Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art

CAPTAIN ROTHERAM'S SURVIVING COPY OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA DAMAGED IN HIS CABIN ABOARD COLLINGWOOD'S FLAGSHIP, H.M.S. ROYAL SOVEREIGN, AT TH...

CAPTAIN ROTHERAM'S MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (C.B.) Military Division, Companion’s breast badge, 1815 issue, in 22ct gold and enamel, with...

Ø A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN EDWARD ROTHERAM watercolour on ivory, circa 1800, oval approx. -- 3 x 2½in. (7.5 x 6.5cm.), framed Provenance: C...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CIRCULAR TREEN SNUFF BOX MADE OF TIMBER TAKEN FROM ROYAL SOVEREIGN interior with label stating A piece of the Royal Sovereig...

CHARLES HOWICK, SECOND EARL GREY (1764-1845), FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (1806): AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 29TH JULY 1806 which accompanied the small nav...

STATEMENT OF THE SERVICES OF CAPTAIN EDWARD ROTHERAM IN THE ROYAL NAVY two pages, undated, 4to, torn, together with facsimile copies of The Times ...

Ø A GROUP OF PORTRAITS FROM THE ROTHERAM FAMILY comprising a portrait miniature of a naval officer, watercolour on ivory, cased, circa 1820 -- 3 x...

Ø ATTRIBUTED TO HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON (1739-1808) Portrait of a lady identified as Dorothea Rotheram, wife of Captain Rotheram, circa 1790 Coloure...

ATTRIBUTED TO DANIEL GARDNER (1750-1805) A Rotheram Family Portrait of a Young Lady, circa 1790 Pastel and gouache 10½ x 8¼in. (26.5 x 21cm.) Prov...

A FINE FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE MODEL FOR H.M.S. CALEDONIA the 10in. hull planked and pinned with bone, baleen main and secondary wa...

A FINE CAT O’ NINE TAILS, 20TH CENTURY with 17in. twine-clad wooden handle terminating in a Turk’s head knot with suspension loop, supporting nine...

GEORGE GUSTAVUS LENNOCK R.N. (BRITISH, CIRCA 1775-1866) Two frigates of the Blue Squadron positioning themselves prior to opening fire Watercolour...

Ø AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN'S DIRK unsigned, 6½in. plain tapered steel blade, gilt brass disk, turned ivory grip, contained within leather ...

A SET OF LATE 18TH CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN'S GILT BRASS SWORD BELT MOUNTINGS comprising an S-hook, chest buckle, suspension hook etc., each with finely...

A REPRODUCTION ‘LITTLE ADMIRAL’ CHANDLER’S SIGN carved in wood and finished in polychrome, depicting a naval officer of circa 1800 in uniform coat...

A FINELY CONSTRUCTED 1:48 SCALE ADMIRALTY BOARD STYLE MODEL FOR A 38-GUN ARTOIS CLASS FRIGATE OF CIRCA 1793 modelled by J. Butler in boxwood with ...

‘A GENERAL CHART: EXHIBITING THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY CAPTAIN JAMES COOK…IN THIS AND HIS TWO PRECEEDING VOYAGES; WITH THE TRACKS OF THE SHIPS UNDER...

A LARGE EARLY 19TH CENTURY-STYLE ‘SAILOR'S FRIEND’with 695g lead head, covered in knotted twine connected to rope shaft with Turk's head knot and ...

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY BOSUN'S 'STARTER' flexible shaft with lead ball ends encased in spiral twine-work -- 20in. (51cm.) long

Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE COSH turned from a section of whale's vertebrae with twine-work grip -- 15in. (38cm.); 460gCondition report: Time stain...

A 19TH CENTURY PARIANWARE BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON probably by Robinson & Leadbetter, with threaded attachment to socle base -- 11in. (28cm.) h...

A TRAFALGAR BROADSIDE: ‘A PLAN OF THE ATTACK BY LORD NELSON OF THE COMBINED FLEET, OCTOBER 21ST, 1805’ published by R. Dodd, November 1805 and pri...

CMDR GEOFF HUNT R.N. (BRITISH, B. 1948) The opening stages of Trafalgar depicting H.M.S. 'Victory' raking the 'Redoubtable' Oil on lid of papier-m...

CMDR GEOFF HUNT R.N. (BRITISH, B. 1948) After William Lionel Wyllie: Trafalgar at 2:30pm Oil on lid of antique papier-mâché snuff box Signed ‘G.G....

ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1810 H.M.S. 'Victory' Oil on panel 7¼ x 10½in. (18.5 x 27cm.); framed within a giltwood overmantel mirror, overall size -- 3...

A SCOTTISH GEORGE III SILVER GILT SNUFF BOX COMMEMORATING NELSON marks of Edinburgh, circa 1810 (date letter obscured), plain rectangular, cover m...

A SEA SERVICE FLINTLOCK MUSKET FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1830 with 26in. barrel, tower lock, trigger with brass guard, steel ramrod and brass butt...

A ROYAL NAVY SEA SERVICE CUTLASS, CIRCA 1805 the 24in. steel blade with pipe back showing signs of use, two-disc type hilt, with cast iron grip --...

Ø AN IVORY BREEZE FAN COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798 with 27 finely pierced sticks each with polychrome cartouche at centre with depic...

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MONUMENTAL OAK LEAF FRAME MADE FROM VICTORY TIMBER with indistinct label on reverse stating: “…This frame is made of the tim...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY, ENGLISH SAILORWORK, CARVED OAK BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON depicted in uniform -- 9in. (23cm.) highCondition report: good c...

A COOPERED WOODEN WATER BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with stout wooden cross-piece carrying handle with iron suspension ring, th...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY TABLE SNUFF BOX, COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR the lid with transfer of the action inscribed inside ‘VICTORY BATTLE ...

A GEORGE III SILVER GILT MOUNTED SHIP’S TIMBER OAK SNUFF BOX marks for London 1818, mounted on the cover with a foliate bordered plaque stating CE...

A LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK PORTABLE WRITING SLOPE, MADE FROM TIMBERS OF LORD NELSON’S FLAGSHIP FOUDROYANT by Fletchers Antique Furniture and The Foud...

NELSON a wrapper inscribed 'Alexr Davison Esqr St James's Square London', written in Nelson's left hand, stamped Plymouth 220, with red seal, post...

MANNER OF THOMAS LUNY (ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY) A ‘74’ making sail out of the harbour at Naples with a vice-admiral of the Red aboard Oil on ca...

A GEORGE III SAILOR’S SILVER TOBACCO BOX maker’s mark of William Key, London 1785, plain oval, the cover engraved with a frigate at sea, the base ...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY, NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR, POLYCHROME BONE CALVARY containing a vivo of Christ attended by his mother and Mary Magdalene, ...

AN ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH, NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR, BONE SHIP MODEL FOR A FIRST-RATE SHIP OF THE LINE the 7in. hull, planked, pin...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH, NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE DOMINO SET with sliding lid, with inset watercolour of a contemporary lady, to a boo...

A LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH FLAG SIGNAL TABLE ‘TABLEAU DES ORDRES PARTICULIERS, À L’ANCRE’ comprising two sheets of vellum with pinholes and slot c...

Ø A LATE 18TH CENTURY NAVAL DIRK BY GOLDNEY, LONDON the 18½in. steel blade, engraved on both sides with the royal arms and cartouche inscription ‘...

A FINE REGULATION DIRK FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1930 with 18in. etched steel blade with cypher for George IV and signed for ‘Gieve, Matthews & Se...

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER PATCH BOX COMMEMORATING EMMA HAMILTON unmarked, the lid with polychrome enamel depicting Emma Hamilton in arcadian se...

A LARGE NELSON COMMEMORATIVE STERLING SILVER CAKE SLICE shield-shaped with handle modelled as Admiral Lord Nelson standing on a column plinth, imp...

A BILSTONWARE PATCH BOX CELEBRATING THE PEACE OF AMIENS, CIRCA 1803 the lid with two allegories of Fame and Plenty inscribed Fame proclaiming her ...

AN IMPRESSIVE 2¼IN. SINGLE-DRAW MARINE TELESCOPE OF CIRCA 1838, OWNED BY CAPTAIN J. JERVIS TUCKER unsigned, the 45½in. tapering main tube with sin...

A 2IN. SINGLE DRAW MARINE TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 the 34¾in. tapering wooden tube with single draw signed as per title, with remn...

A ½IN. SINGLE DRAW OCTAGONAL MARINE TELESCOPE OF CIRCA 1780 unsigned, the 11½in. wooden tube with objective assembly and dust slide, tapering eyep...

A ⅛IN. SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE 12-GUN BRIG OF WAR H.M.S. NAUTILUS OF CIRCA 1840modelled by E.V. Fry circa 1968 to the drawings of H.S. U...

SCHOOL OF THOMAS BUTTERSWORTH (BRITISH, 1768-1842) An Anglo-French action involving brigs and armed luggers Oil on canvas 16½ x 24½in. (42 x 62.5c...

ADMIRAL SIR [WILLIAM] SIDNEY SMITH an autograph letter to Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, in French, Paris, 12 May 1834, in which Smith thanks Brunel fo...

A WELL-PRESENTED SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. REDOUBTABLE, CIRCA 1813 modelled by E.V. Fry circa 1968 with carved 13in. hull painted copper below the wat...

A LARGE TURNED MAHOGANY TABLE TOBACCO BOX, MADE FROM THE TIMBER OF H.M.S. GIBRALTAR (1749), CIRCA 1836 interior with a glazed manuscript label sta...

FOLLOWER OF SIR OSWALD WALTERS BRIERLY (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY) H.M.S. ‘Impérieuse’ 50 guns at anchor in the Downs with crew furling her sails Wate...

A DUTCH 19TH CENTURY RUDDER HEAD CARVING DEPICTING FLORAbelieved to be from an early 19th century Dutch inland freight ship, carved from limewood ...

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR A.L.s to Mrs Phillips, La Grange, Georgia, 3pp, 8vo written with a miserable pen on very bad paper by Franklin Buchanan, Americ...

‘TRANSATLANTIC AND COASTWISE STEAMSHIP FUNNEL MARKS, HOUSE-FLAGS AND NIGHT-SIGNALS’ published by Pelletreau & Raynor, New York, June 1875, 92 page...

'A COLLECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD' Brightly & Childs, Bungay (Suffolk), 1813, containing 15 plates and featuring 23...