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Period: 19th Century
19th century surgical human skeleton example
Located in London, GB
19th century surgical human skeleton example
Dimensions in inches: H 61” x W 15” x D 9”
Age: 19th Century
Origin: England
Condition: Aged
Overview
An aged and fragmented example ...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 late 19th Century.
With silvered scale, stamped mark and New Eltham, London, with ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Spice Grinder
Located in London, England
Rolling spice grinder and trough. Circa 1890
H 14cm x W 34cm x D19cm
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
$326
Antique W.
L. E. Gurley Co. Brass Surveyor’s Transit/Theodolite c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique W. & L. E. Gurley Co. Brass Surveyor’s Transit/Theodolite Signed C1890
Measures - 15" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
An antique brass surveyor’s transit/theodolite by W. & L. E. Gurley ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Box of mid-19th century compasses housed in their tuia burl box
Located in Milan, IT
Box of mid-19th century compasses, housed in their original tuia burl box, nickel-plated brass and ivory instruments, velvet and satin interior, lock and hinges in brass. Embossed ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Iron Balance - Antique Brass Scale
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French intricate brass balance with different weights in solid brass, in good condition. The iron scale is topped with the original polished brass plates. The scale reads ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Luxury Victorian French Lorgnette Opera Glasses Marked "La Roi, Paris" Ca. 1895
By Le Roi
Located in Incline Village, NV
Absolutely exquisite pair of operable mother of pearl high quality luxury French Opera Glasses with fancy lorgnette style handle and metal mounts. Premium mother of pearl and only th...
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Torricellian barometer French manufacture from the second half of the 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian mercury barometer, French manufacture from the second half of the 19th century, made of mahogany veneer wood with cedar wood edge threading complete with rare thermomet...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Mechanical planetarium representative of the solar system with Sun Earth and Moon
Located in Milan, IT
Mechanical planetarium, or representative model of the solar system, from the second half of the 19th century.
The cartouche of the globe reads: GlobusVydal J. Felkl at Syn Roztok ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
19th Century Indian Brass Qibla Compass
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century Indian etched brass Qibla compass.
The compass with brass needle and glass cover, the reverse engraved with tables.
4.2 inches high 2.3 wide
A qibla (qiblah) compa...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Bayliss
Co 19th Century English Brass Apothecary Counter Scale Balance
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique 4 lb mercantile balance by Bayliss & Co of Birmingham, England. Features a twisted iron stand and brass balance with tray and scoop. Makers mark engraved along top arm.
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
$560 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Brass Telescope On Tripod Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The telescope has a selection of the lens that can be removed such that it fits into the case. There is a cover for the end glass. There is a tripod base with cylindrical column pe...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Coquille Nut Egg Box 19th Century Flea Trap Pomander Needle Case
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful hand carved coquille nut egg box. Beautiful carving, great patina, unscrews at center to open.
The original use was a flea trap, things were d...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Tabletop Press, English, Cast Iron, Rotary, Flower Pressing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tabletop press. An English, cast iron rotary flower pressing machine, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Relive t...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Iron Balance - Antique Small Brass Scale
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small, antique French intricate brass balance with different weights in solid brass, in good condition. The iron scale is topped with the original polished brass plates. The scale ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Antique 19th century pewter hourglass
Located in Bilzen, BE
A 19th century 4-column hourglass made entirely of pewter.
Height 17.5 cm, base 10 x 10 cm.
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Pewter
Antique Scholar
s Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique scholar's microscope. An English, brass and enamelled metal scientific instrument by Henry Crouch, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Appealing micr...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair of 19th Century Brass Scales
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique brass scales standing on a mahogany base. A brass centre column having a shaped arm to the left holding a removable brass bowl. Th...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Carved Burr Walnut Banjo Barometer, circa 1880
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding carved burr walnut banjo Barometer having a lovely carved burr walnut case with a thermometer and a 12 inch round silver dial. Perfect workin...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Culinary Scale from Lyon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large kitchen / culinary scale made in Lyon, France, circa 1880. This wonderful antique instrument was used to measure various ingredients and product...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mechanical solar system with Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Tellurium or representative and demonstrative mechanical model of the solar system composed of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars, realized by the Prague geographer and ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Antique Master Craftsman
s Spirit Level, English, Brass, Desk, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This an antique master craftsman's spirit level. An English, rosewood and brass ornamental desk tool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Brass Bankers Balance Scale from the 19th Century with Circular Pans
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English brass bankers balance scale from the 19th century. Born in England during the 19th century, this elegant brass bankers scale features a centra...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Brass Butcher’s Balance Scale with Ox Head, Circa 1890
Located in Barntrup, DE
A rare and visually commanding late 19th-century brass balance scale, attributed to J. Motk & Co., circa 1890. Likely of Portuguese or Central European origin, this exquisite scale w...
Category
Portuguese Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
American Victorian Ebonized Stereoscope
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian ebonized stereoscope.
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Fine pair of Shibayama mother of Pearl Opera Glasses
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of late 19th century Palais Royal Shibayama opera glasses in mother of pearl. Wonderfully decorated with exotic pheasants, peony and bamboo. The Shibayama technique was...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron
Metal Balance Scale #1, Circa 1890s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron & Metal Balance Scale #1—Circa 1890s
This Henry Troemner balance scale #1 is a remarkable antique cast iron scale, likely manufactured between th...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Iron
Three drawer achromatic telescope by Utzschneider
Fraunhofer of Munich
Located in London, GB
A three drawer achromatic telescope by Utzschneider & Fraunhofer of Munich, circa 1820.
1 3/8″ objective lens, eyecup with dust slider.
Signed: Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer in Münche...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A Large Antique Root Bowl, "Trøys", Scandinavia 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A unique and large root bowl from Norway, Scandinavia.
In Norwegian called "Trøys"
A trøys is a vessel used for transporting liquid. It is usually shaped like a bowl with a spout o...
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Carved Louis XVI Style Giltwood Barometer
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous late 19th century gilt wood barometer thermometer made in Italy in the Louis XVI or baroque taste. The large barometer features a large carve...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tacheometro model Soldati late 19th c. signed La Filotecnica Milano
Located in Milan, IT
Tacheometer model Soldati from the late 19th century signed La Filotecnica Ing. A Salmoiraghi Milan serial no. 18865.
Construction site surveying and tracking tool used for calculati...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Siebe Gorman Fire Fighter Smoke Mask
By Siebe Gorman
Co.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This is an early Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. smoke mask. These full face helmets are very rare and found mostly in museum collections. This example looks and feels like it´s never have ...
Category
English Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved Coquille Nut Egg Box 19th Century Flea Trap Pomander Needle Case
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful hand carved coquille nut egg box. Beautiful carving, great patina, unscrews at center to open.
The original use was a flea trap, things were d...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Italian antique mechanical tellurium in brass and cast iron, mid 1800s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique mechanical tellurium in brass and cast iron, mid 1800s
Mechanical tellurium made of brass and cast iron. This scientific instrument ...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A Very Rare 19th Century Gadget Walking Cane with Brass Telescope
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare 19th Century well figured gadget walking cane with a hidden brass telescope. This exceptional item is stamped with the Manchester Reg...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antique French camera lucida, a mid 1800s drawing aide tool with original box.
A camera Lucida is generally considered to have been invented by the English chemist W. H. Wollaston in...
Category
French Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Wooden compass box with rosewood veneer circa 1870s
Located in Milan, IT
Box of compasses wood with rosewood veneer from the second mid-19th century, complete with key. In the center of the lid a rhombus-shaped brass medallion is engraved with the name...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique French Holosteric Library Barometer
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth-century holosteric library barometer with "PHBN" logo (Pertuis, Hulot, Naudet), the French maker. Copperish brass case with hanging ring. Faceplate is segmented to thirty-...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rare Sikes’ Hydrometer (Alcohol Proof Tester) Set Atkey
Son, Cowes, C. 1830
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sikes’ Hydrometer Set by Atkey & Son, Cowes, Circa 1830
A superb and complete 19th-century Sikes’ hydrometer set, by Atkey & Son of Cowes, a noted English maker of fine scientific i...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique maritime navy compass
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Antique maritime navy compass in very nice original condition.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique American Ransom
Randolph # 65 Carved Oak Dental Cabinet Toledo OH 1900
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American carved oak dental cabinet manufactured by The Ransom & Randolph C., Toledo Ohio, Circa 1899.
Arguably one of the best dental cabinets ever made, with so many unique features (and forgive the pun) cutting edge technology of the late 19th century. This cabinet was patented in 1899 and made of solid quarter sawn oak throughout, with carved accents above the beveled shaped mirror and carved & pierced brackets to the base with turned ribbed column supports.
The cabinet has a removable travel drawer case for making house calls, to the top of the case is a brass carrying handle and a brass plaque with the manufacturers name and "Patent applied for", making this one of the earliest manufactured of this model. The cabinet has paneled sides and a paneled back, the front is fitted with cupboard with two adjustable swing out arms with revolving circular trays. Below, the cabinet is fitted with serpentine shaped drawers to the front, a lift up mirror to the top right hand-side enclosing a stepped...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Large Antique 3 Draw Telescope, English Brass, Leather Spyglass, Victorian, 1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique three draw telescope. An English, brass and leather terrestrial or maritime spyglass, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860. Of excellent proportion and ...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890
Imported by American Thermo-Ware Co., New York
An extraordinary and exceedingly rare pair of life-sized anat...
Category
German High Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
19th Century Portable Wooden Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
Charming portable sundial crafted in engraved wood, dating from the 19th century.
This compact timekeeping instrument exemplifies the practical elegance and craftsmanship of traditio...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Mother of Pearl and Repousse Gold Handle Pen with 14k Tip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful vintage Fountain Pen - a lovely decorative piece for the desk, but also still fully functional. The handle is Mother of Pearl that leads into an elegant Gold design and ...
Category
Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
Large Floor Model Antique Brass Scale With Wooden Case With Glass Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Case on four feet with lower drawer. On four legs that are screwed to adjust for level. There is a removable wooden framed door with glass panel that slides in from the top. A bras...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Box Field Camera and Tripod, English, Accessories, Ornamental, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Field Camera and tripod. An English, mahogany and brass plate camera with accessories and lens, dating to the late Victorian p...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Blue
Brass Telescope
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass and blue telescope on adjustable mahogany tripod base.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Barometer
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Mahogany wheel barometer with a swan-neck pediment, brass dial, thermometer, hygrometer, and level, with engraved details and age-consistent wear visible in the close-up images.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Antique English Victorian "W
T Avery" Mahogany
Brass Scale, Circa 1870-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian "W & T Avery" Mahogany and Brass Scale, Circa 1870-1880.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
18-inch Globe, Cary
s, London, 1840
By Cary’s
Located in Milano, IT
John and William Cary
Updated by George and John Cary
Terrestrial Globe
London, 1840
lb 22 (kg 10)
Slight surface abrasions due to use. A small crack on the horizon circle.
The globe rests in its original Dutch style stand with four supporting turned wood columns.
It measures 26 in in height x 23.6 in in diameter with the diameter of the sphere measuring 18 in; 66 cm in height x 60 cm in diameter with the diameter of the sphere measuring 45.72 cm.
The 18 inch...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper, Wood
Pair of English 12-inch Globes by William Harris, London, 1832 and 1835
By William Harris
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of 12-inch table globes
William Harris
London, 1832 and 1835
Slight abrasions from use; few cracks
lb 11 each (kg 5)
The two terrestrial and celestial globes rest in their original Dutch style stands with four supporting turned wood columns.
Each one measures 12 in in height x 16.5 in in diameter with the diameter of the spheres measuring approximately 12 in; 48 cm in height x 42 cm in diameter x 31 cm diameter of the spheres.
The 12 inch measure was the most frequently used by British manufacturers of globes of this period.
Each globe is composed of two series of twelve printed paper gores, aligned and glued onto plaster spheres.
The brass circle of the meridian bears engravings...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper, Wood
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 ins...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Late 19th Century Antique Ericsson Mahogany and Brass Morse Telegraph Register
Located in Sweden, SE
This impressive antique Morse telegraph register by L.M. Ericsson represents a sophisticated electromagnetic recording device from circa to late 19th century. This telegraph register...
Category
Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
American Victorian Metal Stereoscope
Located in Queens, NY
2 American Victorian-style wood and etched metal stereoscope.(PRICED EACH)
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$950 / item
Antique 19th Century Folding English Medical Bloodletting Bleeder Fleam
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique 19th Century folding english medical or veterinary bloodletting bleeder fleam also known as phlebotomy, was a common medical practice for centuries, believed to cure a wide r...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Nineteenth Century Hanging Bronze Scales with Nested Six Weights, 21-in high
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 21 inches in height, this set of large late nineteenth century French solid brass scales features two hanging brass pans that hang from chains. Six accompanying gram wei...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Large Studio Portrait Camera
Located in Peekskill, NY
Cameras are not my expertise but we could not pass up on this beauty. The camera is signed ANSCO and the large lens reads DARLO OPTICIEN, PARIS 35436. I'm told that this lens is the most valuable...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Schaeffer
Budenberg Stationary Steam Engine Model w Copper Boiler
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Schaeffer & Budenberg stationary steam engine model. Made of cast iron featuring copper boiler
The Budenberg Gauge Company was founded in 1918. The original pa...
Category
English Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Copper
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
A paradoxical orrery that demonstrates the earth-moon system. Italy circa 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
A paradoxical orrery that demonstrates the earth-moon system and its movement. The base of the planetarium is made of fruit wood, circular in shape with three bell-shaped wood feet. ...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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