when she had run aground in the Hooghli river. It is quite likely the HEIC rewarded him for this same event. Welstead received several gifts of silver during the course of his incredibly successful career, including having a bespoke presentation centrepiece commissioned for him through a subscription by the grateful officers on his ship circa 1825. A superb design drawing for an extraordinary chinoiserie silver centrepiece, made by the firm of Green, Ward & Co-rivals to Rundell Bridge and Rundell...

The openwork gold pendent mount supports a three sided faceted quartz, each side seal engraved respectively with the crest of Hood within the motto ‘Tria Juncta in Uno for the Order ...

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century,volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on the marina: planes, construction, carpentry, tree trunks, armaments of maneuvers, ropes, sails, artillery, ship maneuvers and combat tactics). This is the plate no. n. 24, pag. 69 fig. 341 ; with frame cm 38.3 x 31.5. Ship ropes are depicted. The Print has the "Benard direxit...

Stick barometer mounted on a mahogany board complete with vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure signed by Jesse Ramsden, end of the 18th century. Very good condition...

FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770, , 50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed ‘F. Ringheim’and one ea...

A George III shaped circular silver salver, plain within a shell and scrolling wave border and outer gadrooned edge, engraved with the royal coat of arms, crest and motto (period 1714-1800) of King George III and, on the reverse with a presentation inscription: For the Launching of His Majestys sloop ‘Otter’ 14 Gunns 305 Tonns 26 October 1767 & His Majestys ship ‘Egmont’ 74 Gunns 1643 Tonns 29 August 1768 by Mr Adam Hayes Master Shipwright of his Majestys yard at Deptford; further monogrammed A*H P A*M. Hallmarked for Benjamin Cartwright, London, 1769 Adam Hayes (1710-1785) began his career as ship’s carpenter in Centurion during Commodore Anson’s famous voyage around the world...

Antique map titled 'Comitatus Zelandiae Tabula emendata a Frederico De Wit'. Decorative sea chart of Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands. Although the title reads F. de Wit, thi...

Antique print titled '1. Umiak ou Bateau de Femmes 2. Kaiak ou Canot à un seul Homme'. Copper engraving of an Umiak or women's boat and a one man kayak or canoe. This print originate...

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...

Antique print titled 'Der Anmuth Samel Plaz ist dieses Blat zu heissen (..)'. Old print depicting an outdoor banquet near a port. Depicted are various ships and figures. Artists a...

Description: Plate no.34: 'Vaisseaux chinois.' (Chinese vessels.) This original auhentic plate originates from: 'Reize rondom de werreld, Gedaan in de jaaren 1740 tot 1744, door den ...

Antique print titled 'A Canoe of Tchoka, or Segalian Island, opposite the East Coast of Tartary first explored by M. de la Perouse'. Engraving of a canoe of Chukotka, Russia. Source ...

Fine Georgian mahogany bow fronted stick barometer. Bow fronted glass set in front of the silvered register plate with sliding vernier controlled by an ivory turned knob. Concertina ...

This rare authentic old antique print / plate originates from: 'Nieuwe atlas, van de voornaamste gebouwen en gezigten der stad Amsterdam, met derzelver beknopte beschryvingen.' (tran...

John Thomas Serres 1759-1825 was an English maritime painter who enjoyed significant success, including exhibiting extensively at the Royal Academy,...

Description: Antique print titled 'Japanese boat'. Two views of Japanes boats. This print originates from 'Charts And Plates To La Perouse's Voyage'. Ar...

Antique map titled 'A Chart of the Straits of Gibraltar'. This chart shows the tides running through the Straits of Gibraltar, between southern Spain and northern Africa. Tide tables...

A mid 18th century Naval ship’s elm single pulley block, made in three parts – pulley, pin and shell. Height: 38 cm. Width: 30 cm. Depth: 15 cm. In sailing, a block is a sin...

A charming late 18th century pen and ink wash group of portrait sketches on paper, housed in a glazed period gilt wood frame. Some elderly ...

This charming keepsake comprises an oval paper lined wooden box and lid, formally a pill or pantry box, held together with a pink ribbon, inscribed on the lid The Lady Hamilton’s Orange blossom. Lord Nelsons. Lady Hamilton. Given to me by my cousin Nellies husband, nee Nellie Harwood. Given to her by her cousin Sarah Woodrow. Alice M. Eastwood. In a domed glass case with later fabric wedding favors...

A collection of five 18th and 19th century antique eel spears acquired from an East Anglian collection. Also known as gleeves, these spears date fr...

This small oval George III silver salver is raised on four scroll feet with a plain field and curvetto within a triple reed border. The reverse is engraved ‘June 18th 1803 Valentine Munden’s Prize Money when on board the Exeter East Indiaman for the Capture of the French Frigate La Medée.’ Maker’s mark of John Crouch & Thomas Hannam, London 1792. The naval action took place on the 4th of August 1800 off the coast of Brazil. On that morning, the Royal Navy escort, Belliqueux sighted a squadron of French frigates and, giving chase, captured the largest ship La Concorde whilst the East Indiamen, Exeter and Bombay Castle pursued and took the surrender of La Medée. The Coutts and Neptune were unsuccessful in capturing a third frigate La Franchaise, but the action stands out as the only occasion during the Napoleonic Wars when a merchant vessel captured a French ship of war...