Uncommon diptych dial comprising only one azimuth or horizontal axis-wire dial constructed from two strong boxwood plates and reinforced with brass plates. The dial is not signed but French, datable t[...]
Very old bronze mortar with fins. Presented natural in good condition as in the photos Height: 11 cm Diameter: 13 cm Max width with fins 18.5 cm Very heavy. Shipping throughout France Don't forget to [...]
Mortar and pestle. Bronze. 17th century. Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and slightly outwardly flared mouth, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both at the b[...]
Horizontal brass sundial
signed around its bird gnomon “A. André à Paris”.
On the back various
decorations and the latitude of 17 cities.
Green small-grained shagreen
case with burgundy velvet i[...]
This bronze mortar is from the 17th century. It is an object from the Haute Époque. It is in good general condition, note a slight oxidation, traces of wear due to use, some dents. Our photos allow yo[...]
Flemish mortar. Bronze. 17th century.
Presents the mark.
Mortar with a circular base with a mouth that extends outwards from the two upper bands and a body with a slight notch and relief decoration [...]
Wrought iron scalpel. 17th century
Smooth blade with a double-edged spear point in one piece with a faceted handle.
Length: 19.2 cm
Width of the blade at the heel: 2.4 cm
Very good condition wi[...]
Pair of celestial and terrestrial table globes, wooden globe covered with engraved and enhanced paper spindles. Bronze mounts with two rings comprising a horizon table engraved with a zodiacal scale a[...]
Compass built entirely of brass and equipped with a point allowing it to hold a pencil, dating from the 17th century. This early instrument is of fairly artisanal manufacture. Numerous marks of use an[...]
17th / 18th Century Apothecary Mortar In Gaïac Wood Very beautiful patina Good condition, some chips at the neck, see photos Height: 18.3 cm Diameter at the base: 10 cm Diameter at the neck: 12.7 cm
Two So-called “Dry Point” Compasses
Germany, 17th - 18th century
Brass, iron and steel
Length: 19.5 cm (largest)
(slight age wear)
Two dry point compasses with spherical hinges, brass ribs and[...]
Bronze mortar with handles. Decorated with acanthus leaves in relief, complete with original clapper.
mortar height cm 16 kilograms 6.4 with clapper kg 7.8
clapper cm 29
Italy 17th century[...]
Round-shaped pocket or travel sundial model, constructed in turned ivory, and with a floating compass. The dial bears the signature/label of David Trap, illustrated with a biblical scene, and is dated[...]
Universal octogonal sundial signed Hager in gilt brass with the family particularity of a weather vane of winds.
It lays in its leather case with geometric designs in glazed leather and bears at ba[...]
Uncommon shape of compass forming analemmatic sundial, France, 17th century. On the upper surface we find the sundial with its elliptical scale graduated 4-12-8. The center is pierced in the shape of [...]
Brass graphometer signed “Butterfield in Paris” decorated with a surprising decoration of four strawberries and plants and the usual acanthus. The graphometer dates back to the start of Butterfield pr[...]
Early Dutch graphometer signed "I. David". This is Ian David from Leiden. The instrument therefore dates back to the years 1640-1650. The instrument is engraved with two scales of 180° degrees, then d[...]
Bronze pharmacy mortar with outwardly flared mouth and a frustoconical body that presents a front with reliefs. Inscription "PIERRE DEI MESTRE" France, 17th century Dimensions: Height. 25.5cm long. 46[...]
A LARGE 17TH CENTURY FRENCH SLATE OCTAGONAL SUNDIAL With wrought iron gnomon profusely engraved with Latin letters. Size: 39x39 cm. With the latter hanging system. The dial is set with a wrought iron [...]
Diptych-type sundial, decorated with dentils, inside a compass with mobile analemma and an equinoctial dial on a paper background bearing the names of cities; on the mobile door a lunar calendar; on t[...]
Small bronze ointment mortar 17th century Origin Netherlands or Germany With 2 square handles Very good condition Provenance: former private collection Seen by MM. the experts Philippe and Jean-Christ[...]
Brass* apothecary mortar, flared body with buttresses in the shape of terms or caryatids, body decorated with screaming grotesque heads in profile as well as medallions representing Hercules and the d[...]
Rare diptych sundial by Mathieu Berville, who signed a 'fixed-price agreement' in 1668. The early signers in ca. 1660 are Nicolas Crucefix, Jacques Lemoyne, followed in 1668 by Charles Bloud, Gabriel [...]
Apothecary mortar and pestle with two handles from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th. Good condition. Height 12 cm, diameter at the neck 14 cm, original pestle length 21.5 cm, total wei[...]
Mortar of apothecary in brass *, decorated with flowers of lilies and masks of faunas, work certainly of the Puy-en-Velais, period XVIIth century. This mortar is in good general condition. A note: som[...]
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