This flayed figure made of boiled cardboard covered with plaster was used by medical students at the end of the 19th century. All of its organs, as well as the left lobe of its brain, can be removed a[...]
A 16th-century Tuscan bronze mortar. It features rope-shaped bronze handles and a body outlined with parallel lines in relief. It was historically used in pharmacies for the preparation of compounds a[...]
Abraham Ypelaar Microscopic preparations with autographed handwritten notebook signed and sealed by Ypelaar, circa 1792-1794Wooden box with four drawers containing 35 slides of natural history microsc[...]
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[...]
Beautiful large antique 18th or early 19th century leech jar, in mouth-blown glass. Medici shape, large rounded base, large cylindrical foot, slightly constricted in the center, large globe container,[...]
Shipping is free for mainland France via La Poste or Mondial Relay**************ENCLYSTER SYRINGE in pewter called "Soi-même", composed of the reserve, its plate, its cannula, its turned wooden plunge[...]
This carved wooden mortar has a very beautiful patina, it is probably an old African work. For the condition, note classic cracks and wear, a patina of use. Our photos allow you to appreciate the qual[...]
Brass graphometer signed "Duhamel à Paris" decorated with a rich decoration of flowers and leaves. The graphometer can be dated to the mid-18th century. In the center of the graphometer, a finely engr[...]
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 rare model of a sundial in the shape of a cross or so-called cruciform, unsigned, but German, datable to the beginning of the 19th century. Cruciform models have existed since at least the first [...]
Small terrestrial globe measuring 8cm in diameter signed "Delamarche Paris rue du Battoire 25 1857". The globe is mounted in a brass meridian circle resting on an equatorial table, itself supported on[...]
Terrestrial globe signed "Globe terrestre Echelle de 1/40000000 drawn by J. Forest" with polar mount. The globe is in beautiful original condition, perfectly preserved, without any loss or accident. T[...]
Small terrestrial globe signed by Forest, with an inclined polar mount on a blackened turned wooden base. The globe can be dated around 1924, Saint Petersburg having taken the name of Leningrad. The g[...]
Small eye or ophthalmological surgery box signed "Maison Charrière Collin et Cie", perfectly in period condition containing instruments signed: "Charrière", "Robert et Collin" and "Collin & Cie". The [...]
Antique world globe circa 1900 Publisher G. Thomas Very good condition considering its age and fragility (cardboard globe). Slight rubbing in one place, see photos. Total height: 33cm Globe diameter: [...]
Terrestrial globe signed "Globe terrestre J. lebègue et Cie Editeurs 30, rue de Lille, 30 Paris" with inclined polar mount on a cast iron base decorated with mascarons. The globe is in beautiful origi[...]
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[...]
Cylindrical sundial, tall and called a shepherd's sundial, made of turned boxwood, unsigned, but French, dating from the early 19th century. The small dial measures 8.5cm in height. The brass gnomon i[...]
Antique French Butterfield Pocket Sundial & Compass – Circa 1700A fine and rare antique French Butterfield-style sundial, dating from the early 18th century (circa 1700). This portable pocket instrume[...]
Solar astronomical telescope, 19th century in brass, bronze tripod base. Materials: Brass, bronze Period: 19th century Total height: 51cm Length of optical tube: 108cm Tripod with curved legs
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[...]
Important cast iron pharmacy mortar with its pestle in good condition and very heavy. Very large mortar, height: 24.5 cm. Diameter: 29 cm. Pestle: 40 cm.
Signed "BELLIENI À METZ", 1850-1870, Brass and steel on boxwood. Boxwood ruler, 15 cm with divisions in millimeters, this one is equipped on one side with a three-eye brass sight pinnule, and on the o[...]
Attractive early 19th century rosewood globe from the William IV period. This beautiful early 19th century rosewood globe from the William IV period is not just a functional object; it is a stately pi[...]
Set of three Grenet batteries of different sizes: 18cm, 20cm and 21cm in height, 7.5cm in diameter, 7.8cm in diameter and 9.5cm in diameter. They are not signed. "The Grenet potassium dichromate batte[...]
Rectangular sundial in wood and mounted paper, painted with ink and watercolor, opening with a hinge by a hook, the cover presenting on the outside a series of names of European cities with their lati[...]
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 [...]
An unsigned but French equinoctial sundial, late 19th century, interesting for its large size of 14.5cm at its widest with the two water levels. The plate measures 13cm in width and the case 15×16.5cm[...]
Antique Carl Zeiss Jena Brass Microscope – Circa 1897 – Serial No. 23306 – With Original Case
A rare opportunity to own a fully original late 19th-century Carl Zeiss Jena microscope, complete with it[...]
Use: decorative object, learning. Elegant simplified armillary sphere. 2nd part of the 20th century. This sphere is an ancient representation of the celestial vault (sphere), whose center is the earth[...]
Signed "H. Morin | 11 rue Dulong | Paris". Early 20th century. Nickel-plated metal in its leather case. Cylindrical goniometer or pantometer with 2 thumbwheels, graduated with divisions on nickel silv[...]
Signed "Henri MORIN, 3 Rue Boursault - Ateliers H. MORIN & GENSSE in Paris", c. 1890. Brass, glass and blued steel in a walnut wood case with brass handle. Beautiful graphometer from the H. Morin work[...]
Signed "Boucart Constructeur | Quai de l'Horloge, 35 | Paris". 19th century. Brass and steel, in its wooden case (walnut). Cylindrical set square, with slots, signed Boucart*, optician manufacturer of[...]
Signed "P. B[ERVILLE] - MODEL PATENTED", c. 1890-1937. Brass instrument in a wooden box addressed to "JEUSSELIN, Optician, 14 rue BAB-AZOUN, ALGER". Optical instrument used by landscapers and designer[...]
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[...]
Glass and brass world map by Paul Oestergaard for Columbus Verlag - 1950sWorld map - Mid-Century - Decorative objectDimensions: Ø 37 cm, H 41 cmMaterial: Brass - Glass
Very beautiful 19th century pharmacist's scale, entirely in bronze, placed on its marble base, with the location of the trays and that of the series of weights drawn in the marble, decorated with a ly[...]
Beautiful and fairly large blown glass leech jar with a clearly visible pontil. The glass, although scratched, is in good condition and has no cracks or chips. Nineteenth century.
Unsigned, Mid-18th century, copper alloy, iron. Square scarifier with 13 blades. Instrument used, between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 1900s, to cut the skin before applying a [...]
Signed "Wien [Vienna, Austria]", circa 1780-1800, copper alloy, iron. Square scarifier with 16 blades. Instrument used, between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 1900s, to cut the s[...]
A so-called “floating” sundial also forming a pocket compass, round in shape, made of wood, the metal gnomon constituting the directional needle, the interior in colored lithographed paper, the four c[...]
Mitosis is not a disease... it was our common starting point, it may have been a short time ago or a long time ago, and longer for some. This didactic visualization in two consecutive displays is made[...]
Torture for the student that I was... thank you, it's better. Eighteen pieces of oak form an old collection of polyhedra, of which here is a bit of a random selection, not exhaustive: pi/3 X h²(3r-h),[...]
But where does the white rabbit run to…. That’s another story… mine is that: barely out of the attic of the university where it had been resting for ages, it now parades covered in dust. Exceptional o[...]
Brass Two-Lens Spyglass with Shagreen Cover Signed George Opticien of the Academy of Sciences, Quay de Conty in Paris circa 1760-1780 This spyglass has two objective lenses giving different power magn[...]
Very rare large glass apothecary mortar. 19th century. Very thick, mouth-blown glass with a beautiful trace of a ground pontil at the base. It measures 14 cm high and 12 cm in diameter at the neck, fo[...]
Rare 18th-Century Equinoctial Sundial & Compass by Johann Nepomuk Schrettegger, Augsburg
Maker: Johann Nepomuk Schrettegger
Origin: Augsburg, Germany
Date: Circa 1780–1800
Material: Gilt brass wit[...]
Brass sundial, Germany, mid-18th centuryModel of a compass sundial with a particularly decorative cutout, made of brass, unsigned but German, datable to the mid-18th century.The dial has only one lati[...]
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