Unsigned [South-West France?], 19th century, pewter. Bowl with two handles or flat "ears", cut out and decorated with a palmette decoration ending in a heart. One of the handles has a hole for hanging[...]
Cane with deer antler knob, length 17.5 cm, can be re-welded, silver-plated brass ring, medlar shaft with five-part scraf length (rare), metal ferrule. Good condition, with traces of use, visible in t[...]
Medical mechanical scarifier Oh, it's just twelve sharp metal lancets that will cut your skin at lightning speed to get a good bleed... not even bad... A spring is used to arm the device, place it on [...]
NEF in pewter, copper and brass accessories.
The mainsail bears a stamped mention: "Maria Freÿ Frau von Lang-Puchhof - 1791"
Height: 33 cm Length: 27 cm.
GERMANY (BAVARIA ?), End of the 19th centur[...]
Rare cane called "conscript".
19 th century .
In solid glass with multi-colored twisted threads decoration (yellow, red and white).
Length: 66 cm.
Good condition, may have been shortened.
You c[...]
Lerebours et Secretan - Simplified achromatic microscope - 1850 Very good example of a drum microscope named by its inventor Lerebours, "Simplified achromatic microscope". This model is signed "Lerebo[...]
A 19th century 'A1' patent double lever corkscrew by James Heeley & Sons, Birmingham, with simple wire helices and a residual bronze finish. Height 16.5cm
Corkscrew with mechanism, marked
The principle of a nut, or a fin, which no longer forms the handle of the corkscrew but is added to the thread.
Model invented by Philos Blake in the United States a[...]
Exceptional replica in boiled cardboard of the famous statue of François HILBERT that he made to highlight his business. The man was in fact a "blacksmith of weapons" and ran an armory on the ground f[...]
Painting made in oil on stretched skin (tambourine - wooden hoop) representing a portrait of a woman. Lots of charm for this piece Note defects and wear
Meerschaum pipe representing a young naked African woman with earrings in a kneeling position holding a jar behind her back to carry water, placed on foliage.
Beautiful pipe worked in amber.
Cas[...]
Collectible cane with ivory handle depicting a hunter and his dogs.
Braided metal ring.
Malacca rush shaft. Horn ferrule.
Dimensions: lengths of 9.5 cm (handle) and 92.5 cm (cane).
Germany[...]
Beautiful baby from the Gaultier brothers, height 44 cm, original body, big blue eyes and small heart-shaped mouth, for any information, contact me, I will be happy to help you, thank you for visiting[...]
Clough "A Power Cone" corkscrew, USA, circa 1880 (unmarked). The twisted wire of the stem wraps around a finely turned rosewood handle, with a conical two-pillar frame and a simple wire helix.
Height[...]
Dante / Gustave Doré "Hell ... Paradise" 2 Volumes Hachette bd Saint Germain 1872 / MDCCCLXXII
French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino accompanied by the text in Italian
Typography Lahure rue d[...]
Antiquae and Novae map of Italy published in London in 1825. Entirely canvassed in two parts, North and South, this map is bilingual. The ancient places are associated with Italian names in order to g[...]
Free shipping for mainland France**************BROC de chai called "de marchand de vin" in baluster shape in copper, with oblique foot and rectangular notch hemmed at the neck and semi-circular tubula[...]
Dog Collar Called Vreccale And Its Harness
Abruzzo region, Italy or Spain
Circa 1900
Diameter: 18 cm
Nail length: 5.5 cm
This vreccale, also known as an ‘anti-wolf collar’, consists of a wid[...]
Mid-19th century France This carved wooden razor case, imbued with simplicity and tenderness, immerses us in the intimate world of Haute-Savoie in the 19th century. Dated 1847, it bears the touching i[...]
Beautiful folk art armchair in solid wood, perhaps mulberry.
It bears the traces of its patina and wear from use over a long period.
Some bobeches on the backrest are missing, as well as a nail from[...]
Carved boxwood snuffbox called "Père la Colique" or "croûteux", representing a crouching character, head turned, grimacing, hands raised towards his "foundation", work of Popular Art from the 19th cen[...]
Sword cane. Push button closure. Beautiful blued blade marked Toledo, 13,38 inches long. A small piece of the metal ring is missing at the push button and there is a trace of rust on the tip of the bl[...]
Rare 19th century map from the Atlas of the ports of France. "Map of Pénerf to Barre de Mont, mouth of the Loire 1895" with Noirmoutier, Le Croisic... Modern metal frame (101 cm x 71 cm) light oak tin[...]
"Christoph Columbus Logbuch", or Christopher Columbus Logbook, published by Felix Bagel, Düsseldorf, circa 1884.Rare and very unusual, this exceptional work is by Carl (or Karl) Maria Seyppel, (1847 -[...]
Curious statuette with a motif of a grimacing monkey, surmounting a snake. Painted wood from the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century. Minor wear to the polychromy, minor shocks.
Carte originale gravée en 1880.
Très bon état.
Format feuille : 35 x 27 cm.
Format gravure : 26,5 x 21 cm.
Original antique plan of 1880.
Blasons décoratifs de Philippe Auguste, Hôtel Vauvert (Lu[...]
Large countertop coffee grinder "Lefevre & Lebrun" with hopper and flywheel. In good condition. Height 54 cm, wheel diameter 35 cm, weight 13.4 kg. Often used in estaminets or grocery stores from the [...]
Collector's cane with long and rare mother-of-pearl handle representing a dog.
Silver ring.
Rosewood shaft and horn ferrule.
Condition: good, note old restorations.
Dimension: length 91 cm[...]
Exceptional set of five bottles of oral hygiene from Doctor Pierre in Paris. Doctor Pierre, alias Pierre Mussot, is a doctor from the faculty of medicine who sells toothpaste, among other things. In 1[...]
Ivory statuette depicting Dieppe Captain Abraham Duquesne (1610 / 1688).
He is dressed in period costume with his feathered hat, cape, foghorn in his right hand and sword in his left. His left foot[...]
19th century monoxyl folk art cane in thorny wood, entirely carved with six grotesque heads and seven animal heads. This cane is in good general condition, I report ferrule in its used condition, visi[...]
We present this interesting violin signed "le Marquis de l'air d'oiseaux". These are violins with an impressive and powerful sound. This violin was created in Mirecourt in 1850, a name later bought by[...]
Rare complete collection "Photography" by Frédéric Dillaye. Set of 5 volumes in-8 format (15 x 23 cm) bound blue covers with numerous illustrations Edition Librairie illustrated by J.Tallandier. -The [...]
Exceptional and Rare Symphonion Music Box.
This stunning and highly rare Symphonion music box is a true masterpiece, famously known as the “Symphonion Eroica”. Its unique mechanism plays three discs [...]
Quick description
Rare and old zinc weather vane, dove circa 1850.
Piece having undergone some gunshots, but still present.
Presented on a heavy bronze and turned wood support from the same period[...]
Elegant small bone pulley with its braided threads.
Note: similar pulleys are illustrated on page 134 and 135 of the book "Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders - Whales and whalemen - by E. Norman Flayderma[...]
The enamelled plaque reveals everything, proudly screwed onto the front of the mahogany box; it reads: "the essential automatic Dispenser of antiseptic towels Patented SGDG in France and abroad Hygien[...]
What mastery, what love of a job well done, What efficiency in mastering tools But why so much know-how to obtain a compass with two dry points that only has a few centimeters of travel??? I would hav[...]
A timeless object if ever there was one. Alchemists already had use for it. This one sat patiently in the front of an old pharmacy, the officiant had received it from her father who himself had always[...]
METEOROLOGY Amédée GUILLEMIN at Hachette. Illustrations, Plates and Figures. Good condition with slight wear from use. Binding rubbed. Presence of foxing. All edges gilded. Fresh text richly illustrat[...]
POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY Charles BROIGNIART at Flammarion. Color illustrations (8) and 870 Figures. Good condition with slight wear from use. Rubbed binding. Presence of foxing. Fresh text richly illus[...]
The studded ball, an extraordinary invention a few centuries ago, the ancestor of today's petanque ball was first handled by little girls with nimble little fingers, it was they who had to cover the s[...]
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