Anonymous [Germany (Bavaria)], 18th century. Pretty dial housed in a round brass box, unscrewable, fitted with a paper compass rose whose 12 directions are indicated in brown handwritten ink and color[...]
SUNDIAL OF FAIRLY ORIGINAL DESIGN. THE PLATE WHICH REASES ON THREE SET SCREWS IS PROVIDED WITH A COMPASS, THREE SET SCREWS AND LATITUDE ADJUSTMENT FROM 45 TO 50 degrees
Beautiful hourglass in walrus ivory with floral decoration engraved on the plates and the four cones. Very good condition, slight superficial cracks on one plate.
[Germany?] Date: late 18th century. Pretty portable compass inserted in a round box, in turned light wood and decorated with a fine incised decoration on the lid. The internal mobile part has a dial d[...]
Beautiful Borda circle signed JECKER in Paris and numbered 261. It is in its original mahogany box, including two glasses, wedges, various filters, and removable handle.
Hourglass with three flasks in a red and gold painted metal frame.
Each base is decorated with a bird in the grass. The wider base features a frieze of stylized flowers and the narrower base a quatre[...]
Ornate gilded copper spyglass with two draws, one of which is signed "DOLLOND LONDON".
Was tinted black.
Dimensions: heights of 8.6 cm (open) and 5 cm (closed).
London dating from around 1800[...]
Spyglass in shagreen shaft rimmed in silver.
Red skin draw signed "Dollond London".
Rustette case with burgundy interior.
Dimensions: height of 6 cm (closed) / height of 7 cm (case) x diamete[...]
Engraved brass pocket sundial made by Nicolas Bion (1655-1733), at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.
Butterfield type, Octagonal tray richly engraved freehand. Compass to the north marked by a fleur[...]
THIS REMARKABLE SIZE DIAL MEASURES 21.5 X 16 X 3.6 Cm. IT IS MADE OF WALNUT AND MANUSCRIPT PAPER. ITS LOWER SIDE HAS A FEW BIT HOLES THAT HAVE BEEN INACTIVE FOR A LONG TIME.
Rare set of three small blue blown glass apothecary bottles. They have kept their labels which read "Rousseau Apothecary in Clamecy". They are in good state of conservation. Louis XVI period.
Binocles known as “scissor binocles”. This beautiful model is in tortoiseshell and silver. He's in perfect condition. It measures 4 inches long closed. France, circa 1795.
The bottom of the compass is engraved with a wind rose in sixteen directions with the four cardinal points. Original blued steel hand with brass pivot. The hour circle is graduated on the top in Roman[...]
Pied De Roy" PROPORTION COMPASS
France
18th century
Brass
Length: 17.3 cm; Open length: 32.5 cm
Measuring instrument consisting of two brass rulers engraved "Pied De Roy", joined by a hinge eng[...]
Beautiful pinnule graphometer signed Meurand Quai de l'Horloge in Paris in its shaped wooden case. C.1760. Beautiful silver compass with 16 Directions. The instrument is equipped with its ball jointed[...]
Calculation rulers for scientific drawing. Bone engraved and cut. Measurements in inches and yards in particular. Only a signature appears on one of the three strips (I. Iackson fecit). As is.
Rare enema for medical type enemas with an all-pewter piston. The piston can be dismantled into three parts in order to store the different products necessary for enemas. In addition, this object bear[...]
Very beautiful pocket globe called "pocket globe" in its shagreen case. The case contains the two celestial hemispheres with the new discoveries This globe is called after Moll, reissue around 1770 of[...]
Brass graphometer signed Baradelle Paris.
France, second half of the 18th century
Brass, glass.
Width: 21cm, Height with ball and foot: 15.5cm
Openwork brass half-circle with two scales from 0 t[...]
Exceptional graphometer with double sight glasses signed Canivet at La Sphere in Paris and dated 1767 Silver central compass with 16-point rose and original degree scale and needle. The North of the c[...]
Horizontal brass sundial by P. Lemaire in Paris First half of the 18th century. Signature on the dial: P. LeMaire In Paris, The original compass needle has been replaced by a more modern needle and t[...]
Surveying/mining compass signed SPENCER C.1800 Silver-plated compass with a very beautiful eight-pointed rose engraved with floral motifs and a circumferential degree scale. The compass cover has a de[...]
Rara scatola da farmacia nuziale del XVIII secolo. Grazie agli scomparti girevoli sul davanti. Portaoggetti in vetro soffiato con originali tappi in peltro e sughero. Ferramenta e serratura contempora[...]
English key called “Garengeot” 18th century
Length: 14.5 cm
Perfect condition.
In a 1742 article published in Medical Essays and Observations (Vol V part I) Alexander Monro (1697-1767) wrote in[...]
Elegant miniature travel reflecting telescope mounted on a removable tripod base. The telescope can be mounted on a wooden support or railing after leaving its base.
Slate sundial.
18th century period.
Bears the inscription in Latin: Quas quaeritis horas perditis
(you look for the time and you lose it)
Two slightly damaged corners.
elegant wrought iron gnomon[...]
Large Sextant by Jecker in Paris Late 18th century complete in its mahogany carrying case. Complete with three glasses and goggles. Division of the silver blade. Ebony handle Colored glasses and mirro[...]
Beautiful architect's kit in gray shagreen, gray roulette including large compass with interchangeable tip, a large pencil, a mechanical pencil, a small pencil, a small baluster compass and a boxwood [...]
Beautiful miniature architect's box including baluster compasses, including a line draw, a dry point compass and line draw, and a dry point compass with pencil holder. Beautiful red morocco case. Very[...]
Bronze mortar - DUBOIS AUPUY manufacturer -
18th century.
Facing decoration of four putti faces.
Beautiful original patina.
Small casting/molding defects. (see photos)
Dimensions: 9.5 cm high x 1[...]
Beautiful Venetian bezel in cardboard and green vellum, and horn rings signed Leonardo Semitecolo C.1720 It is in three prints and includes all its original lenses and horn rings. scratches on the car[...]
This superb instrument is divided from 0 to 130 degrees on precious metal. Its T-shaped frame with square section is hollow in order to lighten its weight. Usable right hand left hand it is equipped w[...]
Bronze mortar signed and dated:
"Innocentius De Madiis fecit Brixiae" MDCC LXXV (Brescia, 1775)
Bronze mortar, decorated in bas-relief with plant motifs and bearing a scroll, surmounted by a pai[...]
Changer's trebuchet balance, iron and brass, 18th century.
Wooden case, originally covered in leather (it is no longer there); the leather covered the box and the skin formed a hinge.
As is, two[...]
Equatorial universal ring dial in brass made for a number of central Europe cities engraved with their ancient names signed « Gensara Fecit Wienn ». In its gilt leather case bearing the coats of arms [...]
Impressive black stained turned wood microscope.
The body has an elegant shape with a series of concentric rings of reduced sizes in both directions from a central cylindrical part covered with brown[...]
Large pantograph in ebony and brass signed "Canivet à sphere à Paris 1772". The instrument is constructed of ebony and brass. The pantograph measures 78cm in length. Missing some wheels and support po[...]
Telescope with three prints in paper covered with parchment and horn stop rings. 18th century Semitecolo type. Used condition, wear and marks of use, missing caps and exterior lenses. 32cm long folded[...]
Dieppe ivory travel sundial. Small size. With 4 sundials engraved on the 4 sides
with its kickstand on the side to keep it open, and good closure with the 2 front hooks
Very beautiful single-print lorgnette in ivory and shagreen body, green cardboard tube. Optics in good original condition. Box shaped in red sheepskin.
Beautiful so-called forest surveyor's compass signed Lerebours in Paris Alidade in wood and with brass pins. Compass divided into silver. Needle mounted on agathe. It works. Protective cover. Full bal[...]
Lorgnette or small telescope signed "Dollond London" and dated around 1780. This telescope has the particularity of being equipped with two objective lenses giving magnifications of different power. T[...]
Brass compass, France, 18th century. Square plate compass measuring 6.7cm sides and 5.9cm diameter. The compass indicates the four cardinal points and is divided into two times 0-180 degrees. The four[...]
wine scale with its thermometer in their wooden box, the wine scale is stamped with an Augsburg pine cone from the 18th century, and the graduations on the stem made it possible, through successive ch[...]
Small travel telescope with three prints made of cardboard, green tinted vellum and small gilded irons and covered in leather. The instrument is not signed but French dating from the mid-18th century.[...]
Pocket equinoctial sundial in finely chiseled brass and engraved with grids and flowers in reserves. Compass and latitude scale on an adjustable hinged arc. Signed on the back by Lorenz Grassl in Augs[...]
The Russian doll-style body and interior weights are all punched numerous times. These five small weights (missing the smallest) in the shape of buckets fitting into each other are also called Charlem[...]
French box microscope 18th century by Sibie in Marsella for the privilege of the King The box microscope can be defined as a compound microscope where the optical system is fixed by a pillar to the bo[...]
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