One piece at a time

From a quartet of Stuart Turner engines optimistically described as “understood to be in good running order” – a bold claim if ever there was one – to ventilator cowls, antique deck lights, compass binnacles, blocks, chronometers and shipwrighting tools, Charles Miller Ltd’s next marine sale on 26 April has everything you’d need to build a vessel every bit as eccentric as the Cadillac assembled one piece at time in Johnny Cash’s famous novelty song.

Clockwise from top left: Circa 1900 Admiralty-pattern brass tiller yoke, estimated at £300-500; 43in (109cm) brass helm, £300-500; c1920 double bridge telegraph, £600-800; 1940s cork life ring from Manx Ferry King Orry, £150-250; Brass ventilator cowls, £150-250; Copper and brass navigation lamps, £600-800