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1917s Verner
s Pattern Small Brass Nautical Compass Supplied English Officers
Located in Milan, IT
Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend".
Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200’s
Category
1910s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1915s Magnetic Pocket Compass Short
Mason Antique Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1900s Antique Magnetic Nautical Brass Liquid Sestrel Compass in Original Box
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Country French Enfilade or Sideboard
Located in Winter Park, FL
the doors are not in working order and magnet closures have been added. Please refer to photos for
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Magnets
Materials
Cherry
Late 19th Century Large Painted Italian Cupboard
Located in Cirencester, GB
. We have also added magnets, catches and old handles to the four drawers and new blackened solid brass
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Country Antique Magnets
Materials
Pine
Improved Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
condition.
It is a tool that generates electric current using two magnets which were operated by a crank
Category
1880s British Antique Magnets
1900s Brass Magnetic Compass Signed Sestrel Antique Maritime Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend". Even the inventory of a
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Walnut Cassone with Carved Figure Ends
Paw Feet
Located in Milford, NH
front two panels have been converted to doors, with magnets added. The cassone dates to the 18th
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Magnets
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Large English nautical magnetic compass in brass and glass early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
19th c American Cherry Two Part Step Back Cupboard w/Tiger Maple Drawer Fronts
Located in Milford, NH
added on the back for stability, and some of the hardware has been replaced, including magnets added to
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Magnets
Materials
Glass, Cherry, Maple
Animated High Button Shoe Advertising Display
Located in Peekskill, NY
been put away for safe keeping. Although untested the 2 magnet contraption of a motor looks to be clean
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Magnets
Animated High Button Shoe Advertising Display
Located in Peekskill, NY
been put away for safe keeping. Although untested the 2 magnet contraption of a motor looks to be clean
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Magnets
Materials
Tin
1918s Small Pocket Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass Signed F.L French Limited
Located in Milan, IT
of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first appearance around the middle of the XVI century
Category
1910s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Desk Bibliothèque
Located in Winter Park, FL
are in working order are the drawers and bookcase doors. Magnets keep the small cabinet doors closed
Category
18th Century French Antique Magnets
1916s Chromed Brass Pocket Compass by British Aviation Officers Signed Dennison
Located in Milan, IT
exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first appearance around the
Category
1910s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1860-1890 Italian Wrought Iron Antique Strongbox Newly Equipped as Cigar Humidor
Located in Carimate, Como
) can be easily used and mounted on the magnet system.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Wrought Iron
American Mahogany Wood Antique Magnetic Binnacle Nautical Compass, circa 1896
Located in Milan, IT
attribute to the Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made
Category
1890s American Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1920s Brass Nautical Magnetic PocketCompass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
beginning of XIII century and attribute to the Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet
Category
1920s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Race Horse Game Wheel, Made by H.C. Evans, Chicago, IL
Located in York County, PA
catalogue offered the firm's customers "special dice", "special prepared cards", and "electro magnets
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Magnets
1907s Pocket Magnetic Crome Plated Brass Compass Antique Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
needle and magnetizing it with a magnet; the needle moved immediately in the North-South direction.
The
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Race Horse Game Wheel by HC Evans, Chicago, circa 1920-1950
By H.C. Evans
Co.
Located in York County, PA
firm's customers "special dice", "special prepared cards", and "electro magnets". Special dice included
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Magnets
Materials
Metal
In the Garden
By Ethel Mars
Located in New York, NY
settled in Provincetown, MA., a magnet for creative minds. Other artists who arrived in Provincetown
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Woodcut
English Compass Ship
s log, 40
s, teak and brass, 19th century compass. XIX
By Ainsley South Shields
Located in Valladolid, ES
: holding the mortar and housing magnets and iron mass to compensate for deviations of the needle. The
Category
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Magnets
Materials
Bronze, Iron
A Rare Malachite, Brass
Copper Box on Stand by Elkington
Co
Located in Sheffield, MA
times in a minute, at a short distance from the poles of a series of 64 permanent magnets, arranged in a
Category
19th Century English Antique Magnets
The Torture of the Vestal Virgin, a painting by Jean-Frédéric Schall (1752-1825)
Located in PARIS, FR
lover who was beaten to death? This cloth acts like a magnet on the body of our unfortunate vestal who
Category
1780s Old Masters Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Bulle Wall Station Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
magnet.
Compared to other electric clocks of the period (Brillie, ATO), wherein the permanent magnet was
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Steel
1920s Nautical English Magnetic Brass Compass Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
"De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's
Category
1920s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Brass Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument Nautical Antique
Located in Milan, IT
Alexander Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
1880s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1918s Barker
s Magnaetic Brass Nautical Pocket Compass Antique Marine Navigation
Located in Milan, IT
the Amalfitans the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The news that they had invented the
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Antique Oak Bookcase with Original Keys
Located in Redding, CT
magnets so doors stay shut unless pulled open.
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Magnets
Materials
Glass, Oak
1920s Brass Nautical Dirigo Seattle Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
"De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's
Category
1920s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1918s Antique Magnetic Brass Pocket Compass Signed Cruchon
Emons Paris N. 918
Located in Milan, IT
works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend". Even the inventory of a
Category
1910s French Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Collection of Diminutive Grand Tour Bronzes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
bottom and I'm not sure is bronze. A magnet does not stick so it's not iron either. Perhaps some mixed
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Magnets
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Earòy 1900s Nautical Compass Signed Ritchie Boston Antique Maritime Navigation
Located in Milan, IT
Alexander Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool
Located in Milan, IT
utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the
Category
1890s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1900s, Big Magnetic Brass Nautical Compass Antique Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Marconi Era Coil Wire Machine
Located in Peekskill, NY
used to create electro-magnets for telegraph sounders or Marconi style induction coils. This was from
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Magnets
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Sapphire
Diamond Ring with Enamel
Located in Litchfield, CT
of the quixotic and mischievous side of Art Deco jewelry. The design is a magnet (set with sapphires
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1918s Small Chromed Brass Magnetic Pocket Compass First Worla War American Army
Located in Milan, IT
a piece of cork with a needle and magnetizing it with a magnet; the needle moved immediately in the
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Officer Pocket Aviation Compass Used in 1918 Signed Clement Clarke Ltd London
Located in Milan, IT
magnetizing it with a magnet; the needle moved immediately in the North-South direction.
Shipping is insured
Category
1910s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1920s Brass Pocket Compass Four-Winds Compass Card with Goniometric Circle
Located in Milan, IT
exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first appearance around the
Category
1920s English Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Hillside Tower, Lake Garda, Malcesine, Italy.
By Isabel Beatrice Mesham
Located in Plano, TX
base for sightseeing and the cable-car running up to Monte Baldo is a magnet for cyclists, walkers and
Category
1920s Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
1920s Small Brass Nautical Pocket Compass Antique Maritime Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
attribute to the Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made
Category
1920s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1900s Ritchie Boston Usa Brass Nautical Magnetic Compass Maritime Navigation
Located in Milan, IT
"De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
End 19th Century Antique Brass Nautical Magnetic Compass on a Mahogany Board
Located in Milan, IT
magnet; the needle moved immediately in the North-South direction.
Category
1890s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1870s English Dry Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Signed Mc Innels Glasgow
Located in Milan, IT
Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first
Category
1870s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1860-1890 Italian Wrought Iron Antique Strongbox Newly Equipped as Cigar Humidor
Located in Carimate, Como
) can be easily used and mounted on the magnet system.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Industrial Antique Magnets
Materials
Wrought Iron
1918s Small Brass Pocket Nautical Compass Antique Marina Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1917s Small Brass Nautical Compass Antique Maritime Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made its first
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
French Bulle Electric Clock Swedish Cut Crystal Glass Dome c.1930 Art Deco
Located in Sweden, SE
system of using a solenoid with a 3 pole tungsten magnet which, in 1914 he used to construct an electric
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Conway Estuary Wales - Scottish 19thC Impressionist art landscape oil painting
By Robert Fowler
Located in Hagley, England
work exhibited abroad in Paris and Munich. His studio became a magnet for other artists, writers and
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
Welsh Landscape - Scottish 19thC Impressionist oil painting Conway Snowdonia
By Robert Fowler
Located in Hagley, England
work exhibited abroad in Paris and Munich. His studio became a magnet for other artists, writers and
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
Liverpool Docks - Scottish Impressionist oil painting dockland landscape Mersey
By Robert Fowler
Located in Hagley, England
became a magnet for other artists, writers and musicians. He moved to London in the early 1900s and had a
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Maiden in Landscape - Scottish 19thC Pre-Raphaelite oil painting
By Robert Fowler
Located in Hagley, England
work exhibited abroad in Paris and Munich. His studio became a magnet for other artists, writers and
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
The Torture of the Vestal Virgin, a painting by Jean-Frédéric Schall (1752-1825)
Located in PARIS, FR
lover who was beaten to death? This cloth acts like a magnet on the body of our unfortunate vestal who
Category
1780s Old Masters Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 19th Century Magnet in a Leather Case
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
A set of five ‘horseshoe’ magnets, engraved ‘N’ and ‘S’ to mark the North and the South poles. By
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Magnets
Materials
Magnets
Victorian Novelty Silver Magnet Pen Wipe / Desk Tidy
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
horseshoe shaped magnet. The brushes of the pen wipe have been coloured to simulate a magnet, the central
Category
19th Century English Antique Magnets
Materials
Silver
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Find a variety of antique magnets available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique magnets available were constructed with great care. Antique magnets have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Regency antique magnets are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique magnets over the years, but those made by E. Vion Paris are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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