Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art

AN INTERESTING BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE COMPOSITE TEA CLIPPER MAITLAND BUILT FOR JOHN KELSO BY WILLIAM PILE, SUNDERLAND, 1865 the 48in. ...

A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRASS RUDDER YOKE in the form of two opposing anchors, the shackles holding the sheaths -- 21in. (53.5cm.) wideCondition repor...

P. STEEL: 'NAVAL ARCHITECTURE' modern facsimile of plate vol. only, 38 double-page and folding engraved plates for various naval vessels, original...

OSWALD WALTER BRIERLY (BRITISH, 1817-1894) Fogo; The Yacht ‘Wanderer’; Porto-Santo Pencil drawings, two heightened with white Set of three, all si...

From a private collection of early naval silver A VERY RARE CHARLES II PRESENTATION NAVAL SILVER TANKARD maker’s mark probably of Francis Singleto...

A SEALED ONION BOTTLE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIAMAN HOLLANDIA, WRECKED 1743 the bottle with deep pontil, cork in situ and re...

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POWDER HORN inscribed in the round with flora and fauna including birds, owl, deer, pheasants, zebra etc....

Ø A CARVED SPERM WHALE TOOTH LOG STAMP depicting a sperm whale with raised tail, open jaw, eye and fins, lozenge-shaped stamp, inscribed ‘s’, now ...

Ø AN UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised overall and depicting a whaler entitled 'Maria NB', a bucket of whaler's tools, a dancing l...

A BELL COMMEMORATING THE S.S. EMPRESS OF CANADA, CIRCA 1954 cast in brass from the propeller and inscribed S.S. Empress of Canada, presented to Li...

A 1:24 SCALE BUILDER'S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE STEAM TRAWLER CAENEUS, BUILT BY COCHRANE & SONS, SELBY, FOR THE EQUITABLE STEAM FISHING CO. LTD, G...

ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907) The steam yacht ‘White Ladye’ off Naples, circa 1892 Watercolour and gouache Signed ‘De Simone’ (lower righ...

A 1:48 SCALE ADMIRALTY BOARD STYLE MODEL OF THE 100 GUN FIRST-RATE SHIP OF THE LINE ROYAL WILLIAM AS REBUILT TO THE 1719 ESTABLISHMENT, THOUGHT TO...

A SYMPATHETICALLY RESTORED 1:32 SCALE CONTEMPORARY GEORGIAN DOCKYARD MODEL OF THE YACHT PORTSMOUTH OF 1703 THOUGHT TO REPRESENT HER AS SHE APPEARE...

A FINE 1:48 SCALE ADMIRALTY BOARD STYLE MODEL OF THE 100 GUN FIRST-RATE SHIP ROYAL GEORGE [1756] the 42in. planked and pinned hull with ebonised m...

AN EXCEPTIONAL 1:72 SCALE MODEL OF THE 50 GUN SALISBURY CLASS SHIP CENTURION [1774] the 24in. planked hull copper sheathed below the waterline, eb...

AFTER FRANCIS COATES (19TH CENTURY) Portrait of John Jervis, Earl of St.Vincent, circa 1769 Oil on canvas 49 x 39in. (124.5 x 99cm.) Provenance: J...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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...

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 --...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A FINE SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE, CIRCA 1860 depicting a three deck first-rate of the Royal Navy at anchor, dressed overall with funnel raised and...

A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE depicting a Royal Navy man-o'-war off a French headland -- 14½ x 22in. (37 x 56cm.)Condition report: Some...

SHIP'S LOG FOR H.M.S. JUPITER AND H.M.S. TERRIBLE steaming from England to Gibraltar back to Chatham and thence steaming over the north coast of I...

SHIP'S LOG FOR THE PADDLE SLOOP H.M.S. VESUVIUS, 1841-44 under the command of Commodore Erasmus Ommanney, folio, written in two hands, 1841-1844, ...

A RELIC MADE FROM BRASS FROM THE WRECK OF S.M.S. U.C.-44, CIRCA 1917 modelled as a waterline conning tower of the submarine and inscribed over bot...

A PRESENTATION/LAUNCHING ANCHOR COMMEMORATING THE GERMAN GUNBOAT S.M.K. BT EBER, CIRCA 1903 the 7in. anchor constructed in lacquered brass and ins...

The following three lots all depict vessels that took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. Shown here in active service, by the time of the R...

RONNY MOORTGAT (CONTINENTAL, B. 1951) H.M.S. ‘Iphigenia’; H.M.Submarine ‘C3’ and naval shipping off Portsmouth, circa 1914 Watercolour Signed ‘Ron...

THE SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. SHIKARI, 1919 cast in brass in naval brown, ship's name and rope border, mounted on shaped wooden display board -- 17...

THE SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. MACKAY, 1919 cast in brass in naval brown, ship's name and rope border, mounted on shaped wooden display board -- 17 ...

THE SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. TARTAR, 1939 cast in brass in naval brown, ship's name and rope border, mounted on shaped wooden display board -- 17 ...