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34 objects

Dental Enamel Scraper C. 1700

Dental enamel scraper, also known as a minor bone surgery scraper, made of steel with a turned ivory and silver handle. The instrument is kept in its boiled cardboard case covered with stamped leather[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

Sundial And Compass In Ivory Date 1604 For Use In The Spanish Colonies Of South America

Cadran solaire et boussole fabriqué pour un dignitaire espagnol en forme de boite circulaire daté 1604  Construit pour être utilisé dans les colonies espagnoles en Amérique du Sud à rapprocher du ca[...]

Period: 17th century

18 500 €

17th / 18th Century Apothecary Mortar In Gaïac Wood

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

Period: 17th century

650 €
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Two So-called “dry Point” Compasses - Germany - 17th – 18th Century

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[...]

Period: 17th century

980 €
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Bronze Mortar With Handles

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[...]

Period: 17th century

600 €

Pocket Dial By Trap, Germany, C.1700

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[...]

Period: 17th century

2 600 €

Nice Little Brass Map Compass. 16/17th Century.

Nice Little Brass Map Compass. 16/17th Century. 11.90 g 7.5 x 1 cm

Period: 17th century

130 €

Octagonal Sundial Signed Hager In Gilted Brass Made Circa 1680 In Its Decorated Case

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[...]

Period: 17th century

10 000 €

Apothecary Mortar In Flared Bronze 17th/18th.

Flared bronze mortar late 17th early 18th century. Pharmacy. Apothecary. Height 8 cm, neck width 12 cm, pestle length 19.5 cm. Condition, with traces of use, see photos. - This item is for immediat[...]

Period: 17th century

120 €
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Analemmatic Sundial, France, 17th Century

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 [...]

Period: 17th century

1 600 €

Butterfield Graphometer With Strawberry Decor, C. 1680

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[...]

Period: 17th century

4 800 €

Graphometer By Ian David Of Leiden, C. 1640-50

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[...]

Period: 17th century

4 000 €

Pharmacy Mortar In Bronze, France XVII° Century

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[...]

Period: 17th century

6 500 €

A Large 17th Century French Slate Octagonal Sundial

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 [...]

Period: 17th century

1 450 €

Curved Point Compass

Very rare caliper with hexagonal head. It bears an unidentified maker's mark (see photo No 6).

Period: 17th century

750 €
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Universal Sundial Lunar Diptych Jacques Sénécal XVII

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[...]

Period: 17th century

4 000 €
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Plumb Line Level By Rousselot, C. 1670

Brass plumb line level datable to around 1660-1670 and bearing the sought-after Parsian signature of François Rousselot in Paris. The level measures 15.3 cm in sides by 21.5 cm in width. Very good sta[...]

Period: 17th century

2 800 €

Small 17th Century Bronze Ointment Mortar

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[...]

Period: 17th century

230 €

Large Amputation Saw In Iron And Ebony

Large wrought iron amputation saw, beautiful ebony handle. Beautiful original trilobed screw. Period late 17th-early 18th century.

Period: 17th century

600 €

Brass Apothecary Mortar Hercule Biche Caryatids Puy-en-velay XVIIth

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[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €
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Large Dutch Cast Iron Mortar, Late 17th Century.

Beautiful characteristic old mortar.

Period: 17th century

575 €
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Small Spanish Hexagonal Mortar.

Rare small flat mortar, decorated with religious images such as shells and crosses.

Period: 17th century

475 €
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Apparatus Hourglass In Organ Buffet C. 1680

THE TWO PLATES OF THIS HOURGLASS BEAR THE PUNCH OF THE MASTER WHO MADE IT IN NUREMBERG. THEY ARE CONNECTED BY ELEVEN TWISTED COLUMNS. THE FOUR ELONGATED GLASS FLASKS CONTAIN A WHITE SAND THAT FLOWS IN[...]

Period: 17th century

15 500 €
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Microscopy Compendium C. 1700

CE NÉCESSAIRE EN IVOIRE TOURNÉ SE COMPOSE D'UN MICROSCOPE SIMPLE À FORTE FOCALE FAISANT FACE À UN PORTE OBJET AINSI QUE D'UNE BOITE D'BSERVATION DE TYPE FLEAGLASS. EN OUTRE LA PARTIE SOUS-JACENTE AU[...]

Period: 17th century

6 800 €
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Antique Ottoman Apothecary Mortar & Pestle Bronze C17th

Period - 17th century Condition - dents in the rim Measure - Height 10.5 cm. 1625 g.  SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY On parle français. Wij spreken Nederlands Frais de port inc[...]

Period: 17th century

295 €
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Ivory Dieppe Sundial By Mathieu Berville

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 [...]

Period: 17th century

4 300 €

Double Hourglass Germany C.1690

THIS BEAUTIFUL HOURGLASS WITH FOUR BLOWN GLASS BOTTLES IS MOUNTED ON A BASE WITH AN AXLE AROUND WHICH IT CAN BE SWIVEL. THE LIPS ARE COVERED WITH DARK GREEN FABRIC HELD BY BROCADE WIRES.

Period: 17th century

8 200 €
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Bronze Mortar Apothecary From 17e

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[...]

Period: 17th century

170 €
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Wall Hours In Organ Buffet

THESE SAND HOUR GLASS ARE MOUNTED IN BLACKCED WOOD, THE TWO BASES ARE CONNECTED BY FIVE BALUSTER-SHAPED COLUMNS. THE FLASKS, SLIGHTLY BULL, CONTAIN ORANGE SILICA SAND. THE ROTATION OF THE BUFFET IS CA[...]

Period: 17th century

18 500 €
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Monkey Mortar

A large bronze mortar, Italian work. Three heads representing monkeys are arranged on each side.

Period: 17th century

1 580 €

Bronze Mortar XVIIth Century

Apothecary bronze mortar with wings. 17th century. Dimensions: height 7 cm, diameter 7 cm Pestle height 13 cm

Period: 17th century

400 €

Mortar Apothecary Airain Flowers Lilies Mascarons Fauna Puy-en-velais XVIIè

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[...]

Period: 17th century

600 €
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Compass GÉodÉsie- Mines

tilt mines instrument over its plate with two pinnules of alignement.Début 18th siècle.Contenu in a later case.

Period: 17th century

1 350 €
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Bronze Mortar, 17th Century

Large bronze mortar decorated with flowers, antique 17th century

Period: 17th century

480 €

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