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Period: 20th Century
1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
By Honeywell, S.T. Dupont
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shell, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
French 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Held Magnifying Glass with a Turned Wooden Handle
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Hand Held Magnifying Glass with a Turned Wooden Handle
A lovely piece for your study in good vintage condition with a chunky turned handle
Th Glass is 10” long, the lens is 4” in di...
Category
Adam Style Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shell, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
French 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shell, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
French 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
$151 Sale Price
20% Off
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shells Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
French 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
$161 Sale Price
20% Off
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shell, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
$170 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Modern Ericsson "COBRA" Ivory Vintage Rotary Telephone Sweden 50s
Located in Miami, FL
Scandinavian Modern Ericsson "COBRA" ivory vintage rotary phone, Sweden 50s. This phone was made in Sweden and is in very good condition with no issues. It does dial out but does no...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plastic
West German Unisex Anatomical Model, circa 1950
By Somso
Located in Faversham, GB
A complete West German unisex anatomical figure of a head and torso with removal organs. Hand painted and in excellent condition.
German, circa 1950...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Edwardian Mahogany Cased Barograph by Negretti
Zambra, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Negretti & Zambra
Fine Edwardian mahogany cased barograph with beveled glass panels and central chart drawer.
Seven vacuum chambe...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Gold Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelte
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful wall thermometer in ceramic by Mithé Espelt. Abstract decors with gold glaze and pockets of molten glass
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
Accordion by Sabatino Nocentini
Figli Made in Florence, Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Italian custom made accordion by Sabatino Nocentini Castiglion & Figli.
Antique pearl white accordion, Italian accordion with profuse inlay decoration, gorgeous hand made wit...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Abalone, Wood, Shell
Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
$700 Sale Price
41% Off
Large 24 Piece Antique Mechanical Drafting Set
Original Fitted Metal Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial antique mechanical drafting set most likely originates from Germany and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwa...
Category
German Edwardian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century geometric teaching aid encased examples
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century geometric teaching aid encased examples
Dimensions in inches: H 4” x W 4” x D 4”
Age: 1920 - 1940
Origin: EU
Condition: Aged
Overview
A collection of seventeen ...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Commercial Balance Scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique commercial balance scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels is the type of precision instrument for which the company was known during the early 20th century. Note the attention to ...
Category
Belgian Industrial 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
VINTAGE Optometrist Eye Chart Light Box Cabinet, eye exam
Located in Buffalo, NY
VINTAGE Optometrist Eye Chart Light Box Cabinet, eye exam .. Tested and working, could use re-wiring..
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Induction electrification demonstrator instrument, Italy 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Induction electrification demonstrator instrument. By putting two electrically neutral spheres in contact with each other, when a charged wand is approached, it is possible to notice...
Category
Italian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shell, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
French 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Shell
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Electrostatic machine by Wimshurst, designed by Rinaldo Damiani, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Electrostatic machine by Wimshurst, a British engineer and shipowner, designed in the 1880s, created by Rinaldo Damiani, a builder active in Venice between the end of the nineteenth ...
Category
Italian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Silvered Fire Suit
Located in Peekskill, NY
I'm guessing that this industrial safety garment dates to the mid 20th century. We had a custom made museum quality display stand created for this item and it just comes alive. This ...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Canvas
$2,600
French 19th Century Bronze Wall Thermometer Attrib. to François Linke
Located in North Miami, FL
Original 19th Century wall mounted thermometer measuring in centigrade in the Louis XVI style. All bronze and very elegant thermometer attributed to François Linke. All weather m...
Category
French Louis XVI 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
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
French Antique 20th Century 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
Japanese Other Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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
American 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Solid Brass Ships Telephone On Pedesta
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished brass ships telephone on pedestal. Meticulously polished andl lacquered head by Hose-McCann Telephone Co, Inc., Brooklyn New York. Type A, model WTP, with phone insid...
Category
North American Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A Brendel botanic model: Taxus-Yew, Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Taxus N.40a female (Coniferae), Badger. The round base in ebonized wood holds three models: an example of a male Sporophile, a female Aril enla...
Category
German 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Olivetti lettera DL by Sottsass Ettore design in years
70
Located in Biella, IT
Olivetti lettera DL by Sottsass Ettore design in years '70 working
very good vintage with her original box
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Antique colored stick hemometer in bakelite, Germany, 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique colored stick haemometer. Inside its original box, with ‘Haemometr’ stamped on the lid, two hinges allowed it to be opened. Inside the blue satin padded lid a transverse ribb...
Category
German 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bakelite
Telescope with Tripod, Metal, Decorative Object
Located in Madrid, ES
Telescope with tripod. gold metallic antique finish
Decorative use, not functional.
Gilt metal telescope decorated with a dark band standing on...
Category
Unknown Other 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Other
An old ophtalmology device, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
An old Italian ophthalmological device with a table with backlit letters, to test eyesight. Sbisa, company founded in Florence in 1869. Case in wood and glass. The electrical system ...
Category
Italian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
American Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$1,137 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique 20thC English Solid Silver
Guilloché Enamel Magnifying Glass c.1912
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century English solid silver and guilloché enamel magnifying glass. The lens is set within a plain silver rim, complemented by a finely engine-turned silver handle, fini...
Category
British Other 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard
Located in Udenhout, NL
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard, in a good state.
Category
Belgian Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Slate
Anatomical model of a chiken, Germany 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
A life-size anatomical model of a chicken, with separable anatomical parts, for educational use. Made of painted plaster, wooden and metal base. Somso, Germany circa 1930.
Category
German 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Oversized Industrial Pyrex Glass Bell Jar With Small Side Arm
By Pyrex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This oversized Industrial Pyrex glass bell jar is certainly a unique and an impressive art object. At 29" height and 20.5" diameter this bell jar, dome, clouche can be used any way y...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
American American Colonial 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Scandinavian Foot - Shoe Sizer Professional Measuring device, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A high-quality shoe sizer / foot measurer, Built like a tank and fashioned from solid teak and stainless steel. It can be wall-hung via a small hole to its back. It came out of a sma...
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century French Louis XV Carved Giltwood Wall Barometer
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a study, library, or living room wall with this elegant Louis XV style barometer, crafted in Paris, France, circa 1960. Square in format, the decorative weather instrument feat...
Category
French Louis XV 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Giltwood
20th Century English And American Brass And Oak Navy Ship Barometers Set 3
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set of three English and American 20th century barometers. They are carved oak and brass by a variety of makers including Taylor Made. US Navy barometer has a few chips.
Category
English International Style 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomical model: a decomposable eyeball, SOMSO, Germany circa 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a decomposable eyeball, complete in all its parts, made of plaster, glass and painted paper mache, metal hooks, holding on a ...
Category
German 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
1943 United States Navy Telescope. Used primarily as part of the Mark 16 Aiming System on 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun mounts. Fitted with three sun filters...
Category
North American Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomical model: a decomposable eyeball, SOMSO, Germany circa 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a decomposable eyeball, complete in all its parts, made out of polyvinyl chloride, plaster, glass and painted paper, metal ho...
Category
German 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelte with Flower Motif
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Wall thermometer in ceramic by Mithé Espelt. Typical flower decor with the numeral indication of the temperature.
Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2020)
Born in the...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
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
European Other 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Brass Scale w/Weights
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage weight balance scale with counterweights. This includes three counter weights and the counter weights plate holder.
Category
European 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$1,375
Antique "Le Jockey Club" 1930
s Horse Racing Binoculars with Compass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French silvered brass and brown leather Horse Racing binoculars stamped "Le Jockey Club Paris" presented in their original brown leather case. ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% 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
20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomic Model, Bones, circa 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
Anatomical model of the bone system, circa 1950.
On a square base and held upright with a metal rod stands the skeleton, an anatomical model of human ...
Category
European Other 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Other
Vintage Mid-Century Globe Meat Slicer Sculptural Enameled Iron
Stainless
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and powerful, 1/4hp GM Delco motor. Globe deli meat slicer from the forties. Super quiet motor with a new cord and switch. In excellent vintage co...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stainless Steel, Enamel, Iron, Chrome, Steel
Anatomical model: a human brain inserted into a sectioned skullcap, Italy 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a human brain (enlarged 2 times). Model that can be dismantled into six parts which highlights both the internal and external...
Category
Italian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
French Antique Contin Typewriter from the, 1940s
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French antique Contin Typewriter from the 1940s
This is a Contin Continsouza Paris, Modèle A n 24 - 1940s, the typewriter is good tidy condition, as a show piece, it all seems to...
Category
Industrial 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Estate American Surveyor
s Transit Level in Original Fitted Oak Box, 1930s-1940s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate American surveyor's transit level in original fitted oak box and signed "BOSTROM- BRODY mf6, Atlanta GA.", circa 1930-1940s. Model #4, Serial #47....
Category
American 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
Mahogany cased barograph and barometer by Negretti
Zambra
Located in Cheshire, GB
Unusual mahogany-cased barograph and barometer by Negretti & Zambra, having five glazed removable lid. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a seven-da...
Category
British 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
$1,799 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of Nine Swedish Apothecary Jars from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of nine Swedish apothecary jars from the early 20th century. These antique jars from Sweden were once used to hold an apothecary's (or pharmacists) wares and chemicals. ...
Category
Swedish 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
20th Century Terrestrial Globe by Peter J. Oestergaard
By Peter J. Oestergaard
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 20th century antique traditional Columbus earth globe, brass frame, papier mâché sphere and turned, ebonized wooden base.
Gezeichnet & Hergestellt
Peter J. Oestergaard.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$759 Sale Price
20% Off
Solid Brass Case Inspectors Clinometer Mark I
Located in Norwell, MA
British Admiralty Mark I clinometer in a varnished wood box by E.R. Watts & Son, London, 1937. This instrument provides a highly accurate reading in degrees from dead level to 45 deg...
Category
European Vintage 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Era Assorted Medical Doctor
s Field Examination Instrument Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage medical doctor's instrument set is unsigned, except for a few numbers on several of the pieces, but presumed to have originated from German...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stainless Steel
Botanic Model of a Red Grape Flower, Paravia, Italy, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
A botanical maquette for didactic use, depicting a red Grape flower, Vitis Vinifera, Anipelidee. Made of metal, paper, plaster, galalith and wood. Extremely detailed. Paravia, Milan,...
Category
Italian 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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