Folding brass set square engraved with scales and units of measurement, the arm pierced with a window and marked "Demi Pied de France" (Half Foot of France). 18th century. Minor pitting. Length when c[...]
A Nuremberg-type microscope with three sliding tubes, accompanied by several microscopic views mounted on wooden rods. The instrument is made of wood and cardboard, materials characteristic of this ty[...]
An uncommon model of an obstetric perforator after Mauriceau, unsigned, but 18th century. This instrument is described in the Encyclopedia as a "Lance for piercing the head of the fetus in the womb." [...]
Description: Authentic 19th-century portable medical case, made of wood and designed to hold various medical instruments, some of which are still present. This compact and functional object testifies [...]
A two hinged arms with engraved scales — classic sector design.Engravings like “Guides”, “Polygones”, and degree markings are mathematical/engineering scales.The decorative pivot at the joint is typic[...]
A brass surveying circle with six pinnules, two of which are mounted on a rotating alidade. The circle measures 15 cm in diameter. It is signed "Baradelle à Paris" and dates to around 1730-1750. The i[...]
Free shipping for EU insurance includedBronze stack of nested weights, Nuremberg, 18th centuryThis stack of one-pound weights, known as Charlemagne stack, features a clasp and hinge attached to the li[...]
Small wrought iron compass, known as a "man's head" compass, dating from early 18th-century France. It is of fine quality, attractive due to the brilliance of the metal. Its charming size is almost co[...]
Beautiful late 18th century brass sundial with the symbol of passing time and death. Engraved with an hourglass (time) and a scythe (Death) and the legend "The hour pasesSoliel" engraved with a gnomon[...]
Large armillary sphere of Ptolemaic type attributable to Dealamarche, sold as is. Small paper missing on the equatorial circle, and the earth is made of wood.
Superb 18th-century black marble mortar with its pestle. The beautiful marble has a superb patina and is engraved "GP" underneath. This mortar is quite rare as it is sculpted and includes its pestle. [...]
This wooden pocket sundial dates from the late 18th century. The back is covered with paper listing the main cities of Europe, and inside is a sundial with a compass. It shows signs of wear consistent[...]
A beautiful Davis quadrant in fruitwood, circa 1730. The backstaff is a navigational instrument used to measure the altitude of a celestial body, particularly the Sun or Moon. When observing the Sun, [...]
Incredible box containing 5 drawers filled with medical curiosities: bezoars, calculi, etc. 18th century. The box itself appears to be from the 19th century.
A simple, uncommon French-made microscope, whose general design and construction follow the forms introduced in the early 18th century by Joblot (see the two images from his 1718 work) and is similar [...]
A set of two 18th-century brass folding rulers: - A six-inch (half-foot) folding ruler by Baradelle in Paris, circa 1740. This is almost certainly by Nicolas Jacques Baradelle. The instrument measures[...]
An 18th-century small surgical set comprising six scalpels with various blades and a snuffbox. The handles are made of bone or ivory. Three of the scalpels bear the mark of the heart, likely by Weber [...]
Very rare circular pewter syrup container with a long spout and a turned wooden handle with a beaded socket. Control mark: crowned C / AVALLON. Mark of Etienne SERGENT, master craftsman in 1769: crown[...]
A spyglass constructed of horn and cardboard, lined with wallpaper featuring a typically Italian, perhaps Florentine, checkered pattern, and green vellum on which the remains of small silver tools are[...]
A spyglass constructed of white and brown horn and cardboard lined with white-dyed fish skin (ray or shark) and green vellum. The spyglass is unsigned but French, dating from the 18th century. The ori[...]
A set of two brass scientific instruments, signed “Butterfield à Paris,” made by the renowned engineer and instrument maker Michael Butterfield (c. 1635–1724), active in Paris during the reign of Loui[...]
Antique brass folding rule/square – Butterfield Paris – “Pied de Roy”, “Pied du Rhin” scales – 18th century
Rare antique brass folding rule and square, signed Butterfield Paris, dating from the lat[...]
Two lovely blown glass bottles, greenish and translucent, with a thick, inward-curving base, a visible pontil mark, a beautiful shoulder, and an elongated neck with a flared end. Two pretty glass piec[...]
Pewter bleeding palette, circular with a molded, rounded rim, with an openwork bracket decorated with stars and a flamed heart.Control mark: "PARIS", used from 1780.Mark of Louis Nicolas Boicervoise, [...]
18th-Century English Brass Sector, Signed “R. Glynne Fecit”, c. 1750–1775
Length (closed): 16 cm — Width: 3.8 cm — Material: Solid brass
A fine mid-18th-century English brass sector, clearly signed [...]
Five blown glass test tubes and their walnut stand, dating from the 18th century. Stand dimensions: 33.3 cm x 10 cm x 24.5 cm high. Height of the tallest test tube: 25 cm
A walnut traveling apothecary case. It contains a few bottles but is unfortunately incomplete. It's a lovely example of the itinerant apothecaries of the 18th century.
A very beautiful and antique armillary sphere of the heliocentric type, Copernican system, dating from the 18th century. In good condition, with some wear to the engraved inscriptions, very decorative[...]
Pocket-sized diptych sundial, made of wood, 18th century, with compass. It is covered with polychrome paper on both sides, with a floral design on the inside and scientific information on the lid. Whe[...]
An exceptional 18th-century octagonal brass sundial, signed "Johan Schrettegger, Augsburg," featuring a blued steel pointer, a folding latitude arc engraved from 10° to 90°, and an engraved equinoctia[...]
An exceptional German portable sundial, finely engraved and made of gilt brass, signed "J. Vogler," and preserved in its original case. Made in the 18th century, this exquisite instrument testifies to[...]
An exceptional portable sundial in engraved ivory, a fine example of 18th-century German craftsmanship, likely made in Nuremberg, one of Europe's historic centers for the manufacture of scientific ins[...]
An elegant, portable brass sundial, finely engraved and signed "Menant à Paris," testifying to the precision and expertise of French artisans specializing in scientific instruments. This compact and e[...]
18 th - century bronze graphomètre with sighting vanes , made by renard , ParisGeodeticvand topographic instrumentCompass diamètre : 4,7 cmHeight with ball joint and base : 15 cmWidth : 18 cmComplete [...]
Beautiful brass equatorial ring,The ring carries a latitude scale 90.0.90The hour ring graduated on one side from I to XII twice and subdivided by 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 7.5 minutes. Inside the same [...]
Large octant in ebony and brass, blade and vernier in divided ivory. Colored glasses in perfect condition. It is signed Spencer Browning and Rust London. C 1800. Complete with all its elements. Very g[...]
Interesting full circle of Geometer Architect with 6 pinnules signed Delure in Paris. C.1720 Compass with 8-way wind rose. North indicated by a Fleur de Lys Ball-jointed base with butterfly-shaped cla[...]
Very beautiful reflecting telescope signed Navarre in Paris. C.1750It is mounted on its original folding tripod stand.The two mirrors are in very good condition.Original tube cap.The small mirror move[...]
Beautiful sundial with fixed latitude, butterfield type. Compass in the center of the plate with its blued needle. Compass back with the number 43 degrees of latitude. Central plate engraved with foli[...]
A set of three compasses made of brass and bearing the mark, a wheel, of the German weights and measures instrument maker Adolf Deinert working in Nuremberg. We can date the compasses to the years 174[...]
"Beautiful Culpeper Type Microscope C.1800" The circular base of the microscope has in its center an orifice where a plane mirror mounted on an adjustable stirrup is snapped. From this base rise three[...]
A rare object to find, which fits in hand, shape of a small bowl with a pouring spout, it is a mortar for special medicines, because it is made from Serpentine stone, monolith. This fine stone, dur[...]
Beautiful engraved brass navigation instrument forming a compass-sundial in its original box, stamped JF André, with a label from the last owner underneath, in good condition but the bottom of the box[...]
Early and beautiful Zograscope dating from the end of the 18th century in turned wood with wood inlays of different colors. Also note the decorative elements around the lens frame in brass and bone. A[...]
A brass achromatic telescope signed Nairne and Blunt London circa 1780. This small telescope has one eyepiece. The tube with the signature of Nairne and Blunt has three marks for adjustments symbolize[...]
Cardboard hourglass covered with blue, red and orange tinted paper decorated with waves, with circular bases of the same decoration. An opening in the frame reveals the vial made up of two clear "bubb[...]
Large precision sundial, for the latitude of 49 degrees, used for setting watches and clocks. It is signed: "Invented by Julien Le Roy of the Society of Arts / made by Jacques Le Maire of the Society [...]
18th-Century French Coin Scale by Jecker à Paris
A Rare Precision Instrument from the Golden Age of Parisian Scientific Craftsmanship
A rare and finely preserved French steelyard coin balance, da[...]
Beautiful apothecary or office mortar, 18th or early 19th century, massive, from red marble from Languedoc, (Conflans quarries, Villefranche?) Pyrénées Atlantique, Streets of Prades are paved with it![...]
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