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Material: Metal
19th Century Victorian Weighing Scales By J White
Son, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian grocers scales consist of a cast iron base with a ridged brass column supporting a cast iron balancing arm from which white glazed stoneware plate is s...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique L. M. Ericsson AC110 Iron Skeleton Telephone Taxen Eiffel Dachshund #3
Located in Sweden, SE
Desktop telephone model AC 110 (Old catalogue No. 375) made by L. M. Ericsson, Stockholm in period of 1895-1910. A legendary model that enjoys special attention from collectors.
Size app.: 30 cm (roughly 11.8 in) high, 27 cm (roughly 10.6 in) wide, 14 cm (roughly 5.5 in) deep. Quite good condition, age and usage wear, attritions, damages, losses of 2 feet out of 4, original finish! Please study high-res pictures for cosmetic condition! In person actual item may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 6 kg it is going to measure some 8 kg packed for shipment.
Lars Magnus Ericsson began his association with telephones in his youth as an instrument maker. He worked for a firm which made telegraph equipment for the Swedish government agency Telegrafverket. In 1876, aged 30, he started a telegraph repair shop with help from his friend Carl Johan Andersson. The shop was in central Stockholm (No. 15 on Drottninggatan, the principal shopping street) and repaired foreign-made telephones. In 1878 Ericsson began making and selling his own telephone equipment. His phones were not technically innovative, as most of the inventions had already been made in the US. In 1878, he made an agreement to supply telephones and switchboards to Sweden's first telecom operating company, Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolag. Also in 1878, local telephone importer Numa Peterson hired Ericsson to adjust some telephones from the Bell Telephone Company. This inspired him to buy a number of Siemens telephones...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
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
Late 18th Century English Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Roman Bronze Rare Architects Geometrical Compass/Divider 3.AD
Located in Doha, QA
Extremely rare and one of a kind ancient Roman bronze geometrical compass/divider. It is in an excellent condition for its age. The Compass is displayed on a dark marble block with a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stone, Bronze
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 Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
Very Large George III Rosewood Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very large George III rosewood gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a rosewood frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bra...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Early 20th century French Brass Thermometer, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Elegant wall thermometer dating from the early 20th century, around 1900.
Crafted in finely worked brass, it features openwork and engraved decorations with vegetal and geometric mot...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Underwood Typewriter No.6 c.1933
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original Underwood typewriter No.6 with a 16 inch carriage and an open-frame design. The typewriter works well and functions properly. New ribbon installed. The serial nu...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Tellurium mechanical/electrical model of the solar system Phiwe Italian 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Tellurium, i.e., mechanical/electrical model representative of the solar system, made of metal with green and gray hammered paint, lithographed tin globe, plastic Moon, and metal bas...
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Polaroid 100 Land Camera and Leather Case c.1963-1966
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A mid-century Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera with original clam shell case with leather handle. The camera folds easily out and in and the bellows appear to be intact. The...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Antique American Iron Balance Weighing Scale with Weights
Located in Queens, NY
"American (early 20th Century) balance weighing scale Set on a concave rectangular cast iron beveled base with twist mid-section topped by a pointed finial. One chain beam balance fi...
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Early 20th Century American American Colonial Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1970s Telstar Telephone by Henry Dreyfuss for Western Electric
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly Space Age telephone that brings a vision of what the fututre looked like in the 1970s to any interior. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates for Western Electric in 1979,...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera c.1937-1939
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome and black accents and flip out view finder.
Shown with life size hand. Sold as decorative o...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
American Nautical Brass Yacht Binnacle Mounted in Mahogany Case, Circa 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical mahogany yacht binnacle with a hinged locking oval glass viewing port, original removable brass side light burner with font, brass carrying handle, and fitted with ...
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1890s American American Empire Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Working English Cast Iron Cheese Press Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A rare antique and all original fully functioning cast iron English cheese press, by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880. This cheese press has just ...
Category
1880s English Industrial Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
$3,680 Sale Price
20% Off
American Country Brass Coffee Grinder
Located in Queens, NY
American Country-style (19th Century) brass coffee grinder with etched floral design.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Bausch
Lomb Optical Blue Refractor Phoropter Medical Eye Exam Machine
By Bausch
Lomb
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Bausch & Lomb Optical Blue Refractor Phoropter Medical Eye Exam Machine. Early 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 12.5" W x 4" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Beautiful set of early 1900s surgical instruments, including an amputation saw s
Located in Leuven , BE
Beautiful set of early 1900s surgical instruments, including an amputation saw stamped A. GOUGEON and a complete Renault trepan with its accessories (rare). Overall in good condition...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
British Admiralty Pattern Clinometer Inspectors Level
Located in Norwell, MA
World War II Bristish inspectors Mark III admiralty pattern clinometer by Watts and Son, London, England. The heavy brass relic is in a fitted hardwood case. The instrument consists ...
Category
1940s European Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Scientific tool for demonstrating the refraction of light, Italy 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Scientific tool for demonstrating and assessing the refraction of light. Constructed in boxed metal with a square section, it consists of a horizontal tube that bends a few grids in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Antique Wood Moulding Plane Wooden Carpenter
s Tool 1800
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an antique wood moulding plane wooden carpenter's tool. Circa the 1800s.
Dimensions: 9.38 W x 3.25 H x 1.5 D
Please visit take a look at our listings, we ha...
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1880s American American Classical Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Baume Mercier 18 Karat Yellow Gold Ladies Wristwatch with Original Leather Band
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ladies wristwatch was made by the well known Baume et Mercier of Switzerland in approximately 1970 in their period Mid-Century style. The watch and lugs are composed of eighteen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
Antique Louis Philippe Wall Clock 8 Day Movement Tôle Enamel Bronze
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant octagonal wall clock with an eight day movement. The case of the clock is made out of painted metal. The dial is enameled and the clock ha...
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Bronze
J H Steward Lord Bury Brass Telescopwe with Leather Case London Ca. 1870
By steward
Located in Los Angeles, CA
J H Steward Brass Telescope. The Lord Bury Telescope comes with a leather case. The brass and leather both. are very patinated. Not only is the brass tarnished, but there are a f...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
System walking stick with grain measuring the function, France 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick: stick with grain measuring function. Oak wood barrel, graduated on the outside with brass nails. Iron knob, brass ferrule. By unscrewing the knob, a graduated i...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Chinese Apothecary Balance Scale Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Chinese carved wood apothecary balance scale with stand and storage drawer cabinet. It features beautiful carved fretwork on the top and sides...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$700 Sale Price
22% Off
Antique Cast Metal Figural
Mechanical Robed Woman Dinner or Service Bell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique dinner or service counter bell is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The bell features a cast metal robed female holding up and two piece plated bell. The bell functions by turning the knob at the top which spins back and forth. This sculptural bell stands...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Steel
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton
Simms, London
By Troughton
Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
Sixteen inch extending telescope with original lacquer finish and spirit level.
The compass ha...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th C. Scientific Optical Mirror in Black Hardwood Frame on Tripod Brass Stand
Located in Haarlem, NL
A large 19th Century scientific optical mirror in round blackened hardwood frame on brass articulated tripod stand. The mirror looks concave or convex shaped, but if you look closely...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 5 Draw Brass Telescope
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage brass 5 draw extendable hand telescope. Comes with original cap to cover glass end and brass eyepiece cover that slides in and out of place. Unusually long telescope at just ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Baume Mercier 18 Karat Yellow Gold Ladies Wristwatch
Bracelet
Original Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique ladies wristwatch was made by the well known Baume et Mercier of Switzerland in approximately 1920 in their period style. The wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
Georgian Original Mahogany Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
Free Worldwide Shipping
Constructed from Solid Mahogany
From our Apothecary Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Mahogany Apothecary Cabinet. The Cabinet made from solid Ma...
Category
Early 19th Century British George IV Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Cased Drawing Set Length of Longest Tool
Located in Buchanan, MI
An 19th century English cased drawing set length of longest tool. Measures: 6 1/4 inches.
Category
19th Century English Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Engraved Brass Portable Sundial Signed “Menant à Paris”
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant portable brass sundial, finely engraved and signed “Menant à Paris”, demonstrating the precision and artistry of French scientific instrument making.
This compact and beautif...
Category
1740s Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Portable Universal Equinoctial Dial
Located in Madrid, ES
This is an instrument that consists of a brass base and a brass stand on which a semi-circular metal dial plate and gnomon are attached. The base is circular and has a felt bottom. I...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Cut-out silver thermometer with monogram card
wooden stand
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Cut-out silver thermometer, monogram card with wooden base, table stand and hanging ring. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 505.12 grams. Dimen...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Silver
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century
A sculptural convergence of meteorology and mysticism, this mid-century German barometer offers both scientific p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Bronze Mortar with Pestle, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with hand. Bronze. XVII century.
Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and slightly outwardly flared mouth, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both in the lower and upper areas and with simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustraded shapes) derived from of the ribs that these specimens used to have in the medieval Spanish...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Other
Pair of Vintage Montblanc Meisterstruck
Starwalker Pens with Boxes
Papers
By Montblanc
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of vintage rollerball pens were made by the well known Montblanc factory of Germany in approximately 1990 in their classic modern style. theiThe black cased pen from this grouping is their "Meisterstruck" model with a clear tip on the cap, and a gold band around the center of the barrel with "MONTBLANC" and "MEISTERSTRUCK" in block letters. The other pen of this group with the brushed metal case is their "Starwalker" model. Both pens come with thier original fitted boxes, and we have one outer box and some paperwork. Both of these Montblanc rollerball pens...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique 20th Century English Solid Silver Magnifying Glass, Chester c.1916
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century English solid silver magnifying glass, of large size, with plain silver mounts and a smooth handle. An ideal desk accessory or for the household, perfect f...
Category
20th Century British Other Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Silver
Shock Therapy McIntosh Polysine Generator Quck Medical Device
Located in Norwalk, CT
A very interesting piece having to do with the treatment of mental health in america. this machine dates to the 1940s or earlier, its missing and of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Victorian Scale Model Of A Gas Meter, Crystal Palace Expo, c.1851
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century Victorian very rare cast iron scale model of the original meter used to measure the amount of gas used at the Crystal Palace, in Hyde Park during the Great E...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Antique the Vetter Co Ideal Planetarium Model 1930s in Original Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique The Vetter Co. Ideal Planetarium Model 1930s in original case. Item features an original metal case, brass and metal construction, original label, very nice antique item...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Camera Gilles-Faller
Paris
Studio with Easel, France, circa 1925
By Gilles-Faller
Located in Madrid, ES
Study camera with bellows in very good condition, two objectives and mounted on easel on casters for professional use that has crank for the adjustment of the camera in height and in...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
20th Century Japanese Pair Of Naval Bridge "Big Eye" Binoculars By Nikon c.1940
By Nikon
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare 20th Century set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cleaned...
Category
20th Century Japanese Other Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
19th Century Silvered and Engraved Bronze Portable Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 19th-century portable sundial crafted in bronze, partially silvered and finely engraved with precise calibrations and decorative detailing.
This compact timekeeping instrumen...
Category
1810s Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Large Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure For Northumberland
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with wood bound handles and inscribed Bate London " Maker of The Original Standards For The Exchequer , City Of London " . Imperial Standard Bushel Measure for Northumberla...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Steel
Brass Copernican Armillary Sphere c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 20th Century Copernican Armillary Sphere crafted in polished steel and brass. This instrument illustrates the celestial motion of the solar system, with origins tracing back to anc...
Category
20th Century European Other Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique English Oak and Brass Postal Scale
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English oak and brass postal scale.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Star Compass of Boston. The gimballed yacht compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This Classic marine instrument is fi...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Lacquered Brass Table Telescope
Located in Huntington, NY
Late 18th century lacquered brass table telescope.
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$4,368 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Louis XVI Ormulu Wall Clocks
Barometers
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (Mid-19th Century) ormolu wall clock and barometer set each of banjo form with Apollo mask above putti and ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
$115,000 / set
Flemish mortar. Bronze. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Flemish mortar. Bronze. XVII century.
Features brand.
Mortar with a circular base with a mouth that extends outward from the two upper stripes and a body with slight entasis and a ...
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Brass-Mounted Rosewood Complete Apothecary Case, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare complete antique English London-made apothecary case, circa 1880.
Rosewood with Brass Mounts.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
20th Century Japanese Pair Of Naval Bridge "Big Eye" Binoculars By Nikon c.1940
By Nikon
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cleaned and hand pol...
Category
1940s Japanese Other Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Zimmerman Brass and Fruitwood Balance Scale from Dijon
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique balance scale was crafted in Dijon, France, circa 1870. Rectangular in shape, the classic measuring device features a fru...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Russian Electromechanical Wheel-Based Cipher Machine Fialka M 125
Located in Madrid, ES
M-125 Fialka-electromechanical wheel-based cipher machine
USSR rotor-based cipher machine
M-125, codename Fialka (Russian: ??????), was an el...
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculptural Thermometer, Long Bodied Lady, Artist Signed and Dated 1911
Located in Petaluma, CA
It wasn't easy trying to title this bronze in one sentence. The first thing about it to my eye is the wonderful whimsy displayed. The fact that it's a thermometer just adds to the jo...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$1,137 Sale Price
40% Off
19th C Pair of Large Optical Experimental Scientific Mirrors Concave
Convex
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large pair of scientific optical mirrors, one concave the other convex.
These where used in studies of optical sciences and in particular the study of the properties of light r...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Metal Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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