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Small herbalist pharmacy wooden jars, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two small wooden herbalist's apothecary vases (Althaea flowers, Ginko leaves) in the purest neoclassical style. The surface is finished with cream-white pastiglia with saffron...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Small herbalist pharmacy wooden jars, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two small wooden herbalist's apothecary vases (Thistle flowers, Myrtle berries) in the purest neoclassical style. The surface is finished with cream-white pastiglia with saffr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Walking stick, rock crystal and gold handle, by Jean Després, France 1930.
By Jean Despres
Located in Milan, IT
Art Decò walking stick: jewel cane, cylindrical knob in rock crystal, band made of 18Kt gold, fretwork, 4 squares of two sizes, which allow you ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
Big porcelain pipe: a waitress holding mugs of beer, Germany 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Painted porcelain pipe, with opening stove, depicting a waitress, sitting on a beer barrel, holding three mugs full of beer, ready to be served. The amber mouthpiece is connected to ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Art nouveau gold and jade vinaigrette, by Georges Fouquet France 1900.
By Georges Fouquet-Lapar
Located in Milan, IT
Round Art nouveau Vinaigrette, made of 18K gold. Configured as a pendant with safety lock.The lid of the box is in white jade with in the center several coiled snakes that also invad...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Jade, Gold
Group of small wooden geometric models with chromatic faces, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Group of 16 little solid wooden geometrical models for teaching class. One face of each is colored following the chromatic scale of colors. Paravia, Italy beginning XX century.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Surgical instrument: a scalpel, late 19th century, United States 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A surgical instrument from the late 19th early 20th century. An iron scalpel. With brass handle. Tiemann & Co, American manufacturing. New York, United States circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Surgical instrument: forceps, late 19th century, United States 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A surgical instrument from the late 19th early 20th century. An iron tong. SS White Maker, H.C. distributor Kern. American manufacturing. Philadelphia, United States circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
A late19th-Century dental extractor, United States 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
An instrument for dental use. A late 19th early 20th century dental extractor. An iron forceps used in tooth extraction. White Maker, H.C. distributor Kern. American manufacturing. P...
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
A late19th-Century dental extractor, United States 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
An instrument for dental use. A late 19th early 20th century dental extractor. An iron forceps used in tooth extraction, one of the two handles, is curved to allow grip during tooth ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
22 wooden models for teaching, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A group of 22 small geometric solids made of solid wood with white traces for educational use. Some solids are decomposable. Castiglione, Turin, Italy circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
A 19th-Century dental elevator.
Located in Milan, IT
A dental instrument. A 19th-Century iron elevator. A baluster-turned shank with double claw, fitted with a horn handle and screwdriver. British manufacturer. London circa 1850.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Important book The spiritual testament of Benito Mussolini, Rome 1976.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and important book is presented in a prominent format, 48 x 34 cm. The front cover and the back cover (front and back plate) offer a refined work of embossed copper foil entir...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Copper
A cigar holder, silver sterling 925/1000, signed Tiffany, United States 1930.
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Milan, IT
A cigar holder, sterling 925/1000. Made of smooth silver in the shape of a cigar with a lid, a lapis lazuli, cabochon cut, is set at the end. The edge of the bezel and the profile of...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
A mid-19th century surgeon
s instrument, a saw. Lollini Brothers, Bologna, Italy
Located in Milan, IT
A 19th-century surgical instrument. An amputation chain saw with a white metal body and iron stops, extractor, and chain. The bar-shaped body has a rectangular section that curves sl...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Iron
A 18th-Century scientific instrument: wooden screw dilator clamp.
Located in Milan, IT
A medical instrument. A brass screw clamp (dilator), with a rosewood handle. It consists of two symmetrical parts, each with a circular cushion element that continues with a cylindri...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Jeweled walking stick, in gold with pietradura, Florentine mosaic. USA 1844.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, octagonal milord-shaped knob in 16Kt. gold. In the upper part, we find a table embedded with a pietradura, or Florentine mosaic, of octagonal sh...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold, Iron
A small telescope in paper, glass and snakewood. Golden decoration. France 1780.
Located in Milan, IT
A small pocket telescope with one extension, lens holder and ring in amoretto wood (Brosimum Guianense); objective holder body in green painted and pressed cardboard with rich decora...
Category
Antique 1870s French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Wooden maquette, depicting the Eiffel Tower, France early 20th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature Wunderkammer architectural model, entirely handmade, in painted balsa wood, depicting the Eiffel Tower. Grand Tour item. Original patina. France early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Walking stick, silver knob with intaglio glass, by Anton Pribil, Austria 1900.
By Anton Pribil
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: a jeweled cane with a milord-shaped knob, in gilded silver, with an embossed decoration of twisted lines that rise to the edge of the upper part. At the end is set a r...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal, Silver, Iron
A travel aphotecary with oak wood box, England 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Small travel apothecary with oak wood box, glass containers inside and bone spoon. England circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood
A trunk style travel apotecary cabinet in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
English travelling apothecary made of mahogany Sipo mahogany (Entandrophragma utile) and brass with a rectangular base, a front drawer, an opening to...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
An oversized brass silk scale with wooden stand, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Ancient scale for weighing silk. Over a square wooden base weighted with lead with brass plaque and connecting element rise the tall wooden central part, made out of wood, with moved...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
A Copernican armillary sphere, Paravia, Milan, Italy 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A Copernican armillary sphere made of iron, paper, brass and wood, with the Sun inside, and the Earth on the outside, made of wood and covered with paper. Pedestal made of turned and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
Trade sign for a telephone company depicting a big telephon, USA 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A window trade sign of an american telephone company, depicting a big phone. Carved out of fruit wood, and white enamel painted. United States of America half 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Enamel
A barometer signed jecker, Paris 1800.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique mahogany wall barometer composed of a glass tube containing mercury with its reserve. On the upper part a gable-shaped pediment and a screwed brass plate with a small alcohol...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Iron and copper mold for a toy soldier, USA 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Large iron and copper mold used to make a children's toy depicting a soldier. United States of America, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Copper, Iron
Travel pharmacy in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
Travel pharmacy. Box in Mogano Sipo ( Entandrophragma utile ) wood and brass with recessed handles on both sides and a drawer on the front. The upper level opens, inside it there are...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Walking stick, with painted miniature of St. Luke, Giulio Zanetti Italy 1860.
By Giulio Zanetti
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, silver knob in the shape of a milord worked in tourchon, with finely engraved and gilded parts. At the top of the knob, a miniature painted in e...
Category
Antique 1850s Italian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
A wooden sculpture depicting a prancing carousel horse, Italy 1750.
Located in Milan, IT
Italian wooden sculpture depicting a carousel horse launched in the act of ramping. Pale fruitwood. Modern metal base. The measurement refers to the horse only. Italy mid-18th century.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Anatomical model: an external and inner ear, Dresden, Germany 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting an external and internal ear, made of painted papier-mâché and plaster, all placed on a base of fruit wood painted black. Mad...
Category
Early 20th Century German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood, Parchment Paper
A Grand Tour wooden maquette, depicting the Tower of Pisa, Italy circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature Wunderkammer Grand Tour architectural model, entirely handmade, in balsa wood and brass, depicting the Tower of Pisa. The bells made of brass are inserted in the final part...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Architectural Models
Materials
Brass
Walking stick, gold, malachite handle, Signed Gabriel Falguieres. France 1900.
By Gabriel Falguieres
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled stick, milord-shaped knob with gold band and malchite cylinder with iron noble seal. Malacca wood barrel with 18K gold eyelets for wrist cord. Horne ferrule. Signed Gabriel Falguieres.
Gabriel Falguières created excellent Art Nouveau jewelry. We know that Falguières collaborated with the Parisian jeweler Alphonse Auger (La Maison Auger...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Malachite, Gold, Iron
Botanic model depicting a Vitis vinifera flower, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A botanic didactical specimen, depicting a Vitis vinifera flower, pale yellow green color made out of papier mache, plaster and wood hand painted. Extremely detailed. Paravia Milano,...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Enameled silver cigarette case with a portrait of Franz Joseph, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Cigarette case in 900/1000 silver, with internal gilding.
Above the lid, an enamel miniature on the guilloché prepared bed. The miniature depicts Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria (183...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
A Grand Tour wooden maquette, depicting the Cathedral of Milan, Italy circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Rare and unusual Wunderkammer architectural model in miniature, entirely handmade, in balsa wood, depicting the Cathedral of Milan. Original patina. Italy second half of the 19th cen...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Scientific wooden model of the architecture of a dairy farm, Italy of the 40s
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature scientific model (Scale 1/100) for educational use, entirely handmade, in painted wood, depicting an architectural project of a dairy farm, external views and the laborator...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Scientific wooden model (1/30 scale) of architectural elements, Italy of the 40s
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature scientific model (Scale 1/30) for educational use, entirely handmade, in painted wood, depicting architectural structural elements: upper and reverse arches and pillars. Or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Lark, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer: Stuffed bird (Alauda arvensis) Lark, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche. Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Natura...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Domestic Sparrow, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer: Stuffed bird (Passer Domesticus) Domestic sparrow, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche. Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Calandra Lark, Italia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer: Stuffed bird (Melanocorypha calandra) Calandra Lark, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche. Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet....
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Lonely Sparrow, Italia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) Lonely Sparrow, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Br...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Trush Sparrow Italia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer: Stuffed bird (Turdus pilaris) Trush Sparrow, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche. Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of taxidermy stuffed Pogona reptiles, natural history cabinet, Italy 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer. A pair of taxidermy stuffed Pogona Vitticeps reptils, mounted on an olive briar and swiss pine wooden base. Sulfur glass eyes. Specimen for labora...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Glass, Wood
A music score holder made out of oak wood, USA 1912.
Located in Milan, IT
A music score holder, made out of oak wood and iron, with tripod legs. USA beginning 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century American Musical Instruments
Materials
Iron
Ten spheres: weighting only twice and try to find the heaviest one, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
The ball weight riddle. There are 10 painted wood balls available, same circumference, all of them, numbered from 0 to 9, 9 of which have the same weight and only one weight more tha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Games
Materials
Wood
Taxidermy marine specimen: a Puffer fish, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, the common Puffer fish Tetradontidae. The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and til...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Brass
Art and Craft round shaped glass dish, with Cuban cigar labels, England 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Round shaped glass dish, decorated, with Cuban cigar labels, applied under the glass. Art and Craft period, London circa 1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Glass
A hunting rifle holder with deer legs, France 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
A hunting rifle holder, or stick holder, from a French chalet, made with two deer legs. The base, in the shape of a shield, is made of oak wood. Taxidermist Paul Martinot, Rue du Tem...
Category
Early 20th Century French Taxidermy
Materials
Wood
A hunting rifles holder made from deer antlers and oak wood, France 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
A rifles holder, or sticks holder, from a French chalet, made from deer antlers. Possibility of hanging 4 rifles. The base is made of oak wood. Taxidermist Paul Martinot, Rue du Temp...
Category
Early 20th Century French Taxidermy
Materials
Antler, Wood
Ebony, brass and ivory pantograph, signed Lennel, Paris 1780.
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and ebony wood pantograph, in its original mahogany box. The wheels are made of ivory. The instrument shows the signature of the maker Lennel à La Sphére à Paris. France 1780. ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Ancient plaster anatomical model of a flayed foot, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a flayed foot. Made of plaster, in excellent condition and with original patina. Anatomical study use. Italy circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Ancient anatomical model of a flayed hand, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a flayed hand. Made of plaster, in excellent condition and with original patina. Anatomical study use. Italy circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
A terrestral globe signed J. Lebegue
C, Paris France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Medium-sized terrestrial globe, made of papier-mâché, finished with pastille and completed by the application of paper spindles imprinted with intaglio printing. Color touch-ups. F...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Fruitwood
A terrestral globe signed Périgot, published by Delagrave, Paris 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Medium-sized terrestrial globe, made of papier-mâché, finished with pastille and completed by the application of paper spindles imprinted with intaglio printing. Color touch-ups. T...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A pharmacy mushroom model: Sarcoshypha Austriaca, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Sarcoscypha Austriaca mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
A pharmacy mushroom model: Agaricus Bisporus Imach, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Agaricus Bisporus Imbach mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
A pharmacy mushroom model: Morchella Vulgaris, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Morchella Vulgaris mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
A pharmacy mushroom model: Rhodocollybia Butyracea, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Rhodocollybia Butyracea mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
A pharmacy mushroom model: Morchella Rotunda, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Morchella Rotunda mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
