They can be seen as the intermediary between man and the world of the Gods. Thus in Nordic mythology, Hugin and Munin maintain the connection between the terrestrial universe and spiritual life: the t[...]
EXTRAORDINARY ingenuity... or how to invent educational material so that the child understands and visualizes how bird claws work... I keep manipulating what activates the ropes which, when bandaged, [...]
Small triumphal commemorative column in ebony and most certainly silver, decorated with a bone (ox) coat of arms decorated with a wing of Victory, surmounted by a crown, with a laurel branch below, ba[...]
Oblong pewter birthing basin, equipped with holes and loops for attaching the comfort pad. A.LAVEUR hallmark. : AL
Length: 42 cm.
PARIS, second half of the 19th century.
Very good condition
B[...]
Splendide coffret recouvert de coquillages et de branche de corail ,décor riche et mis en valeur par le rouge du corail ,début 20ème ,travail de bord de mer (Naples Italie ??),certe le coffret compo[...]
A lovely collection of 6 rectangular enameled danger signs with white letters on a red surface, formerly hung on wooden electricity poles, in very good used condition, England 1930 (may possibly be so[...]
Anamorphoses. Jullien. (Paris. Around 1860). Twenty-four plates on strong paper, oblong format 20.3 x 17 cm, each reproducing an anamorphosis by Télory, lithographed and colored by Walter Frères. Mirr[...]
Pharmacy sign on oak wood panels circa 1880. The cup represents the medicine container and the snake represents wisdom and healing.
Very good original and decorative panel.
Beau DC 3 Dakota bois et alu
A suspendre ou à poser
Pour une déco original
A signaler : un petit choc sur une vitre du cockpit
Dimensions Envergure : 98 cm
Longueur : 65 cm
Hauteur : 17 cm
P[...]
Set of acetylene automobile headlights first pair: Autoroche Paris La Refex 36 cm high 20 cm deep, broken glass unsoldered door second pair: Lucidus Paris 20 cm high 9 cm deep broken glass... Wear fro[...]
Following the acquisition of this skull from a collection of a great anthropologist, I looked into ritual cannibalism called exocannibalism. It would seem that the Ifugao of the island of Luzon, warri[...]
Magnificent bowl of petrified wood mounted on a base. Estimated period: Neogene - Miocene (20.44-23.03 million years ago. Petrified wood is a mineralized piece of a fallen tree and covered with a laye[...]
Reproduction Parade Shield of the French King Henry II (1519-1559) representing a battle scene in the center.
On the back, at the top, there is a fixing so that it can be hung on the wall.
Good cond[...]
It was not human. This object bears witness to the suffering endured by the tortured. It was not easy to move with such a weight attached to the ankle. Fetterly effective fetter fashioned from a canno[...]
Series of three insects in welded iron and brass composed of a praying mantis and two flies; Praying mantis: H 19 cm L 21 cm Flies: L 7 and 6 cm Ideal for a cabinet of curiosities.
Rare oval-shaped lead cooper's plaque from 1607. IN very good condition. If you are interested in this item please contact me by telephone and avoid emails except for foreign people.
iji mermaid created by michel de spiegeleire author of the forbidden collection with Henri Verne The Fiji mermaid is a 19th century hoax created from the torso of a young monkey attached to a fish tai[...]
Quick description
Rare and old skinned human arm, work in the style of Honoré Fragonard.
Probably from the first half of the 19th century and made in the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg.
A mixtu[...]
Lot of fossil bones of cave bear Ursus spelaeus dating from the Upper Pleistocene (around 80,000 years ago), from the Carpathians of Romania. - An incisor (single, well-patinated crown): 21 mm - An in[...]
Struthio ostrich egg mounted on a brass base, pierced egg, emptied cleanly, not sealed at its base, it is therefore possible to change it, depending on the tastes of the future owner. Dimensions: Tota[...]
A true masterpiece of mastery, superb "Polyhedron" in natural wood and turned wood, resting on a conical base in inlaid wood. Most certainly a work of receiving a companion of duty. This set will not [...]
Brass-rimmed magnifying glass on a large stone base (serpentine or jasper ?) engraved with a decoration with characters (one playing an instrument, the other making offerings to a king (?)
Curious [...]
Rare and magnificent sea urchin Goniocidaris clypeata from the deep sea. Described in 1885 by Döderlein, this regular sea urchin lives in central Indo-Pacific waters. The sea urchin's test (or "shell"[...]
Beautiful rare tricycle 19th century, entirely in wrought iron, without any welding, only riveted,
Very beautiful and rare piece
Height of the handlebars 83 cm, height of the saddle 63 cm, width 63 [...]
Large fossil plate composed of numerous fossils of eocrinoids of the ascocystites drabowensis type. It is rare to have such a large plate with so many specimens. Some specimens on the back. Silurian p[...]
Superb Crinoid fossil called Sea Lily Marine animal that lived at the bottom of the seas around 420 million years ago. Good condition. Provenance: old French collection collected in Morocco 38x30cm
Amusing composition featuring stuffed birds on a gouache background. Signed lower right: E.Schroll Weilenum KK. Raw wood-style framing. Circa 1880 53.5 x 60 cm 40 x 47 cm
Rare and emblematic object of an era. Dog carts were very widespread in the 19th century and often called "the poor man's team". This one is very old and has 2 seats. Made of wood and iron, it remains[...]
Incredible raw hematite in very large format. It measures 37cm long by 16cm high and weighs more than 10 kilos! It is very rare to find a geode of this size. Hematite with its black nodules is emblema[...]
Bronze woman's ankle boot that can be used as a brush pot or vase. Object of curiosity mid 20th century.
Good condition. Height: 24 cm
Length: 23 cm
Top diameter: 11 cm
Heel height: 6 cm
Large old Saw Fish Rostrum, collected in Oceania in the 1930s Is mounted on an oak base Perfect for a cabinet of curiosities Good general condition, missing the first two teeth Total height: 113cm Ros[...]
Curiosity piece that can be used as a side table or stool in fossilized petrified wood from Indonesian forests several hundred years old pretty colors: white, bluish, carbon and sienna Height: 45 cm W[...]
Interesting and rare group of polychrome terracotta sculptures that form the scene of the massacre of the innocents, where a trivial tribe of African or Mesoamerican origins were placed as executioner[...]
Very curious and rare example of a Clavagelle, tubular bivalve mollusk Aspergillum vaginiferum (Lamarck, 1818). There is little about them, and very rarely encountered in collections. This bivalve is [...]
Beautiful tannin scale in solid silver by Vincent Chevalier, patented engineer Quai de l'Horloge 69 in Paris Original boxwood case Length: 20 cm Diameter: 3 cm Case height: 21.5 cm Case diameter: 4.3 [...]
Early 20th century radiator cap, from the Oléo candle house, representing a colored man's head with original polychromes, bronze cap base, monogram and "WR" and numbered 10.
Superb and rare silvered bronze stamp representing a man in the spirit of the characters of Daumier who was a French engraver, caricaturist, painter and sculptor, whose works commented on social and p[...]
Thrill, Obstructions so well drawn in the comic strip: “Traficants du bois d’ebène” (Passengers of the Wind by François Bourgean, volume 5). I remember a documentary on slave ships where the "negroes"[...]
What can be said seriously when observing this educational board makes you want to laugh.... I have just watched Don Camillo with my grandson... The film where the good priest is called Fernandel... S[...]
Vanitas in wood and bone, representing a carved wooden skull with an articulated jaw with bone teeth. A bone snake, with its mouth open, passes through the skull through two holes in the temporal regi[...]
Silver Templar knight ring with a carved carnelian depicting the 'Patent Cross'. Very refined manufacture with hammered structure and two side crosses in the stem. Sicily or France XII-XIII century
Old small embossed and gilded copper plaques, decorated with an Occitan Bouletée cross. This is a series of 5 women's belt ornaments. The 12 balls represented the months. 15th century.
Pair of openwork steel scissors
Late 19th century
Steel
H. 15.3 - Width 5.8cm
Smooth blades, stamped B.T.
The openwork steel structure is decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage, enhanced[...]
Large dummy bottle (60 cm) (empty) of Champagne Veuve Pommery Reims with its shipping box. In good general condition (some slight aluminum missing). Originally used by a wine and spirits merchant for [...]
Exceptional document signed Louis VACHY, aeronaut in Batignolles. This one offers its balloon and hot air balloon show. Grotesque, luminous balloons decorated with Imperial arms, aerial hunting, illum[...]
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