Used Sextants
Sextant
By Bill Thompson
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful minimalist sculptural work explores the evocative power monochrome color. Originally working as a painter, Thompson focused on Minimalism. In his sculptural work, mono...
Category
2010s Minimalist Used Sextants
Materials
Polyurethane
Hermès Silk Scarf "Sextants" 1981
By Hermès, Loïc Dubigeon
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Hermès Silk Scarf "Sextants" 1981. Please note this item is in good condition with minor wear
Category
1980s French Used Sextants
Portable Bronze Sextant for Nautical Navigation
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant portable bronze sextant used for nautical navigation, finely crafted with precise detailing
Category
Early 20th Century Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze
Circular Sextant, Decorative Piece, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The sextant is an instrument that allows to measure angles between two objects such as two points
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Other Used Sextants
Materials
Metal, Other
1917 Waymouth Cooke Naval Rangefinder Sextant
Located in San Mateo, CA
sextant range finder. They were patented in 1914. The Mark II like this one came out in 1917. The
Category
1910s English Other Used Sextants
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Troughton and Simms Navigators Sextant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's sextant with lattice frame, colored glass filters, many accessory scopes
Category
Early 1900s North American Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Hermes Sextants by L Dubigeon Silk Scarf
By Hermès
Located in Paris, FR
Hermes silk scarf "Sextants" by Loic Dubigeon featuring a black border and a Hermès signature
Category
1980s French Used Sextants
Nautical Vernier Sextant, G.W.Butters, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Nautical Sextant, G.W. Butters, London.
A fine curved frame vernier sextant, the
Category
Early 1900s English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
A poket sextant signed Stanley, London 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A travel nautical instrument, sextant, to determine the ship’s position. The cover became the base
Category
Late 19th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Antique Heath
Co Lacquered Brass Vernier Sextant 19th Century
By Heath
Co.
Located in London, GB
A rare cased lacquered brass vernier sextant by A Heath & Co of New Eltham London, dating from the
Category
Late 19th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Hermès Silk Twill Foulard / Scarf Entitled with
sextants
, 1981
By Hermès
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Hermès - (Made in France) Multicolored silk twill scarf entitled "Sextants", designed by Loïc
Category
1990s French Used Sextants
Antique Cased Octant, Scottish, Ebony, Navigation Instrument, Sextant, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased octant. A Scottish, ebony navigational instrument, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850.
Appealing navigation instrument with fascinating display inte...
Category
1850s British Early Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
$2,122
H 4.93 in W 13.19 in D 11.82 in
Superb Large Brass Sextant Ceiling Light from the Captains Cabin
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Superb large brass sextant ceiling light from the captains cabin
A very good quality lamp it has
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Breitling Chronomat Sextant 80350 18K Gold Bezel D55045 Men
s watch
By Breitling
Located in Toronto, CA
Brand: BREITLING
Model: Chronomat
Reference Number: 80350 D55045
Country Of Manufacture: Switzerland
Movement: Quartz
Case Material: Stainless steel &18K Gold
Measurements : Ca...
Category
1990s Swiss Used Sextants
Materials
18k Gold, Stainless Steel
1981 Hermès Navy “Sextants” by Loïc Dubigeon 90cm Silk Twill Scarf
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
"Sextants" vintage Hermès silk twill scarf was designed by Loïc Dubigeon. The scarf was first issued in 1981
Category
1980s French Used Sextants
Hermes Late 20th Century Sextants Nautical Design Silk Scarf and Original Box
Located in New Hope, PA
This Hermes Sextant scarf is stunning, all the colors work together beautifully to create this
Category
Late 20th Century French Used Sextants
$450
Size: One Size Fits All
Maritime Still Life with Sextant, Engraving or Color Lithograph by Charles Cerny
By Charles Cerny 1
Located in Miami, FL
Nautical engraving print with sextant or color lithograph by Charles Cerny, titled "Navigation
Category
20th Century French Used Sextants
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,650
H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 2.75 in
English Antique Brass Sextant Walnut Box with Spare Parts Henry Barrow, c 1880
Located in Labrit, Landes
English sextant set in its walnut box.
19th century
This box is a unique decorative item that will
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Used Sextants
Materials
Brass, Iron
$2,204
H 9.45 in W 21.66 in D 8.67 in
Ebony Ships Navigators Octant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
filters and peepsight. Similar to a sextant and quadrant. Note: A piece of wood is missing from box bottom
Category
1950s Used Sextants
Materials
Wood
Hermès Shirt
By Loïc Dubigeon, Hermès
Located in Padova, IT
"Sextants" disegno del maestro Loïc Dubigeon 1981. Misure: Lunghezza 78 cm, larghezza del petto 53 cm
Category
1990s French Used Sextants
Antique Neoclassical Style Bronze Fire Insert
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
.
To the top is a cherub or angel, depicted holding a sextant, representing navigation and travel. To
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Used Sextants
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Iron
"Of Ships and Men" - Nautical Trompe l
Oeil Composition in Oil on Board
By Russell Tripp
Located in Soquel, CA
artifacts, including a weathered ship’s wheel, rusted lantern, telescope, and sextant, meticulously arranged
Category
1990s American Impressionist Used Sextants
Materials
Oil, Board
$3,500
H 25 in W 35 in D 2 in
English WW2 Era Brass Ship
s Pedestal Binnacle Compass by Sestral
By Henry Browne
Son Ltd Sestrel
Located in Forney, TX
compasses, inclinometers, sextants, etc.. later expanding into fine scientific instruments and aviation
Category
Mid-20th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass, Iron
Austrian 19th Century Patinated Bronze, Giltwood and Ebony Wall Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
capital where another maiden, possibly a statue, is standing with a globe and sextant in her hand with
Category
19th Century Austrian Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze
$15,200
H 30 in W 19 in D 2.5 in
A beautiful Celestial Table Globe produced by Gerard
Leonard Valk
By Gerard and Leonard Valk
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
to the decorative sextant.
The Celestial Heavens. (What does the globe display.)
Constellation names
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Used Sextants
Materials
Other
$190,622 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28 in Dm 18 in
Recent Sales
Sextant
By Trish Tillman
Located in New York, NY
Trish Tillman juxtaposes diverse materials to evoke domestic ritual, fetish, and a modern tendency towards private totemic monuments. Industrial components fused with uncanny decorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Sextants
Materials
Aluminum
Table sextant by Throughton
Simms
By Troughton
Simms London
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Table Sextant By Throughton & Simms Dated 1880"
Very pretty table sextant signed Troughton & Simms
Category
1880s British Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze
Vintage American Miniature Pocket Nautical Sextant
By Ilon Industries
Located in Palm City, FL
Free Shipping to 48 contiguous States
SEXTANT DIMENSIONS4" W x 4 " L x 1 1/2” D"
LEATHER CASE 5 1
Category
1960s American Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Victorian Vernier Sextant by Crichton Brothers, London
By Crichton Brothers
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
A fine 8 inch lacquered brass frame radius Vernier sextant by Crichton Brothers of London. Polished
Category
1870s English Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Vernier Sextant by Heath and Company, London
By Heath
Co.
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
Fine 9 inch radius vernier sextant by Heath and Company. Laquered brass frame with silvered arc
Category
1920s Great Britain (UK) Other Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Plath Nautical Navistar Sextant International Polar Expedition
By C. Plath
Located in Palm City, FL
Presented is one of the rarest Plath Navistar Classic sextants that we have offered. It was used in
Category
Late 20th Century German Used Sextants
Rare British WW II Air Ministry Miniature Nautical Sextant
By Henry Hughes and Son Ltd.
Located in Palm City, FL
Here is a gem of a high quality British Air Ministry sextant from WW II. It is the second one we've
Category
1940s Used Sextants
Plath Hamburg Brass Sextant Maritime Navigational Instrument, circa 1900s
Located in Chicago, IL
1900s German brass sextant maritime navigational instrument by C. Plath.
Category
Early 1900s German Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Russian Military Boxed Star/Constellation Finder
Located in Bedford, NY
used to locate prominent stars to be
used with a sextant to locate ships latitude and general position
Category
1950s Russian Industrial Used Sextants
Shagreen Etui by W
S Jones Opticians with Scientific Instruments Circa, 1800
Located in London, GB
company that introduced the idea of a pocket sextant for navigation and mechanical miniaturization. They
Category
19th Century British Used Sextants
Cased Station Pointer
Located in Salisbury, GB
positions with the use of a sextant. The triangulation of these points would have allowed for accurate
Category
Late 19th Century Used Sextants
World War II Hamilton Model 23 Chronograph, 1943
By Hamilton
Located in Houston, TX
couple of other sextants which increased its usage and need (Renaissance Watch Repair).
Category
1940s American Used Sextants
Marine Chronometer by Dobbie McInnes. No. 10031
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
, telescopes, sextants and all manner of scientific instruments. On May 10th / 11th 1941 their premises at 57
Category
1850s Great Britain (UK) Other Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Antique Marine Chronometer by Dobbie McInnis, Glasgow, circa 1920
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
, theodolites, telescopes, sextants and all manner of scientific instruments. On May 10th / 11th 1941 their
Category
1920s English Other Used Sextants
Materials
Wood
Coat of Arms of a Ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Located in Greven, DE
paraphernalia around the coat of arms, you notice a pair of rudders, astrolabe, sextant, etc in use on board of
Category
18th Century Old Masters Used Sextants
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early Period English Nautical Back Sight Octant by J. Ramsden
Located in Palm City, FL
marking graduated scales on sextants and other nautical and astronomical instruments of his own
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Rare Giant Nautical Antique Ships Octant Gold Gilt Fixtures
Located in Palm City, FL
this size out of numerous included in the epic book, "Sextants at Greenwich", by W.F. J. Morzer Bruyns
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Used Sextants
Sextant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique sextant in original box.
Category
Early 20th Century English Used Sextants
Antique Sextant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English brass sextant in original case.
Category
19th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Brass Sextant
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century brass astronomical measuring instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea. Multiple parts include telescope and colored glass filters along with wo...
Category
19th Century English Used Sextants
English Marine Sextant
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1920 English Marine Sextant with wooden box by Cooke Hull. Available at our showroom at 241
Category
Early 20th Century Used Sextants
Eary 20th Century Bronze Sextant
Located in Miami, FL
Graphically Decorative as a Sculpture, this Early 20th Century Bronze Sextant is in Remarkable
Category
Early 20th Century American Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Nautical Sextant in Presentation Box
Located in Austin, TX
A Scottish seaman's double frame sextant of brass, with radius index arm, and accessories, in
Category
19th Century Scottish Used Sextants
Materials
Optical Glass
Solid Brass Navigator
s Quintant Sextant
Located in Norwell, MA
parts. Considerably larger than a sextant. This is a very special instrument. Split on bottom of box
Category
1910s North American Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Sextant - indigo dyed silk encaustic
By Susan Stover
Located in Hudson, NY
indigo dyed silk, encaustic, mixed media on panel
13 x 12 inches
About the work: As I build one body of work on the previous ones, there are certain elements that remain const...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Sextants
Materials
Encaustic, Mixed Media, Silk, Wood Panel
English Bronze and Silver Cased Sextant
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English bronze and silver sextant made and signed by Elliott Brothers, London, circa 1890. With
Category
Late 19th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze, Silver
Solid Brass Ships Sextant In Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Late Nineteenth Navigators Sextant. T Frame design. Box has label of H.A. Johannesen Compass
Category
1920s Norwegian Used Sextants
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Sextant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century solid brass ship navigators sextant in wood box. With calibration label
Category
1920s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Sextant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century solid brass ship navigators sextant in wood box. With calibration label
Category
1920s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Vintage E. A. Kutz Cased Sextant, 19th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an American nautical sextant, dating to the mid-19th century. The wood, brass, and
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Sextant of Burnished Brass Made in Wales
Located in Milan, IT
Sextant of burnished brass signed Hayes Brothers Cardiff Barry and Port Talbot of the late
Category
1880s British Used Sextants
Late 19th Century L. Beckmann Co. Bronze Sextant
Located in Chicago, IL
A late 19th century bronze surveyor's sextant manufactured by the L. Beckmann Co. of Toledo Ohio
Category
Late 19th Century American Used Sextants
Materials
Bronze
Brass Sextant Trinity House Prize HMS Conway Liverpool
Located in Milan, IT
Burnished brass sextant from the second half of the 19th century signed Frodsham & Keep Liverpool
Category
1870s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
1930s Brass Sextant Antique Marine Navigation Instrument Nautical
Located in Milan, IT
1930s Brass sextant signed Husun Trade Mark and made by H. Hughes & Son Ltd, a company active for
Category
1930s Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
A Fine 8 Inch Vernier Sextant by Whyte, Glasgow
Located in Norwich, GB
A fine vernier sextant by Whyte, Glasgow.
Vernier curved frame sextant, the arc signed J.Whyte
Category
Early 1800s English Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Rare Pocket Sextant by Brooks of Ludgate Street London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A rare pocket sextant by Brooks of Ludgate Street London.
Retained in its original mahogany
Category
1850s British Used Sextants
Sextant Related to The US Coast And Geodetic Survey
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass navigators sextant formerly used by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. USCGS and
Category
1940s North American Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Scottish Brass Sextant by David Stalker, With Original Box
By David Stalker
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality brass sextant signed David Stalker, Leith (Scotland) complete with a well-detailed
Category
19th Century Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
WWII Antique Russian Aviation Sextant with Original Wooden Box
Located in Milan, IT
World War II sextant made in Russia, of gray painted metal complete with original wooden box with
Category
1940s Russian Used Sextants
Materials
Metal
1870s Brass Sextant Signed Ainsley Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Ainsley South Shields (1858-1886) complete with original wood case and lenses
Category
1870s Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
1890s Brass Sextant Georg Hechelmann Hamburg Antique Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Georg Hechelmann Nachf Hamburg from the late 19th century, original wooden box
Category
1890s Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 5.5 in W 11.7 in D 11.7 in
Enormous Hollywood Regency Style Hermes
Sextants
Silk Stuffed Pillow
By Hermès
Located in Manhasset, NY
Enormous Hollywood Regency style Hermes 'Sextants' silk stuffed pillow. One out of a large
Category
Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Used Sextants
Materials
Silk
Antique Scottish Sextant by D McGregor
Co 19th Century
By D. McGregor
Co. 1
Located in London, GB
A rare mahogany cased single framed sextant by D McGregor & Co of Clyde Place, Glasgow, dating from
Category
1890s Scottish Used Sextants
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Brass Sextant Signed WC COX Devonport, Mid-19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed WC COX Devonport made in the mid-19th century, instrument complete with three
Category
1850s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Brass Sextant in its Original Oak Wood Box, 1940s
By Kelvin
Hughes 1
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Husun ??Trade Mark and made by Kelvin & Hughes Limited at the end of the 1940s
Category
1940s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
Vintage Cased Sextant, English, Nautical, Handheld Scientific Instrument, C.1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage cased sextant. An English, cast metal nautical handheld scientific instrument
Category
Mid-20th Century British Used Sextants
Materials
Metal
H 4.53 in W 9.26 in D 9.06 in
Breitling Stainless Steel
18 Karat Yellow Gold Chronograph Sextant
By Breitling
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Movement: automatic
Function: hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph
Case: round 36mm round case, uni-directional rotating bezel, sapphire protective crystal, Breitling engraved ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used Sextants
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Stainless Steel
Breitling Windrider Chrono Sextant Watch B55045 White Dial Quartz #19098
By Breitling
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Breitling Windrider Chrono Sextant Watch
Model: B55045
Serial: 5920
This unisex watch is set in
Category
20th Century Contemporary Used Sextants
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Burnished Brass Sextant Signed Potter Poultry, London, Mid-19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Burnished brass sextant signed Potter Poultry London, mid-19th century, complete with original
Category
1860s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 5.06 in W 13.78 in L 5.06 in
1930s Brass Sextant H. Hughes
Son Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
1930s Brass sextant signed Husun Trade Mark and made by H. Hughes & Son Ltd, a company active for
Category
1930s Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 5.7 in W 10.82 in D 10.43 in
Antique English Cased "Paget Angle Sextant" by H. Hughes
Son Limited
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English "Paget Angle Sextant" in original case made by H. Hughes and Son Limited, circa
Category
Early 20th Century English Used Sextants
Materials
Wood
1910 Paget Nautical Angular Sextant Mahogany Box Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Paget angular sextant, H. Hughes & Son Ltd London no. 620 datable to 1910 circa. The sextant is
Category
1910s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 2.68 in W 7.29 in D 5.91 in
Polished Ship’s Sextant in Box by Wilfred O. White, Boston, USA
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic circa 1940 three-ring framed sextant in box. Box contains five accessory scopes
Category
1940s North American Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
1875s Brass Sextant Signed Negus New York Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed Negus New York, datable around 1875, finely manufactured instrument, complete
Category
1870s Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 5 in W 10.45 in D 10.6 in
1913 Nautical Brass Sextant J. Lilley Mahogany Box Antique Marine Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass sextant signed John Lilley & Son Ltd London & North Shields, made in 1913 circa, in its
Category
1910s British Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 5.52 in W 10.63 in D 10.52 in
WW1 brass pocket military sextant made by Ryland
Sons, London circa 1915
Located in Central England, GB
This rare precision instrument is a fine solid brass pocket sextant made for the military by the
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Used Sextants
Materials
Brass
H 1.58 in W 3.08 in D 3.08 in
Burnished Brass Sextant Made in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Burnished brass sextant made in the second half of the 19th century and placed in its beautiful
Category
1860s British Used Sextants
Materials
Silver, Brass
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By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron French ceramic tile coffee table model Cuvette.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Used Sextants
Materials
Ceramic
$9,000
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Located in Rochester, NY
An ancient looking tree trunk fragment that at first glance appears to be faux bois rather than real wood. Beautifully aged color and wear to surface from many years of exposure to t...
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19th Century Unknown Organic Modern Used Sextants
Materials
Wood
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Used Sextants
Materials
Copper
$4,050
H 80.71 in W 44.49 in D 15.75 in
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Located in Antwerp, BE
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Used Sextants
Materials
Silver
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By Paul Evans
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans for Paul Evans Studio, ‘Loop’ wall-mounted cabinet, welded copper with applied verdigris patina, steel, brass, painted wood, United States, circa 1968
Made around 1968, t...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Sextants
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
$152,000
H 53.15 in W 37.01 in D 21.66 in
Early 19th century painted iron safe
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century painted iron safe circa 1830.
We are pleased to offer this cast iron safe in near original condition and still functioning today.
Cast fielded panels to front an...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Used Sextants
Materials
Iron
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By Bill Thompson
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful minimalist sculptural work explores the evocative power monochrome color. Originally working as a painter, Thompson focused on Minimalism. In his sculptural work, mono...
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2010s Minimalist Used Sextants
Materials
Polyurethane
Japanese Antique Copper Tub 1800s-1860s / Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old copper tub made in Japan.
It was made during the Edo period (1800s-1860s) and used as a tool to draw water from a well.
This tool is one of the tools of daily life tha...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Used Sextants
Materials
Copper, Iron
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H 8.67 in W 8.86 in D 8.27 in
Late Century Japanese Cast Aluminium Industrial Flameproof Table Lamp, Edison
By Industrial Production, Kokosha
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Reclaimed Kokosha aluminium flame proof ceiling light circa 1998, made by Kokosha of Osaka, Japan
Originating form super tankers and cargo ships this lamp has been expertly stripp...
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1990s Japanese Industrial Used Sextants
Materials
Aluminum
$446 / item
H 9.06 in Dm 9.06 in
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By McGarren Flack
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A cut-up lemon rests on a muted surface, its interior revealing various color changes. The light and shadow emphasize the fruit's vibrant yellow skin and fles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Sextants
Materials
Oil
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By Luuk van den Broek
Located in Copenhagen, DK
About: Based in Eindhoven, Luuk van den Broek is working in the field between art and industrial design. Intuitively looking for the deepest colour, the most logical connection or th...
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2010s Dutch Modern Used Sextants
Materials
Metal
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2010s Contemporary Used Sextants
Materials
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$750
H 17.5 in W 24.25 in D 2.5 in
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By Pauly
Co.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Used Sextants
Materials
Silver Leaf
Platea Green Horizon – Coffee Table in Hand-Polished High-Gloss Gradient Lacquer
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Platea Coffee Table
Inspired by the layered beauty of natural plateaus and stepped land formations, the Platea Coffee Table embodies an architectural landscape in motion. Each block ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Used Sextants
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$17,424 / item
H 18 in W 75 in D 40 in
Pair of French Walnut Library Ladders
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French (19th Century) walnut library ladders with side railings and steps leading to a top platform (on casters) (attributed to Napoleon III's personal library) (Related item...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Used Sextants
Materials
Walnut
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By George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Newly laminated Formica top with dry erase laminate. Very cool, dry/erase surface for your work desk. Extremely functional and uniq...
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1950s American Used Sextants
Materials
Chrome
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Used Sextants For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of used sextants available for sale. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all used sextants available were constructed with great care. Used sextants have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Used sextants made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. Used sextants have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by C. Plath, Spencer, Browning
Co. and Crichton Brothers are consistently popular.
How Much are Used Sextants?
Prices for used sextants can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, used sextants begin at $115 and can go as high as $6,104, while the average can fetch as much as $1,560.
Questions About Used Sextants
- How do I use a sextant?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To use a sextant, find the horizon inside of the mirror and move the arm until you can also see the object you are attempting to locate. Then, calculate the angle of elevation based on your current elevation above sea level. You'll find a selection of vintage and antique sextants on 1stDibs.
- Is the sextant still used today?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, sextants are still used today. While computer navigation systems are quickly taking over and preferred by some, there are still some vessels that use a sextant or at least have a working sextant as backup for navigating. Shop a collection of sextants from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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