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Period: 19th Century
Antique stereoscopic table for brothels, Germany, late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique stereoscopic table viewer used in brothels, to view erotic images printed on paper for a fee. This device consists of a parallelepiped in fruit wood painted black, with the s...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
1893 Antique Lippich Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Analysis Instrument
By Societé Genevoise
Located in Milan, IT
Lippich polarimeter, scientifi instrument made in 1893 signed Societé Genevoise Genève, brass and black metal. It is an optical instrument of analysis used to determine the concentra...
Category
Swiss Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Solid Boxwood Extra Long Plow Plane c.1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Solid boxwood carpenter's wood plane with steel and bronze accents. Stamped "Krautz" on both sides.
CREATOR Possibly Casey Kitchel
Company.
DATE OF MANUFACTUR...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Steel
$495 Sale Price
44% Off
Ebonized wood stick barometer signed TECNOMASIO ITALIANO circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Ebonized wooden stick barometer signed TECNOMASIO ITALIANO , from the second half of the 19th century.
Complete with reading nonius for atmospheric pressure change and mercury therm...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Bearing, Graphite, English, Cast Iron, Ornament, Paperweight, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique engine bearing with graphite finish. An English, cast iron and bronze desk ornament or paperweight, and dating to the Victorian perio...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
London Mid-19th Century Vanity Kit Set Sterling Silver
Located in Brescia, IT
Not easy to find this original box, with this kit set composed of 8 pieces for nail manicure. A piece to collect or to add in a wunderkammer.
In sterling silver, all marked.
With ce...
Category
British Baroque Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$379 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century French Iron
Brass Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French iron and brass scale showcases a striking blend of utilitarian structure and refined material contrast. The cast-iron base, marked by clean lines and a gentl...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron, Brass
Set of Three Victorian Set Squares, C. 1880
Located in High Point, NC
This is a set of three antique shipwright's set squares. The squares are made from rosewood and have brass caps. They are right-angled tools, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
A bleeding travelling set with mahogany wood, signed Blackwell, England 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Travelling mahogany wood case set for bleeding, brass apparatuses for bleeding and glass cups. Signed Blackwell London, circa 1850.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Two Large Magnifiers With 19th Century Gilded and Mother-of-Pearl Handles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Two Large Magnifiers With 19th Century Gilded and Mother of Pearl Handles
Largest: 4"w x 2"d. x 12.75"h
smallest: 3.5" x 1.25"d x 10.25"h
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass
Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch carved wooden barometer with copper and facet cut glass housing.
The carved wood has a scene of fruits and scrolls
A barometer is a scien...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Iron Pharmaceutical Corker
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An interesting part of 19th century history is brought back to life with this rare French cast iron pharmaceutical bottle corker circa 1870. We a...
Category
French Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Fassamano Tortoise Antique Eyeglasses French Manufacture XIX century
Located in Milan, IT
Double fassamano eyeglasses (from the French face-en-main), made with a double articulated eyewear, one with lenses and one without, mounted on the upper part, signed Lugene, made of...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bakelite
19th Century Antique Hardwood Inlaid Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
This is a 19th century antique hardwood inlaid banjo barometer with a thermometer and a 10' silvered dial, brass bezel with convex glass. It is a very...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer by James H Kelly of Glasgow
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality mahogany banjo barometer by James H Kelly of Glasgow
Having a quality mahogany shaped banjo barometer with scroll shaped carving ci...
Category
Scottish Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Other
Antique Brass Scottish Surveyor
s Compass in Fitted Wooden Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique surveyor's compass originates from Scotland and dates to approximately 1880 and made in the period Victorian style. The compass case is composed of solid brass with a me...
Category
Scottish Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
1800s Cast Iron Farm Well Hand Pump with Handle Piston
Located in New York, NY
1800s farmhouse and Industrial style cast iron hand pump. Unknown working condition but great look. Sold as is. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA location.
Category
American Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Rustic Black Forest Walnut Barometer
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest (Late 19th Century) walnut wall barometer/thermometer with carved bird, deer and floral carving.
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Émile Deyrolle Anatomical Lithograph Poster
Located in London, GB
Émile Deyrolle Anatomical poster
A wonderfully rare and decorative curio medical French (Paris) original lithograph on board anatomical poster in ...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Brass
Scottish Agate Postal Scale
Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Agate, Brass
French Mahogany Barometer with Thermometer by "L
Ingenieur Chevallier"
By Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevallier
Located in Pembroke, MA
Impressive French mahogany barometer and thermometer from the Louis-Philippe period (Circa 1840), by Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevalliier. The barometer features an indicator arrow adju...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Enameled silver thermometer with engraved cut-out stand
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Enameled silver thermometer with engraved cut-out support. Metal: Silver. Origin: Austro-Hungarian. Brand: Head of Diana. Weight: 54.86 grams. Dimensions: 8.6cmx0.8cm. C...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
French 19th Century Black Forest Barometer
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 19th century black forest barometer.
Category
French Black Forest Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Collection of 47 19th Century Dried Grass
Wheat Specimens Herbarium Botanical
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large collection of 47 mid 19th century dried grass & wheat specimens, all with their original card labels.
Each specimen has later been mounted on verdigris green painted canvas...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber
American Country Style Weather Vane
Located in Queens, NY
American Country-style (19th Century) wrought iron weather vane with serpent with arrow tongue
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
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 of it. Signed Stanley, London, England circa 1890.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Stick Barometer by Loftus, London, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A late 19th century rosewood stick barometer by Loftus of London.
3 ¼ inches wide by 36 inches tall; 3 inches deep
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
Brass pantograph by Thomas Dunn of Edinburgh, circa 1845
Located in London, GB
An oak cased brass pantograph by Thomas Dunn of 50 North Hanover Street, Edinburgh. Circa 1845.
Numbered: 402
Interior of the case has trade label: THOMAS DUNN, OPTICIAN, MATHEMATI...
Category
Scottish Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Gold French Empire Hexagonal Giltwood Verre Églomisé Barometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold patinated, antique French hexagonal barometer made of handcrafted giltwood, in good condition. The top part of the Parisian décor piece is enhanced by flower carvings. The glass dial is particularized with Verre Églomisé. The thermometer represent the First French Empire time...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted and Gilt Barometer Thermometer
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway or library with this striking antique French barometer and thermometer, crafted circa 1880. Carved in wood and hand-painted in a vivid palette of faux-malachite,...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Giltwood
Boxwood Tailor
s and Dressmaker
s Square by John T Johnson of Birmingham
Located in London, GB
A boxwood 24 x 18 inch tailor's and dressmaker's square, by John T Johnson of Birmingham, circa 1900.
Marked: JOHN T. JOHNSON - UNION PASSAGE. BIRMm.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Boxwood
Pair of 19th Century Brass Parabolic Reflectors
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 19th century, parabolic reflectors such as these were employed in scientific experiments to study the behavior of light, heat, and sound. These brass parabolic mirrors, when p...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$2,280 / set
Antique Apothecary Mortar and Pestle, English, Bronze, Beech, Chemist, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary mortar and pestle. An English, bronze and beech chemist's aid, dating to the Victorian period and later, ci...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Italian or German anatomical bust.
Located in Lugo, IT
Italian or German anatomical bust.
The profile photos are without organs.
The measurements refer to the wooden base.
The conditions are as per the phot...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gesso, Wood
19th Century Ships Compass From Amsterdam
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ships compass with interesting Dutch lettering. Spun brass bowl with gimbal. Fitted to a primitive dovetailed box. Circa 1880. With compas...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Antique English Georg III Mahogany Barometer
Located in VALENZA, IT
A fine quality example of a mercury wheel barometer. A mahogany case. A wider and deeper case with an opening door for the long scale thermometer with silvered dial.
A silvered engraved dial signed 'J.B.Sala, Holborn'. Circa 1820.
The banjo barometer is also known as the wheel barometer. It was invented by Robert Hooke...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
$1,699 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Brass Ashtray Advertising a Philadelphia Dealer in Artificial Human Eyes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An odd obscura collectible in the form of a rare, antique brass advertising ashtray.
The ashtray is engraved with "H.E. Baldwin - Philadelphia / A...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Set of 3 Victorian Set Squares
Located in High Point, NC
This is a set of three antique shipwright's set squares. The squares are made from oak and have brass caps. They are right-angled tools, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century thermometer in original case
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century thermometer in original case circa 1890.
Fine quality thermometer which measures between -45 degrees centigrade and +50. In fully working condition, complete in its ori...
Category
Swedish Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Paper
English Bronze Weight Sets
Located in Queens, NY
2 English bronze 4 piece weight set with cover and various small weights inside (PRICED EACH) (19/20th Cent.)
Category
British British Colonial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$320 / item
Set of W T Avery 10 LB Bankers Balance Scales and Weights
By W
T Avery
Located in London, by appointment only
Magnificent set of very large bankers 10lb balance scales together with a contemporary set of stamped W T Avery weights 7, 4, 2, 1 lb. Fully restored, po...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Carpentry Molding Plane with Steel Blade
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Antique wooden carpentry plane with steel blade used to make trim and moldings. Stamped "E. Avery' on the side. Shown with life size hand mold for scale.
CREATOR Unknown...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
$75 Sale Price
21% Off
19th Century French Iron
Brass Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French iron and brass scale presents a beautifully balanced combination of industrial form and warm metallic detail. Its cast-iron base displays a clean, architectu...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century French Iron
Brass Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French iron and brass scale showcases the perfect union of industrial function and sculptural form. The cast iron base, with its bold lettering and elegant curvatur...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Directoire Wall Barometer
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Louis XVI style gilt and painted wood barometer. While not in working order, barometer has that wonderful old 'chippy' peeling patina. The carved wood frame and g...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
French Barometer Gilt Wood Verre Èglomisè
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Giltwood and Verre Èglomisè Barometer. A verre èglomisè (French for “gilded glass”) barometer is a decorative barometer featuring elaborate glasswork and involvin...
Category
French Charles X Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
$1,800 / item
19th Century Horizontal Bronze Sundial After Erasmus Habermel
Located in Madrid, ES
Fine 19th-century horizontal sundial, crafted in bronze, inspired by the designs of Erasmus Habermel (ca. 1538–1606, Prague), one of the most celebrated instrument makers of the lat...
Category
Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Large, Antique Telescope Tripod, English, Pine, Observatory, Rack, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large, antique telescope tripod. An English, pine observatory rack dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
Original painted ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Pine
English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London
Located in Savannah, GA
Stick Barometer signed T. Taylor London featuring mahogany case with bone plinth, inlay and knob. Broken arch pediment above a flush-glass door, enclosing register plate and thermometer. Fully restored and calibrated by Julian Gibbard, Harpers Ferry...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Molding Plane
Located in High Point, NC
19th century molding plane made from beech wood. The plane is stamped with the name MIKE. Imagine the moldings this plane was used to make.....
Category
English Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Beech
19th c. Wooden Carpentry Moulding Plane c.1850-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Antique wooden carpentry plane with iron blade used to make trim and moldings. Shown with life size hand mold for scale.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1850-...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
$95 Sale Price / set
24% Off
Negretti and Zambra Aneroid Barometer, 19th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Negretti & Zambra aneroid barometer.
Large English oak, Gothic style barometer.
Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
Category
Great Britain (UK) Gothic Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
$1,995 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Frankstein Wall Art Throw Switch Slate Brass New Haven Mfg Co
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Bolt it on the wall for decor on set on a table for conversation. A large example by New Haven Manufacturing Co. of Connecticut, c.1890s.
L 14.5 x W 5.5 x Thk 3 in
Category
American Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Slate, Brass
19th c. Bronze, Rosewood and Ebony Try Squares c.1850-1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Collection of six 19th century try squares with bronze, Ebony, Rosewood, and steel handles. The Halsted & Ackerman is a rare combination square with a pop out bevel from the b...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel
Antique English Gothic Arts
Crafts Hand Wrought Iron Balance Beam Scale
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Gothic Arts & Crafts Hand Wrought Iron Balance Beam Scale. Circa Mid 19th Century. Measurements: 31" H x 29" W x 11.25" D. Plate approx 11.25" Diameter. Base 7x5.
Category
Unknown Gothic Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wrought Iron
Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Syringa vulgaris N. 37 (Uleaceae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the flo...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Sterling Silver Folding Opera Glasses - Antique Victorian (1895)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of sterling silver folding opera glasses; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection.
These exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver folding opera glasses have a circular form with a plain rectangular bridge.
The eye pieces and lenses are encompassed with plain circular frames, conjoined with swept bridges.
Each pair of lenses are hinged to a plain frame ornamented with the numerals 1 to 5, accented with a sliding focus dial.
The central frame is further embellished with a hinged fingerpiece, accented with a lobed terminal.
Such impressive and high quality examples are rare to the market.
Condition:
These antique Victorian opera glasses...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Sterling Silver
Folding Boxwood
Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market.
With folding heel rest and slinging toe marker, with brass hinge.
Paris point shoe...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Boxwood
19th c. I. Hick Carpentry Molding Plane
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Antique wooden carpentry plane used to make trim and moldings. Stamped "I. Hick' on the side. Shown with life size hand mold for scale.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANU...
Category
Industrial Antique 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
$75 Sale Price
21% Off
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