Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art

A GOLD AND ENAMEL BURGEE PIN FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB the back stamped 'J.W.B. 375' with Birmingham marks for 1975

A RARE SAFETY/BLACKOUT LANTERN BY ELI GRIFFITHS, CIRCA 1880 heavily constructed in brass with hinged upper and lower handles, thick glass shade wi...

Ø AN INLAID WOODEN SNUFF BOX IN THE FORM OF A SHIP, CIRCA 1870 carved in oak as a ram-bowed battleship with bone and ebony contrasting rim, the li...

A PAIR OF DIVER’S BOOTS with lead-weighted soles, brass toe caps and leather uppers with straps – 14½in. (37cm.) long (2Provenance: Shoreham Ports...

TWO FLINTLOCK SHIP'S PISTOLS FROM THE 1854-56 WEST AFRICA NIGER EXPEDITION STEAM YACHT PLEIAD the locks signed E & W. BOND / LONDON, brass trigger...

ROSS, CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK, A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1839-43 two vol., first e...

KANE, ELISHA KENT, ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 1853, '54, '55 two vol., first edition, engr...

DUFFERIN, LORD, LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES; BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE ... TO ICELAND, JAN MAYEN & SPITSBERGEN IN 1856 second edition, foldin...

ARCTIC DISCOVERIES MEDAL, 1818-55 octagonal silver medal, bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. sledging party with ship beyond, with ‘Pole Star’ susp...

MINIATURE POLAR MEDALS OF THE 1876 AND 1904 ISSUES three dress miniatures of the 1876 silver medal and the 1904 issue (2 – Edward VII, silver, cla...

LT WYATT RAWSON'S HUNTING KNIFE FROM THE 1875 DISCOVERY EXPEDITION the 7½in. steel blade with maker's marks for Underwood London etched WYATT RAWS...

'THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE, BEING THE RECORD OF A JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP GJOA 1903-07' by Roald Amundsen, two vol., first English edition,...

'EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC' by George Seaver published by John Murray, London, 1933, two copies, colour frontispiece, with an introduction by...

'WITH THE AURORA IN THE ANTARCTIC, 1911-1914' by John King Davis, first edition, maps, plans and plates, illustrations in the text, original cloth...

'THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY' by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, two vol, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, that in vol. II a portrait of Sco...

'SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION' by Capt R.F. Scott & Dr. E.A. Wilson, two vol, first edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, large folding map at e...

'THE NORTH POLE' by Robert E. Peary, first edition, photogravure portrait of the author, large folding colour map at end and 116 plates, original ...

'SAGA OF THE DISCOVERY' by Louis Bernacchi, first edition, plates, signed and dated on the title-page, original cloth, 8to, London, Blackie & Son,...

'SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION' by Capt. R.F. Scott & Dr. E.A. Wilson, two vol., plates, original cloth, spine of vol. I slightly stained, 8vo, London, ...

'THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES', EDITED BY SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON AND LOUIS BERNACCHI with a preface by Captain Robert Scott, six parts in three vols., vol...

'THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907-1909' by Ernest Shackleton, two vols., first edition, photogr...

'THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC' two vol., another copy, frontispieces and plates, occasional light foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, vol. II, st...

'SOUTH: THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION, 1914-1917' Ernest Shackleton, colour frontispiece, plain plates, original pictorial cloth, 8vo,...

WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, ACT.1870-1892) H.M.S. 'Myrmidon' Watercolour Signed 'W.M. Thomson, Rochester' (lower left) 8¾ x 13½in. (22 x 3...

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 RARE AND INTERESTING GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM H.M.S. ACTIVE, 1887-88 comprising seven 10 x 8in. sepia tone images with interesting views includ...

A FINELY DETAILED 1:100 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE MONARCH-CLASS COASTAL DEFENCE SHIP WIEN BUILT FOR THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY, 1898 modell...

δ NEVILLE SOTHEBY PITCHER (BRITISH, 1889-1959) Fog – A Collision in the Channel Watercolour and gouache Signed ‘Neville Pitcher’ and dated ‘1904’ ...

δ NORMAN WILKINSON (BRITISH, 1878-1971) An Early Type of Seagoing Turret Ship, 'H.M.S. 'Thunderer', 1863 Watercolour heightened with bodycolour Si...

A NAVAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 1898-1903 130 assorted photographs including eleven photographs of Kobe and other places in Japan, five of Vancouver, 22 ...

A RARE SAILOR'S STRAW SENNET HAT FROM H.M.S. RENOWN, CIRCA 1890 trimmed with cap tally inscribed with ship's name, trimmed in navy blue textile wi...

'REAL SAILOR SONGS' edited by John Ashton with presentation mss inscription to fly, title in red and black, with front index to sections including...

A COMMEMORATIVE ROUND OF HARDTACK, CIRCA 1901 the hardtack stamped 'DY' together with a broad arrow mark and framed within a glazed carved oak fra...

A LATE 19TH CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN'S LOGBOOKS FROM H.M.S. NILE, ETC. kept by Fabian Chapman between 25 September 1894 - 31 January 1897, 189ff., 31 wa...

A NAVAL WATERCOLOUR ALBUM, 1899, kept by Fabian Chapman and including a collection of 15 hand-coloured marine watercolours of, inter alia, H.M.Shi...

COPY LETTER BOOK containing numerous copies of letters from the Admiralty to various correspondents in Chatham, 41pp, including a copious index at...

WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (BRITISH, 1884-1941) Fighter and Fisher; Destroyers Watercolour and gouache Signed and inscribed with titles ‘W.M. Birch...

δ FRANK WATSON WOOD (BRITISH, 1862-1953) A service set of three watercolours comprising a Victoria-class battleship flying the flag of a vice admi...

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF 3IN. NAVAL MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, CIRCA 1890 AND LATER comprising 16 coloured slides of the Royal Navy in the late 19t...

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY H.M. Torpedo boat 57 Watercolour heightened with white 12 x 17½in. (30.5 x 44cm.); together with a chromolithograph p...

A 1¼IN. OFFICER OF THE WATCH TYPE TELESCOPE BY BUSCH OPTICAL CO. FOR GIEVE MATTHEWS & SEAGROVE LTD, CIRCA 1900 the nickel-plated draw tube signed ...

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN BOAT BADGE FROM THE DESTROYER H.M.S. AMBUSCADE, 1913 cast in brass with relief depiction of a flintlock pistol, with ebonise...

A FINE KNOTWORK PICTURE FRAME completed in two-tone twine and containing a modern graphic of H.M.S. Warspite, inscribed to the reverse B.G.Catbush...

AN UNOFFICIAL SHIP'S BADGE FROM THE DESTROYER H.M.S. VANCOUVER, 1917 7¼in. badge cast in brass, with coat-of-arms, mounted on wooden display board...

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BOOKCASE BUILT FOR THE ADMIRAL’S CABIN OF H.M.S. VINDICTIVE, 1899 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE BATTLESHIP CONQUEROR 1912 con...

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN SECONDARY ARMAMENT GUN TAMPION FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES, 1902 mounted on wooden display base, base – 7½in....

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN GUN TAMPION CASTING FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. IRON DUKE, 1912 unmounted -- 12in. (30.5cm.) wide

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN GUN TAMPION FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA, 1911 mounted on wooden display base, base – 12in. (30.5cm.) wide

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN GUN TAMPION FROM THE SEAPLANE CARRIER H.M.S. ARK ROYAL, 1914 mounted on wooden display base, base – 16in. (40.5cm.) high

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN GUN TAMPION FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. AGAMEMNON, 1906 mounted on ebonised wooden display base, base – 19in. (48cm.) wide

AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN GUN TAMPION FROM THE BATTLESHIP CRUISER H.M.A.S. CANBERRA, 1927 mounted on wooden display base, base – 12in. (30.5cm.) wide

H.M.S. INVINCIBLE: GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS, 1906 manuscript on linen, large folding title with yard stamp for 'Sir W.G. Armstong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd...

δ MUIRHEAD BONE (BRITISH, 1876-1953) Onboard the battlecruiser H.M.S. ‘Lion’ Lithograph Signed in pencil ‘Muirhead Bone’ (lower right) Pl. 24 x 17...

δ GERALD M. BURN (BRITISH, B. 1939)H.M. Ships 'Iris' and 'Daffodil' returning from the Zeebrugge Raid, April 1918WatercolourSigned 'Gerald M. Burn...

A MALTESE SILKWORK COMMEMORATING H.M. DRIFTER SUSSEX COUNTY, 1918 worked on black cloth, with profile of the armed drifter flying signal flags, wi...

A MANUSCRIPT NAVAL SHIPBUILDER'S APPRENTICE NOTE AND TECHNICAL DRAWING BOOK, CIRCA 1918 compiled by C.E. Clews, 4th Year Shipwright Apprentice and...

WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL, (BRITISH, 1884-1941) ‘Passing Ships’; 'Passing the Needles I. of W. 1918’ Watercolour and gouache Signed and dated ‘W.M...

AN EMERGENCY BRIDGE 'HEAD' FROM THE ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1915 constructed in copper and brass and stamped to front Bulpitt & Sons, Birmingham, 1915, ...

A BELL FROM THE BRITISH ARMY MINELAYER S.S SIR WILLIAM JERVOIS, 1900 cast in bell metal and inscribed to front Sir William Jervois W↑D with broad ...

A COCKED HAT, EPAULETTES FOR A LIEUTENANT OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1935 by Gieves Ltd, London, with bullion loop and tassels, contained in tôleware box ...