BEAUTIFUL SECOND WAR NAVY PIECE IN VERY GOOD AND FUNCTIONAL CONDITION, WAS ON A DESTROYER, WEIGHT OF 20 KG DIAMETER 37 CM WITH A HEIGHT OF 35 CM, WOULD DESERVE A NICE WOODEN BASE. VERY GOOD MARKING ON[...]
Rare large world map (height 65 cm) with walnut and oak wood foot, dating from the end of the 19th century or the very beginning of the 20th century. The globe is in good condition apart from some vis[...]
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Rare series of 11 scientific instruments from the 19th century.
Including three electrophores, two spark gaps, three tubes for vacuum experiments and three electrostatic accessori[...]
Telescopic pocket spyglass in brass and tortoiseshell with a pretty decoration of golden stars. 7 prints. In its original Moroccan box, wear to report on the hinge of the box. The optics work perfectl[...]
Small lorgnette made of cardboard lined with red and white shagreen and mounted in turned blackened ivory. The lorgnette is not signed but certainly English dating from the mid-18th century. The origi[...]
Small silver lancet case bearing the inscriptions "Doctor of Medicine" and the name "Bassier". This small case, now empty, dates back to the last third of the 18th century. In a late rococo style, it [...]
Butterfield type octagonal horizontal sundial bearing the very good signature of "Delure à Paris", i.e. datable around 1700-1710. Jean-Baptiste Delure was a student of Nicolas Bion and active in Paris[...]
Small Terrestrial Globe from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910 by J. Forest Paris Rue de Bucci The Terrestrial Globe has a very beautiful wooden base. Very beautiful little unusual model, e[...]
Very large Pinnules graphometer signed Meurand Quai de l'Horloge in Paris C.1770 Silver-plated compass with 16 directions. Mounted on a ball jointed base. Beautiful engravings and tracery
Still, affirming that "it" was better before" is not always verified... We have come a long way since this wooden box which protects the fourteen glass reference ampoules and the instructions for use [...]
Unsigned, 18th century, gilded bronze. Artillery rear sight engraved with double graduations from 0 to 90°, equipped with a movable needle to indicate the inclination with a heart-shaped cursor. The b[...]
[United Kingdom | France], Late 19th - Early 20th century, Mahogany case with brass plate and clasps, steel, metal and ebony instruments.
Composite surgical set featuring some twenty instruments for [...]
Horseshoe electromagnet that operated with an induction coil from the mechanical and electrotechnical workshops founded in 1876 in Berlin by Max Kohl (1853-1908), an entrepreneur in the field of elect[...]
Beautiful silver sundial by Butterfield in Paris C.1700 Typical model of Butterfield production made in silver. Dials with four scales, two with Arabic numerals (4-12-8) and two with Roman numerals (I[...]
Mortar in good original condition, 17th century. I am thinking of a model from the region of Persia, Pakistan? Afghanistan? Sending only by registered mail and signature upon receipt
It looks great, right at the end of my desk.... Magnificent Celestial globe in papier maché in its varnished wood frame. Model of Himmel globus, in Leipzig dated 1950 in the title block. It would be p[...]
First half of the 18th century Italy Old Albarello from Bassano with double bulge on pedestal. the Syr Papav inscription; in gothic characters in the central banner Syr Papav is the abbreviation of Pa[...]
Beautiful Leitz travel microscope from Dr Ehlers Berlin in its red leather case numbered 99284 complete with all its accessories. lenses and magnifications in good condition. key to the original box.
a fine library terrestrial globe from the 60s made in Italy
Very beautiful wrought iron base of good quality resting on a tripod base
The globe is removable on its cradle for transport and analy[...]
Neighboring the classic "Dombredane" mask (a copy of which has already been sold is still visible for comparison in my gallery), here is the less common model from Professor Thalheimer. This example i[...]
THIS SPHERE OF A VERY SMALL DIAMETER (5 CM.) IS DATABLE TO BEFORE 1850 (PRESENCE OF NEW HOLLANDR INSTEAD OF AUSTRALIA). GOOD GENERAL CONDITION, POLAR WATCH IN BLACKENED PEAR WOOD.
Cornet, Hearing Pipe, Hörmaschine,
Length: 62 cm. Diameter of the horn: 15.5 cm
An exceptional size for an acoustic horn
Remarkable tinsmith work, in sheet iron assembled with tin and painted.
T[...]
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.
Signed "P[aris] B[erville] - Registered model - 25 Chaussée d'Antin - Paris". The camera lucida is an optical instrument allowing to draw or trace an image using a triangular prism and lenses, the dev[...]
English naval telescope, early 1800.
The telescope is signed "John Gray n.4 East Smithfield London", "Improved Day or night"
"Day or night" telescopes were commonly used on ships and could be us[...]
Pewter “mouse” URINAL in bulbous shape with tubular overflow.
Clear hallmark of Jean-Baptiste ANTHOINE active from 1883 : ANTHOINE / PARIS / 39 RUE FAIDHERBE
Length: 27 cm.
PARIS, End of the 19th[...]
Physics box for electricity experiments offering two Leyden jars, 18th century type with gold leaf, one of the bottles is fitted with copper wires, with two complete Geissler tubes and a turnstile. Ce[...]
[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.
Terrestrial globe by *M.Vivien de Saint Martin **Librairie de Hachette & Cie 79 Boulevard Saint Germain Paris, 19th century. It rests on a black lacquered turned wood support. *Librairie Hachette & Ci[...]
Marble sundial, Tuscany, 17th century
Beautiful and unusual sundial in white Carrara marble and copper awl.
Provenance: Central Italy, 17th century
Age: 17th century
Dimensions: 31cm x 30.[...]
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[...]
This engine, very interesting on a technical level, is rather intended for imaginative amateurs who have good control of steam and have a tower. Although double acting, this unique example does not ha[...]
Exceptional and large terrestrial globe from the house of Girard et Barère and Thomas in Paris, it is probably a school and or university globe, it rests on a turned foot in tatin beech, very good con[...]
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[...]
Large spirit level in solid mahogany and brass, numbered JB, 19th century period
Good condition, a trace of burn on one side (visible in the photos)
Delivery costs mainland France €20, please contac[...]
High bronze mortar with patterned decoration of 5 registers with wings and medallions -
17th century bronze. Deep sectional body with corbeled rim.
Decorated with 5 medallions at the bust of Diana c[...]
CHEVALLIER Jean Gabriel Augustin (1778-1848)
Hydrometer Or Alcoholometer
France, 19th century
Silver
Length : 22 cm
Gross weight : 54 grammes
(slight damage)
Silver alcoholmeter engraved on [...]
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[...]
Silver sundial in perfect condition, dating from the last quarter of the 17th century, made by the famous Michael Butterfield in Paris.
Octagonal in shape, it is finely engraved silver. The turntab[...]
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[...]
Mini eg charming terrestrial globe (20 cm), late 19th century period, cast iron base and boiled cardboard and paper globe, small depression at the head, in its juice possibility of delivery to the Par[...]
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