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Making Waves and a Big Splash with U.S. Navy China Tableware, U.S. Navy Silverware, Antique Naval, Maritime Furniture, and Nautical Furniture, and Vintage Nautical Home Furnishings. Pirate Chests, Sea Chests, Pirate Treasure Chests, and More! ONLY Authentic Vintage Old Navy Nautical Gifts make Perfect Welcome Home Gifts and Nautical Wedding Gifts or for Nautical Wedding Receptions
No cheesy reproductions found here, only cheesy sailors!
Winter 2013 The Pirates Lair now has introduced an entirely dedicated web page to its Twitter Account #VirginiaPirate which displays its Twitter Feed in chronological order the entire record of tweets which includes antique item announcements and historical informative information. Click Here For The Pirates Lair Twitter Feed
Summr 2012 The Pirates Lair has now reached a number of major milestones in its collection of antique naval dinnerware and edged weapons for sea service. We now have the largest and totally complete collection of 19th and 20th Century British Royal Navy Rum and Grog Equipment used to store and dispense the daily grog, a time honored 400 year old tradition suspended in 1970.
We have also aquired the complete regulation mid/late 18th and 19th Century British Royal Navy and American Navy cutlasses and boarding pikes. Also British and French Boarding Axes from the mid 18th to late 19th century.
Summer 2011 Much of the same US Navy enlisted dinnerware offered by The Pirate's Lair as has been seen in the new HBO release "Pacific" about WWII in the Pacific Theater which was mostly fought by the US Navy and Marines! We can authoratively state that the dinnerware and tableware (such as stainless steel dinner trays, knives, forks, spoons, handless white mugs, white bowls, large pitchers, flatware and many, many other items) shown in the various mess decks and galleys shown in the TV epic "Pacific" are 100% accurate and true to history.
Spring 2011: The production company currently filming a soon to be released new motion picture epic entitled "Battleship" in Hawaii has purchased the "Department of Navy" china used as props in the wardroom officers mess during the making of the film! $50. in free Department of Navy china to anyone who can spot this china being used in the film!
Here at The Pirate's Lair is your chance to own some of this authentic WWII dinnerware and tableware used by our sailors and marines during WWII in both the Pacific theater and European Theaters. In fact, this naval china pattern was used from about WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam eras along with the matching silverplated flatware which can all be purchased as individual pieces or as sets here at The Pirate's Lair.
Navy China Featured In House and Garden: The Pirate's Lair with its U.S. Navy Nautical Themed China with Fouled Anchor has been featured along with credits in the January New Year's issue of"House and Garden" magazine.
This nautical old navy china as provided by The Pirate's Lair appeared as part of the photo shoot of Chloe Sevigny's posh East Village townhome entitled, Reinventing Downtown: The big news about "Big Love" star (and Downtown Manhattan diva) Chloë Sevigny's beautiful new East Village home!
The photo to the left was taken in Sevigny's dining room which featured the vintage WWII US Navy China Dinnerware now sought after for its rich history, proven durability, and sheer elegance.
Worldwide Authority and Largest Source of Antique US Naval Chinaware and Elegant Vintage USN Navy Silverware with a Distinctive Nautical Theme and Nautical Decor along with Restaurantware, Flatware, Silver Plate, Nautical Tableware, and Nautical Gifts from late 1800's to mid 1900's all used by the U.S. Navy. These authentic Naval and Maritime items make perfect "Welcome Home Military Gifts" to our returning Iraqi and Afghanistan Vets!
The Pirate's Lair is also a purveyor of fine damask Old Navy Linen Tablecloths, USN Navy Linen Napkins and other Nautical Table Linens and Gift Ideas for Men and Nautical Gift Ideas for Women. Appropriate for Military and Navy Enlisted Chief Petty Officer and Officer Retirement and Promotion Gifts, such as WW2 Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Coffee Tables and Antique Maritime "Captain's Cabin Sea Chests" refinished to store your hanging file folders and important papers normally found in a Sailor's Seabag! Or they would make the perfect "nautical" china chest and silverware chest to store your U.S. Navy Nautical Tableware and Dinnerware!
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USN Ladies engraved "Fouled Anchor and USN" Bracelet
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small and Medium Size |
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Nautical Navy Trench Art "Kings Design" Pattern - First produced ca 1890 - 50 to 95 years old - Perfect Gift for the Pirate's Wench!
Pirate's Springtime Nautical Wedding Gift Special! |
$75. |
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USN Ladies engraved "First Love" Bracelet
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Nautical Silverplate Old Naval Trench Art "First Love" Pattern produced in 1937 70+ years old - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Wife or Sweetheart - a "First Love"!
Pirate's Winter and Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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USN Ladies engraved "Rose & Leaf" Bracelet
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Nautical Silverplate Military Trench Art "Rose and Leaf" Pattern - First Produced 1937 70+ years old - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Wife!
Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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USN Ladies engraved "Avalon Pattern" Bracelet
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Nautical Silverplate Antique Old Navy Trench Art "Avalon" Pattern - First Produced 1940 65+ years old - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Wife!
Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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USN Heavy Duty Nautical Key Chain for Men or Women
WW2 Navy Silverplate - USN & Fouled Anchor - Clip on Belt Loop or Handbag Strap. |
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Nautical Silverplate Naval Trench Art WW2 Nautical Key Chain - "Kings Design" Pattern - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Husband or Wife!
Pirate's Father's Day Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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USN Ladies engraved "Rose & Leaf" Keychain
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Nautical Silverplate Military Trench Art "Rose and Leaf" Pattern - First Produced 1937 70+ years old - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Wife!
Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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Fouled Anchor and USN Ladies engraved Keychain
WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Nautical Silverplate Military Trench Art "Fouled Anchor and USN" Pattern - Perfect Nautical Gift for the Navy Wife!
Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
$75. |
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Pirate's Lair Glossy 4 Panel Brochure in PDF
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Click Here for Vintage U.S. Navy China, Chinaware, Dinnerware and Tableware
Perfect Nautical Gifts for returning veteran welcome home gifts, nautical wedding gift or reception for a military Navy enlisted or Naval Officer with an elegant nautical theme for the newly wed Midshipman or Navy Officer. Perfect as a waterfront nautical home furnishing, nautical decor for boat or yacht owner, beach house, ocean resort, or that special fisherman or sailor!
Beautiful rich in appearance pearly white antique Old US Navy china shown with dark blue striping and fouled anchor which is the most popular nautical pattern - perfect for everyday use or on special occasions such as formal Navy Dining-ins.
All U.S. Navy china and silverware can be purchased online here at The Pirate's Lair as individual pieces or as entire placesettings. Everything offered is in stock and ready to ship.
Click Here For Antique U.S. Navy Silverware, Flatware, and Silver Plate engraved with a U.S. Navy Fouled Anchor in a unique and distinctive nautical dinnerware pattern in a subtle and elegant manner!
Made to Match the Navy China!
Durable, commercial-grade vintage U.S. Navy silverware shown in the silver plate intricate King's Pattern with ENGRAVED FOULED ANCHOR DESIGN complete "soup to nuts" place settings for both informal and formal dining with a distinctive Nautical theme!
Click here for Authentic U.S. Navy Damask Vintage Table Linens, Tablecloths, Dinner Napkins, Cocktail Napkins, and Nautical Linens used by our sailors. USN Navy tablecloths come in varying sizes from 48" to a full banquet size 132" x 80".
Note the beautifully detailed white-on-white nautical pattern of stars and intertwined twisted nautical rope in long columns going the length of this 132" banquet size damask linen tablecloth. Navy linen has repeated patterns of the U.S. Navy Seal, Fouled Anchors, twisted/entwined Naval Rope, Stars and Eagles! A stunning formal dining-in is presented using authentic U.S. Navy China and Silverware in the sought after Kings Pattern.
The authentic nautical gifts of U.S. Old Navy-issued silver plate gravy boats, cruet for the oil/vinegar salt/pepper and Naval ice bucket are clearly seen and can also all be purchased at The Pirate's Lair.
All Navy Table Linens are in stock and can be purchased Online. These beautiful WW2-era U.S. Navy Linen Tablecloths, Dinner Napkins and Cocktail Napkins will come to you professionally cleaned. Imagine having this same stunningly beautiful authentic nautical tableware actually used on U.S. Navy warships on your own dining room table!
Click Here for authentic antique Nautical Home Furnishings, Nautical Furniture, and Gifts with a Nautical Decor such as real "Treasure Chests and Captain's Cabin Sea Chests", vintage U.S. Merchant Marine Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Coffee Tables, Nautical Desks, and other Naval Memorabilia with a Nautical Theme - Available and For Sale!
Note the beautifully refinished antique WW2 Libery Ship's wooden hatch cover refinished into a unique one-of-a-kind Captain's Desk! GREAT Maritime Furniture, Nautical Furniture or Nautical Gift Idea for the CEO, Naval Officer, or Pirate!!
To complement the Nautical Furniture of Nautical Tables and Nautical Desks, the Captains Sea Chests and Pirate Treasure Chests are original 19th century antique nautical chests and trunks with a unique nautical theme and nautical decor are truly "pirate treasure chests" ca 1800's. In most cases these flat top and domed trunks contained the only worldly possessions these immigrants had in starting a new life in a new country if they weren't attacked and captured by Pirates, Privateers or the feared Buccaneers of the Carribean who then stole and used these chests to store their hoard of gold and treasures!
The Pirate's Lair now offers you these restored Pirate Treasure Chests and Captain's Sea Chests as a unique way to hold hanging folders and files, store desktop clutter such as pens, paperclips, staplers, tape dispensers, letter openers, and even your Notebook PC! These could also be used as Silverware and China Chests to store your U.S. Navy China. The nautical decor with a maritime theme is right out of "Master and Commander" or "The Pirates of the Caribbean", but these no movie props they are the real deal!
Click Here For The Pirate's Favorite Nautical Links, Navy Information, Naval History, and other great Nautical Furniture Gift Ideas. WW2 Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Desks and Tables are also Available!
Pictured Nautical coffee tables and a nautical dining room table are salvaged from the cargo holds of 65 year old WW2 Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Covers and Maritime Furniture are now available to you at The Pirate's Lair!
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Rare 1880 to Early 1890's Photograph of Antique Trunk Factory and Workers Using Albumen Silver Print Method, Mounted to a Period Board Which Dates The Photo
Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
However the truth of the matter is that the majority of these trunks were made towards the middle to end of the 19th century just at the dawning of the industrial revolution here in America when there were no child labor laws or protections. This rare photo clearly illustrates at least 3 generations of owners and workers, ages appearing to range from pre-teen/adolescent, teens/early adult, through middle to old age!
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
Note the adolescent factory workers on top row! Note that there are no women in the photo! This is due to the fact that at that time "proper" women did not work outside of the home, certainly not in a factory. Everybody appears to look pretty stern, having on their arms crossed and "work" faces put on.
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Below are links to other Antique Nautical and Naval Artifacts which you may be interested in.
Click HERE for US Navy Silverplated Silverware in the Kings Design with "Fouled Anchor" made for the Wardroom Officers Mess ca 1905-1960 - Matching silverware to the navy anchor china!
Click HERE to Review how this and other of our Pirate Chests, Treasure Chests, and Antique Chests were Restored, our Antique Restoration Process, and How To Restore Antique Nautical Furniture!
OPTIONAL - Trunk Wood Engraving Examples and Prices
Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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Personalize Your 100+ Year Old Antique Trunk in Perpetuity! |
Antique Trunks as a Shadow Box and Storage Chest!
Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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Why just get a shadow box or a newly made trunk with no history! One of our 100+ Year Old Nautical Antique Trunks can be used for both a Shadow Box and Storage Chest for your Uniforms, Photograph Albums, and Memorabilia! |
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The Nautical Gifts of Vintage and Antique Old Navy china, Silverware, Maritime Furniture and Nautical Furniture are the perfect and unique military Welcome Home Gifts, Nautical Gift Idea for Men and Women pirates, offered by The Pirate's Lair is both antique and vintage. This is fine dinnerware, also called tableware or restaurantware, and was produced from the late 1800's to the mid 1900's.
The USN Navy also commissioned a pirate called holloware also known as graniteware which is also highly collectable. The Navy silverplate and silverware was heavy and made for long lasting use by the leading silversmiths such as International Silver Company, Reed and Barton.
The antique Navy china was made by a pirate named Homer Laughlin China Company, Tepco, Sterling China, Buffalo Tableware Company, Jackson, Homer Laughlin, Walker, Oneida, and Shenango. The vintage china consisted of dinner and bread plates, salad, soup and berry bowls, coffee, tea and demitasse cups.
U.S. Navy Silverplate, Navy Silver was also produced with a distinct Nautical Hollow Ware (holloware) of Servers, Serving Trays, Nautical Bowls, Coffee Servers, Tea Servers.
The Pirate's Lair also scours the seven seas for other great Nautical Gifts such as the very rare antique captains sea chests, pirate treasure chests, wooden hatch covers from the cargo holds of 65 year old Merchant Marine Liberty Ships. These Liberty Ships were produced in mass during WW2 to be the backbone supply ships for the U.S. Navy.
It was a race to build and launch these supply ships faster than they could be sunk by our adversaries! After WW2 these ships were decommissioned by the Navy, put into mothballs, sold to various shipping lines, foriegn governments and ultimately as scrap metal.
So we at the Pirate's Lair find it almost a patriotic duty to diligently find some of the old vintage wood hatch covers used on these pirate ships and refinish them for further use! We find them to be perfect complements to the Naval Chinaware, Flatware and Silverware.
Navy china and navy chinaware, and nautical chests, liberty ship hatch cover coffee tables (or nautical office desk, end table or kitchen table) all have a nautical theme and they make a wonderful nautical gift ideas for father's day gift, wedding gift, anniversaries and promotions in rank.
An antique or vintage liberty ship wooden hatch cover table is not that very expensive to afford and is the perfect gift ideas for men pirates. The Naval dinnerware and tableware offered by The Pirates Lair is also called restaurantware or hotel china.
The Navy china plates, cups and platters are also called chinaware. The pots, pans, serving trays, creamers and gravy boats are called holloware. Both the pirate chests, captains sea chests, and treasure chests are typically 100 to 150 years old and could come out of the movie set "Master and Commander" or "The Pirates of the Caribbean", but these sea chests are real and authentic, not a movie prop or reproduction.
All of the Navy silver plate and silverware are also called flatware.