We present to you the most recent catalog of "Authentic Marine Collection" by Expedition company Moscow.
Here you'll find the most interesting hand-made items created in India. The methods used in the process are a result of heritage, beauty and devotion to the ancient roots.
The whole collection is perfect for promotion, gifting, souvenir, retail and wholesale purposes. Its vintage looks provide these items a pleasant and luxurious looks. Materials used here are organic and eco-friendly, as well as the means of production. Enjoy real things.
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One of the greatest gifts given to
the world by India is an ancient
ever game called chess. It is a
set made of Indian wood which
looks as a present brought by
Indian Raja for you to carry about.
Handy shape, small size and wood
smooth to the touch will make you
absolutely adore it!
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Traveler’s chess set ICHESS-12, 12c
RAJA
3. Traveler’s chess set ICHESS-15-10, 15х10cm
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Keeping up the ancient
traditions today people of
Punjab use every opportunity
to play chess. Do you want to
join them? For that you will
just need this wooden box
to protect the chess pieces
and board and play chess
anytime and anywhere.
PUNJAB
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Traveler’s chess set with magnet ICHESS-13-13, dimensions 13х13cm
box with pullout drawer for pieces
and magnet field are both stylish
and handy. You can even keep
them in your pocket and play the
game anywhere. Just find a match
to play with!
SAHIB
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Maharaja is the Great
King. His dignity goes in
line with this chess set
made of latten and black
rosewood.
MAHARAJA
Copper chess set Maharaja ICHESS-33-33
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This set bears the name
of ancestor of Indian
chess: as distinct from the
greater part of other sets
fitted with magnets, this
one is made of wood in a
traditional fashion and
appears to be the most
stylish traveler’s chess
set.
SHATRANJ
Traveler’s chess set ICHESS-30-30, dimensions 30Х30cm
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SHATRANJ MEDIUM
Medium-sized chess set with magnet Shatranj ICHESS-175, dimensions 17,5 cm
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This stylish set would
fancy any enthusiastic
card player who keeps
good company of other
gentlemen playing
Bridge as the most
sophisticated game.
BRIDGE
Game set Bridge IPCR-0210
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«Overstag» means sharp turn
of a vessel. To succeed you will
have to spin this puzzle a full
360 degrees. This round travel
puzzle made of Indian wood will
help you to train your accuracy
and repression of nerves.
OVERSTAG AND
MINI-OVERSTAG
Round travel puzzle IPG-01, 15cm/IPG-02, 13 cm
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Wisdom of Oriental world is
renowned throughout the
world. Name of the Arab sage
Nasreddin became common
after he solved all the three
puzzles of this set.
NASREDDIN
Puzzle set Nasreddin IPGS-25
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Telescope, 22cm, 3,5х5,5х5cm, a wooden box, ISKY-2
Seamen were often rewarded
for distinguished service. The
reward could be a personalized
weapon or a chased tool.
It is believed that Morgan
was rewarded with such a
personalized telescope when he
joined Her Majesty’s Service.
The telescope was lavishly
decorated with nickel and came
together with an ebony case.
MORGAN
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Portative telescope with leather case, 15cm ISK Y-22
It is crucially important to sight a
cay, shoal or enemy ship, which is
a matter of life and death. Handy
and space saving telescopes
often used to save lives of those
who had them. This telescope with
copper body which can be tripled
up and leather case with cover is
more than just a souvenir, it is a
real weapon of a sea dog!
HENRY HUDSON
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It is crucially important to
sight a cay, shoal or enemy
ship, it is a matter of life and
death. Handy and space saving
telescopes often used to save
lives of those who had them.
This telescope with copper
body which can be tripled up
and leather case with strapped
cover is more than just a
souvenir, it is a real weapon of a
sea dog!
DRAKE
Portative telescope with leather case 40cm, ISK Y-3
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Fob «Telescope» in wooden box, 7cm, ISKY-1, ISKY-12
A valuable thing doesn’t need to be
large. Sometimes a small size can
contribute to the image of a tailored
item, such as this copper fob. It
serves not only to keep your keys
and other small-sized belongings
but also as a mini-telescope, which
is by the way tremendously good. At
least, it will always help you to read
a small text on a visiting card or a
map.
Лорд Нельсон
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Long ago Galileo Galilei
designed his own telescope
and hence discovered a new
way of direct observation
of celestial bodies. Today
millions of people have
pleasure of doing it.
Telescope on stand, ISKY-25
GALILEI
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Feudor Ushakov is one
of the most famous
Russian admirals. This
sophisticated copper
binocular in a tailored
leather case corresponds
to the image of the
famous sea man.
USHAKOV
Binocular in leather case Ushakov IBSK-220
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The famous European mariners
used it to conquer West Indian
and East Indian colonies. It is a
crucially important naval and land
device which served to calculate
the locations of ships. Its noble
copper decoration and leather
case can let anyone feel oneself a
commander of expedition.
LAPLAS
Sextant in leather box, IST-01, dimensions 10Х10 cm
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This item is not just a souvenir,
but a real exerciser for learning
the maritime history. The fact is
that armillary sphere is one of the
first navigation devices designed
in Ancient Greece in the times of
Ptolomeu who used it for drawing
of his famous maps.
Armillary sphere ISF-01, dimensions 13 cm, diameter 9cm
PTOLOMEU
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Sextant in leather box IST-02, dimensions 15Х12cm
The famous European mariners
used it to conquer West Indian
and East Indian colonies. It is
a crucially important naval and
land device which served to
calculate the locations of ships.
Its noble copper decoration and
leather case can let anyone
feel oneself a commander of
expedition.
JAMES COOK
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Johan Steller was
a popular natural
scientist and traveler.
He made a lot of climate
observations of North
Russian lands in course
of his sea trips.
STELLER
Thermometer and hydrometer on wooden stand Steller ITH-22, dimensions 29Х14 cm
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The primary task of ship’s
navigator is laying off and
steering the course, and
quite often he has to handle
passing of the complex
fairways which requires
exuberant concentration.
That’s why he’d most
definitely need a pocket
sand clock.
NAVIGATOR
Small sand clock NAVIGATOR IWAT-012, dimensions 10 cm
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Compass, thermometer, barometer, hydrometer in wooden box, ISET-04
In great days of old when every
single sea trip would bring the
new geographic discoveries, every
captain was becoming both a
natural scientist and a geographer
by no will of his own. He would
make entries about water and air
temperature, humidity, tension
and position data in ship’s journal.
And what helped him to do it was
this original meteorological station
containing 4 copper devices
roomed on one box.
PAGANEL
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The major timing device on board
was sand clock. Next to the sand
clock there always was a time
bell to be hit every time when all
the sand hailed on the lower part
of the clock which was turned
around after. Watchkeeper’s task
was ensuring timely turning of
the clock around so that the time
on board wouldn’t go wrong.
WATCHKEEPER
Sand clock «Watchkeeper» IWAT-02, dimension 15 cm
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This exquisite set of
sunglasses and compass
in wooden box bears
equally distinguished
French name of the
famous mariner.
DURVIL
Compass and sunglasses Durvil ISUN-01231
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CHRONOS
“God of time” is the epithet
that comes on one’s mind
when looking at this eye
filling chronometer packed
in a stylish wooden box.
Ball-clock Chronos with compass, diameter 5cm IW AT-1532
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Compass in wooden box, 10х10cm ICT-0433
This compass is marked apart
by qualitative and reliable
mechanism securely fixed
in wooden box. However, the
mechanism itself is flexible and
well-balanced. You can keep it
anywhere – in a captain’s cabin,
on your desk or in your pocket –
it will always be ready to show
the right direction.
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
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Compass on chain «Bering» ICT-03, dimensions, diameter 4,5cm
It is one of the most exquisite
personal accessories of a
seaman. By sight it looks like
a pocket watch, but under a
copper cover you will find a
compass on an elegant chain
which is far more important
for a real captain. It will
always help you to coordinate
the chosen direction.
BERING
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Compass with sun-dial ISUN-01
It is amazing how in the times
past they could perfectly
balance between the style and
ease of use. This device truly
combines two of these features.
Apart from sensitive compass it
is equipped with a dial and stile
for you to kill two birds with one
stone – to find the right direction
and check the time of day.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
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Mariner compass with reading-glass, 8cm ICT-01
It is amazing how in the times
past they could perfectly balance
between the style and ease of
use. This device truly combines
two of these features. Apart from
sensitive compass it is equipped
with a reading-glass so that while
reading a map you could kill two
birds with one stone – to eye
small details and synchronize the
map position according to the
pole.
LA PEROUSE
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Compass in wooden box, 6х6cm ICT-02
This compass is marked apart by
qualitative and reliable mechanism
securely fixed in wooden box.
However, the mechanism itself is
flexible and well-balanced. You can
keep it anywhere – in a captain’s
cabin, on your desk or in your pocket
– it will always be ready to show the
right direction.
BELLINGSHAUSEN
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Складная подзорная труба x
в деревянной коробке
Абордажный капитан
Шахматы дорожные, 12см ICHESS-12
Складная подзорная труба
в деревянной коробке
Шахматы дорожные, 12см ICHESS-12
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Perhaps, this very
compass with reading-
glass helped the
great Barents in his
navigations which led
to naming a huge water
basin washing a part of
North Russian lands as
a tribute to him.
BARENTS
Compass with reading-glass, diameter 8,5 cm ICT-0640
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Compass in leather case, 7/5 cm IPOEM-01
This antique compass in
leather case bears the name
of the Russian traveler who
explored the jungles of New
Guinea alone. Being a real
romantic Maklay came there
with this copper compass to
put up the Papuans to the
European civilization and
culture.
MIKLUKHO-MAKLAY
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Compass in leather case ICT-05
This antique compass in leather
case bears the name of the great
mariner, the contemporary of
Columbus and Magellan in the
epoch of Great Discoveries, Pedro
Cabral. Dark body of the compass
and noble leather of its case
remind us of the times when this
small-sized but reliable device
saved lives and brought fame
to its owner and even the whole
fleets.
PEDRO CABRAL
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Gyroscope is a scientific
name for weeble wobble.
Similar to this table clock
its center of gravity is
fixed in the lower part
of the central axis which
prevents it from falling
down.
GYROSCOPE
Ball-clock Gyroscope IWAT-07, dimensions, diameter 9см
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Similar to personal weapon of
an army officer, stationeries
were the honorable distinctions
of military statesmen. The
richer and more sophisticated
a piece of stationery looked
like, the higher was the rank
of a statesman. This device
undoubtedly suits the rank of
General En Chef.
GENERAL EN CHEF
Small clock on stand General En Chef, diameter 5cm IWAT-0545
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The famous Fridtjof
Nansen used this copper
chronometer on chain which
served as a life-long fellow
to this great wanderer.
NANSEN
Clock on chain in wooden box Nansen, diameter 5cm IW AT-03-05
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This chronometer is a replica of
the portable pocket watch used by
marine officers of boarder crews.
The boarder crews were formed
by reckless and daring people
who, however, acted quickly and
consistently. Every minute of delay
could cost a life to the whole crew
and their chip, that’s why it was
so crucially important to have a
reliable chronometer.
BOARDER CAPTAIN
Round watch «Boarder Captain», diameter 5cm
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Reading-glass IMAG-03, 10 cm
People always valued not just
the devices themselves, but the
materials they were made of as
well as their history. That’s why
they used to bring the horns of
different local animals from their
trips to use them in designing of
handles and produce exquisite
reading-glasses. Apart from its
fancy and originality, this handle
is very handy to hold.
PATAGONIA
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Reading-glass on stand IMAG-02, 7,5 cm
The famous character of the novel
by Jules Verne evidently used this
elegant but reliable device in his
library while learning the maps of
the seas and streams. Desktop
copper reading-glass is both stylish
and easy in use. You do not need
to hold it in your hands instead you
just need to move it to the map
or sheet of paper to examine the
small details. Today this desktop
accessory will find a rightful place
on your desk.
ARONAX
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Reading-glass IMAG-05, 10cm
Scarab was a sacred beetle in the
times of Ancient Egypt and it kept
its sacred status up to the Modern
Age. Many ships were named
after scarab, moreover it also
gave origin to many nicknames
of reckless shipmasters. This
reading-glass also looks like
scarab. It is made to creep on
maps and let its owner read small
details and inscriptions on its
bulbaceous back.
SCARAB
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KLAXON IHORN-01, 6х20cm53
Long ago at the dawn of the
automobile manufacturing this
thing was crucially important. Lives
of the pedestrians, passengers of
horse-drawn carriages and owners
of those few vehicles which already
had it, stood upon this device.
However, klaxon can be of use today
as well – you can always hear it and
it attracts attention. The larger the
klaxon is - the louder is the sound!
ISOTTA-FRANSCHINI
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«Who is Studebaker? Your
dad?» - asked О. Bender. In the
meantime Studebaker used to be
one of the flagships at the dawn
of automobile manufacturing
and copper klaxon was its
inherent symbol.
STUDEBAKER
Big aged klaxon Studebaker IHORN-011, 42 cm
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Copper horn is one of the inherent
symbols of the mariners. Being
small at sight it can produce a
very loud signal and help the
boatswain, the head seaman,
give a timely order and attract
everyone’s attention to the
common task. To succeed seamen
need to act coherently!
Boatswain’s horn on chain IWHG-02, 15cm
OLD BOATSWAIN
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BOATSWAIN’S WHISTLE
The famous phrase «Pipe all hands
on deck» is related to this very
thing. Even the most reckless
seaman and pirates obeyed it.
However, it is not that easy to use:
you have to gain some skills for
that. Although thanks to its small
size and chain, you can carry it
about and practice whenever you
want.
Whistle IWHS-01, dimension 13cm
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Ship’s bell IRY-15, 15 cm /Ship’s bell IRY-10, 10 cm
Copper watch bell or ship’s bell is
an inherent and antique attribute
of the ship, its clock and alarm
system. In the hour of danger it
beats the alarm, when it is foggy
it gives signals to other vessels
and all the rest time it beats the
time bells. Combined in different
ways single and double time bells
signal the time. Today they are
still used on board the vessels.
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
TIME BELL
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Reading-glass in leather case IMAG-04, dimensions 17,5cm
A good dress or an
accessory is a card of
invitation. It’s the accepted
truth. That’s why the pirates
and captains tried to accent
their virtue or fury with the
shape of their accessories,
such as this reading-glass
designed in the shape of a
dagger with sheath.
FILIBUSTER
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A melodic and loud sound
produced by a bell brings to mind
an old fashionable boarding
house where the pervasive porter
is a central figure.
Desk bell «Porter» IBL-04
PORTER
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By the beginning of World War I
the German army had the helmets
Pickelhaube in the field. However,
this type of helmets was not a piece
of armor, but rather a distinguishing
symbol of officers and command
personnel. Eventually it became
clear that a helmet is not a
distinguishing symbol, but the vital
necessity. That’s why they started to
armor the staff with Kaiser Helmets
as well.
KAISER HELMET
Kaiser helmet IHELM-01, life-like
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In the parlance of our time,
Centurion was the army corps
commander, who naturally had
distinguishing symbols. Thus,
Centurion would always have an
exquisite colorful comb.
CENTURION
Roman helmet Centurion IHELM-02, life-like
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The Roman warriors were
wearing this helmet not
just for appearance,
however the rough shapes
of the mask made them
look intimidating and at the
same time beautiful.
LEGATE
Helmet-mask Legate IHELM-12, life-like
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It is the classic oriental oil lamp
which everybody knows by the
fairy-tale about Aladdin. Its
small replica is an exquisite and
original copper souvenir which
can serve as an ash tray.
Ash try IPAL-01, 13,5cm
ALADDIN
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Every marine captain had this
kind of bell similar to steward who
was on board every large ship. The
captain always kept the bell to
call for steward. This bell was an
inherent accessory of the captain
similar to a telescope.
JUNIOR AND SENIOR
STEWARD
Bells: Junior steward IKL-02, 19 cm and Senior steward IKL-01 , 25cm
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2 copper cups in wooden box ICUP-2, 14,5х7,5х7,5cm
One of the few amusements on
board in course of a tiresome
marine trip is brewing some
strong grog and drinking it with
a friend. But drinking out of
what? Two small copper cups
would ideally suit for that.
They are marked apart by high-
temperature capability and
resistance to corrosion. The
cups should be kept in a special
wooden box until the next portion
of grog!
DOUBLE GROG