The Collection · Telescopes, Armillary Spheres & Starry Tables
Celestial & Astronomy
Brass and stargazing telescopes, an armillary sphere, a compass paperweight, celestial dinnerware and other starry-night pieces.
A Note from the Editor
For starry harbor nights: the brass telescope at the window, a celestial globe on the desk and a table set in midnight blue.
The Collection · 7 curated pieces
Home Decor
Antique Brass Table Telescope on Wood Tripod Stand
A working brass-and-hardwood tripod telescope — the decorative one, for a bay window or beside a beadboard bookcase. Style it as the tall piece in a grouping of three with a stack of blue-spined books and a hydrangea bowl.
Home Decor
Celestron StarSense Explorer Tabletop Dobsonian Telescope
The real one — a genuine tabletop Dobsonian with the StarSense app that points your phone at the sky and shows you exactly what you're looking at. Perfect for dark Nantucket and Mount Desert skies, and handsome enough to leave out on a library table.
Home Decor
Brass Armillary Sphere — Vintage Celestial Globe on Wooden Base
A hand-finished brass armillary sphere — the old astronomer's model of the heavens — on a turned wooden base. It's the object that turns a bookshelf or mantel from 'decorated' to 'collected,' and the heart of the celestial study look.
Home Decor
Antiqued Brass Nautical Compass Paperweight — A Journey of a Thousand Miles
A solid antiqued-brass compass paperweight with a working needle, engraved around the rim — 'A Journey of a Thousand Miles Must Begin with a Single Step.' On the desk it holds papers and stories; beside the decanter it holds the room.
Home Decor
Vintage Brass Letter Opener & Magnifying Glass Desk Set in Brocade Box
An engraved brass letter opener and matching magnifier with turned ivory-tone handles, gift-boxed in brocade — the pair I'd leave out on the desk next to the ink and envelopes.
Kitchen
HOMBENE Celestial Blue Porcelain Dinnerware Set — 16 Piece, Service for 4
Soft chambray-blue porcelain with fluted rims and a beaded scalloped edge — the everyday set I'd stack in an open hutch and use for chowder in February and corn on the cob in August.
Pillows & Throws
Chandler 4 Corners Stargazing Yellow Lab Hooked Wool Pillow (12" x 18")
A golden lab watching a sailboat and one white star over rolling blue water — pure folk-art charm for a bunk room or the foot of a guest bed.
The Best Of
Editor's Favorites
A handful of pieces we'd bring home before anything else.
Home Decor
Chinoiserie Blue & White Ginger Jar
The piece that ties a mantel together — my grandmother kept one on either side of the clock and I've never seen a room that wasn't better for it.
Porch & Garden
INXUGAO Artificial Blue Hydrangea Bouquets — 10 Faux Mophead Stems
Full, realistic blue mophead blooms that look freshly picked — the stems I'd tuck into a pair of white urns flanking the front door for instant Nantucket curb appeal, no watering required.
Pillows & Throws
Levtex Home Martha Blue Stripe Quilted Throw (50x60)
The blue stripe is the most Nantucket thing in this whole shop — fold it on the end of the guest bed and watch every visitor want to take it home.
Bikes
Max4Out Pink Beach Cruiser Bike with Wicker Basket (24")
Pink frame, wicker basket, fat tires for sandy roads — this is the bike I would have killed for as a kid pedaling to 'Sconset for ice cream.
Baskets
Farnum Vintage Nantucket Lightship Basket Handbag
The real thing — a true Farnum Nantucket Lightship basket purse with a scrimshaw-style 'America' yacht plaque on the lid. The island heirloom that every other basket is trying to be.
Kitchen
MacKenzie-Childs Royal Check Enamel Canisters (Set of 3)
Heirloom black-and-white check that turns the counter into the focal point — these get handed down, not packed away.
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