Double pencil holder and pencil holder made of brass and steel, probably French, dating from around 1770-1780. Good instrument, beautifully made, faceted with eight sides. Inside the central part, a v[...]
Beautiful little one-handed mortar, without pestle, from cast bronze, very simple model, on a round base with strong edge, the body is flared, with application of four buttresses of fruit and foliage,[...]
Important miniature cannon in brass and bronze from the 19th century. It is composed of 2 large wheels with sticks and an openwork support on which the cannon rests. With its reserve on wheels and acc[...]
Beautiful monoxyle object from pear wood, combining backrest bracket and angular bracket, the first carved of artistic moldings and corbin beak, the second marked of fillets and center-punched flowers[...]
Large surveying circle with four folding pinnules, two of which are mounted on a rotating circle. This large circle is 29.5 cm in diameter and whose pinnules measure 8.5 cm in height and bears the eni[...]
Beautiful graphometer signet Fieuset in Paris Beautiful silver compass, the instrument is mounted on a ball joint foot with its butterfly clamp. Beautiful original condition
“The instrument consists of a partially hollowed-out disc mounted on a knee stand. It is engraved on its circumference with a 360-degree scale with double numbering in reverse (each 10-180 X 2); the t[...]
The double Réaumur and Centigrade scale (i.e. Celsius) gives us an indication to date this thermometer. Given that the Celsius value was adopted as the official scale at a convention in 1794, this giv[...]
Beautiful Venetian telescope with three prints in cardboard covered with light brown paper with scroll and foliage decorations, horn tips. Approximate length open 90 CM Length closed: 31 CM Very good [...]
Beautiful entire circle or Dutch geometry circle Pierre Gourdin active in 1771 and successor of Jean Baptiste Nicolas Bion, son of the famous manufacturer of scientific instruments Nicolas Bion Addres[...]
A small mortar and one or its pestle...
In chiseled bronze shaped...
With simple thicknesses in the lower part and two lines engraved in the body...
The rim is also with some reliefs...
From the 1[...]
Beautiful pinnule graphometer. Compass with wind rose in the center, north indicated by a fleur-de-lys. Alidade with two pinnules and graphometer plate with floral engravings and the C in the floral d[...]
. This large brass level has a main plate, mounted with two sighting pins. A central leveling tube fitted with a clear glass bottle filled with liquid. It is mounted on a ball jointed base with butter[...]
Beautiful Gregorian telescope mounted on a tripod base. In the main tube, a first steel mirror receives light (the image) which is then reflected and focused towards a second, smaller concave mirror. [...]
The bottom of the compass is engraved with a wind rose in sixteen directions with the four cardinal points. Original blued steel hand with brass pivot. The hour circle is graduated on the top in Roman[...]
Beautiful pinnule graphometer signed Meurand Quai de l'Horloge in Paris in its shaped wooden case. C.1760. Beautiful silver compass with 16 Directions. The instrument is equipped with its ball jointed[...]
English key called “Garengeot” 18th century
Length: 14.5 cm
Perfect condition.
In a 1742 article published in Medical Essays and Observations (Vol V part I) Alexander Monro (1697-1767) wrote in[...]
Bronze mortar signed and dated:
"Innocentius De Madiis fecit Brixiae" MDCC LXXV (Brescia, 1775)
Bronze mortar, decorated in bas-relief with plant motifs and bearing a scroll, surmounted by a pai[...]
Changer's trebuchet balance, iron and brass, 18th century.
Wooden case, originally covered in leather (it is no longer there); the leather covered the box and the skin formed a hinge.
As is, two[...]
Very beautiful single-print lorgnette in ivory and shagreen body, green cardboard tube. Optics in good original condition. Box shaped in red sheepskin.
Travel hourglass with rotating black leather frame to close the openings and fully protect the bulb. the rotating part of the case is blocked.
cleaning the leather could probably allow the rotation t[...]
four 18th century medicine boxes in polychrome wood. They are labeled with the name of the corresponding products, and open from the top using a sliding system. They measure approximately (as they hav[...]
Unfortunately incomplete, small breaks, and absence of a compass, this rather rare graphometer nevertheless retains the merit of existing. In bronze, it is a pinnule graphometer, with a very beautiful[...]
Travel sundial with 4 time scales: 40, 45, 49 and 52 degrees alternated in Arabic and Roman. The back of the plate specifies the latitudes of 19 European cities. Bird-shaped gnomon, adjustable from 40[...]
Beautiful bezel with three Venetian prints in colored boiled cardboard. Signed by OLIVO Venise Optical frame, stop rings, lens protector, horn eyepiece protector. Body lined with orange vellum iron-de[...]
Equinoxial sundial in brass signed Lasnier with 2 Globes .C.1735 Octagonal plate comprising a compass with wind rose with eight directions. Presence of five city latitudes on the base plate as well as[...]
VIEILLARD JOHNSTON in Bordeaux. /1
Old sick bottle .
In white enamelled earthenware.
XIXth century.
Dimensions:
Length: 15.8 cm.
Width: 9cm.
H: 8 cm max.
IN VERY GOOD USED CONDITION, small scr[...]
Very beautiful 18th century Surveyor's compass signed Franz Moser Praga C.1770 The north is indicated by a fleur-de-lis. Very good state of conservation.
Beautiful finely engraved graphometer decorated with foliage and interlacing. Unusual signature of Godelar in Paris. C 1750 Compass finely engraved with the fleur-de-lis and comprising eight cardinal [...]
Brass equinoctial sundial of octagonal shape. Five city latitudes on the base plate and the signature "Langlois A Paris aux Galleries du Louvre". The bottom of the compass is silver plated and engrave[...]
Very beautiful telescope with reflection signed Navarre in Paris. C.1750 It is mounted on its original folding tripod foot. Both mirrors are in very good condition. Original tube cap. The small mirror[...]
18th century table sundial Bronze
Very good condition,
dated on the facade of 1725 and with a "Tempus Fagit" inscription
The style (central piece) is based on a sun decoration
Diameter: 15.5 cm
A[...]
Carved oak tall wall barometer in the Louis XV style. It is a rare Eugène Bourdon flat metal tube barometer marketed, around 1855 by A. Chevallier, 1 rue de la Bourse, in Paris. It bears the mark of [...]
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