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Period: Early 20th Century
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Abalone, Wood, Shell
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
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 Early 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 Early 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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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 Early 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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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 Early 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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
$1,137 Sale Price
40% Off
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 Early 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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
$1,799 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$759 Sale Price
20% Off
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
French Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Anatomical model: an external and inner ear, Germany early 20th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for class, depicting an external and inner ear, made out of painted papier plaster, mounted on a black painted plaster rectangular base. Sold from Paravia, Italy, to...
Category
German Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
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
German Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood, Parchment Paper
Edwardian Oak Cased Barograph by Negretti
Zambra, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Negretti & Zambra
Fine Edwardian oak cased barograph with hinged lid, bevelled glass panels and central chart drawer.
Seven vacuum ...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomical Model of the Upper Limbs, Italy 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, didactic use, depicting the upper limb tilting on a fork supported by a black lacquered wooden base.
Made in plaster and finished entirely in colour. F...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Scagliola
Barograph and Barometer by Negretti
Zambra
Located in Cheshire, GB
Unusual oak-cased barograph and barometer by Negretti & Zambra, having five glazed removable lid. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed i...
Category
British Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
$1,969 Sale Price
33% Off
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
Italian Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Early 20th Century French Carved Black Forest Hunting Barometer and Thermometer
Located in Birmingham, AL
A stunning early 20th century French black forest barometer with thermometer, circa 1900. Found in a hunting lodge in Lyon, this antique weather station...
Category
French Black Forest Antique Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Large pressure gauge with brass bezel by Dewrance of London
Located in London, GB
A large early 20th century pressure gauge with brass bezel by Dewrance of London.
Dial marked: 0 – 200 pounds per square inch.
0-25-50-75-100-125-150-175-200 POUNDS PRESSURE PER □ ...
Category
English Industrial Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Blown glass scientific instrument, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Blown glass scientific instrument to evaluate the expansion of the liquids with the warmth. Italy circa 1900.
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Antique Teaching Model of the Adipose Spleen, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the adipose spleen. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century Negretti and Zambra Bakelite Weather Forecaster
Located in Norwich, GB
19th century Negretti and Zambra Bakelite Weather Forecaster.
Housed in a black metal case with a cream coloured bakelite front plate.
The dial with barometer scale, hand turned indicator and a secondary dial operated by the side lever to set the wind direction...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bakelite
1930s Hand-carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s Hand-carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Edwardian Travelling Tradesman Salesman
s Soap Sampler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A unusual travelling tradesman's soap display case, early 20th century in age likely Edwardian.
A segmented internal draw hidden via the sliding cover,...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass with Original Box by E. Vion Paris, Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Antique and rare magnetic surveying compass, brass with original wooden box, signed E. Vion Paris, early 1900. Very good condition. Height of box cm 32 – inches 12.61.
The firm Vion, that still works today, was established in 1830 in Paris and it has always manufactured navigation equipment, in particular compasses and marine instruments...
Category
French Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Silk strength tester by Goodbrands
Co of Manchester and Stalybridge
Located in London, GB
A wall mounted silk strength tester by Goodbrands & Co of Manchester and Stalybridge, circa 1910.
Quadrant scale marked: 16 ozs. X ¼ oz. 4 lbs X 1 oz. (4/330)
Vertical scale divide...
Category
English Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Large Arts
Crafts Hand-Carved Nutwood Barometer with Thermometer, Early 1900s
Located in Lisse, NL
This rare and decorative early 20th-century Arts & Crafts wall barometer and thermometer is a striking testament to Dutch craftsmanship. Hand-carved from a single solid piece of rich...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
1930s Hand Carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s Hand Carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
Category
Spanish Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Stone
Nautical Log in Its Wooden Box to Measure Boats Speed Walker Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Log of brass signed Walker’s Excelsior IV Patent Log, For Yacht, Motor Launches and Fishing Craft from the early 1900s.
It is an ancient nautical instrumen...
Category
British Early 20th Century 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
Swiss Art Deco Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
Large Dryad Wooden Paper Guillotine
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large dryad wooden paper Guillotine
Well used and still working well, the makers name is in the centre of the front, all in good used condition,
...
Category
International Style Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Beech
Oak Cased Barograph by Negretti
Zambra, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Negretti & Zambra
Fine Edwardian oak cased barograph with bevelled glass panels and central chart drawer.
Ten vacuum chambers linking ...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
Baudot Multiple-Impression Telegraph, c. 1900 Manufactured by J Carpentier Paris
By J. Carpentier
Located in Madrid, ES
Baudot multiple-impression telegraph, c. 1900 Manufactured by J Carpentier Paris,
brass and steel, Grunewald type electric motor mounted upside down.
For the five-bit Baudot code...
Category
French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
U.S. Navy Steel and Brass Quadrant, First Half of the 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique steel and brass quadrant, first half of the 20th century, made in London for the U.S. Navy, in very good condition with lenses, shades and scale. The essential mariner's navi...
Category
English Other Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Mineral Specimen Collection
Located in London, GB
A rare set of antique mineral specimen jars.
Some remnants of labels.
Some solid rocks others are powders.
Sourced in Holland.
Dimensions:...
Category
Dutch Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Large Early 20th Century King Edward vii W
T Avery Beam Scale
By W
T Avery
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large antique wrought iron and brass beam weight balance scale by W and T Avery Ltd. of Soho foundry Birmingham, England. Lovely black transfer on a por...
Category
English Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Carved Wooden G.Tart Liege Antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s
By Black Forest
Located in Verviers, BE
Carved wooden G Tart Liege antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s
Unusual antique carved wooden barometer in a lovely carved case, working order.
With best Wishes, Geert...
Category
Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Rolling Ruler, English Cartographer’s Instrument, Architect, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique cased rolling ruler. An English brass cartographer's or architect's instrument, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. A superb example of precision engin...
Category
British Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1907 C.C.Rettberg Architects Office Ruler Straight Edge Etched Signature Dated
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful personalized straight edge ruler from the turn of the 19th century. Does not appear to be altered, the size is 20 1/8 by 2 1/8 inches.
Category
American Late Victorian Antique Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Resin
Unusual Early American Quack Medicine Thompson-Plaster Electric Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most unusual Thompson-Plaster electrical cabinet, by Physician's Specialty Company, Leesburg, Virginia, United States.
The historic turn of the late 19th / early 20th century quack medicine machine used a violent ray electrotherapy apparatus as a cure-all, claiming to cure numerous ailments, cancers, and more.
Featuring the original oak framed glazed glass-covered marble top for use with 'medical' instruments, atop quartersawn oak chest fitted with three graduated drawers, opening to reveal various associated equipment and supplies, including blown glass evacuated tube implements of varying shapes and for different therapeutic uses. High-quality solid wood case, rising on castors. Signed, retaining the original manufacturer plaque. Museum quality.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Reportedly purchased by Dr. Slaughter, of Goldthwaite, Texas, May, 1903.
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas. Day 2 of 3, Important Estates catalog. 2021
Similar examples can be found in select museum collections and exhibitions, including Loudoun Museum, Leesburg, Virginia. Holmes Medical Museum, Foley, Alabama.
Dimensions: (approx)
40.75" High, 26" Wide, 17.5" Deep
Condition:
Excellent original antique condition. Museum quality. Unknown if complete. Wear consistent with age and use.
A scarce example of medical quackery...
Category
American Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Marble
Chinese geomantic wooden compass with magnetized needle in the center for Feng Shui
Located in Milan, IT
Chinese wooden geomantic compass in a circular shape with a magnetized needle in the center, used in the practice of Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese discipline that studies the harmony...
Category
Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Surveyor
s Pole and Logging Measuring Stick c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original yellow 72" surveyor's pole and one logging measuring stick. The logging measuring stick is numbered on 4 sides and has a flat brass base that originally allowed it to...
Category
American Industrial Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage test lens set, cabinet with shutter lock. Early 20th cent.
Located in Torino, IT
Set of trial lenses
vintage, mobile
wooden with closure
shutter and drawers.
A. BORRIONE & C.
The set includes 247 lenses, plus some spare parts. The tray is removable, with two met...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood
Compound Microscope with Box and Key by R. Winkel, Göttingen, Nr. 18507
Located in Austin, TX
A fine working German compound microscope, circa 1910, by R. Winkel, Gottingen, Germany, in a fitted box of mahogany with nickel hardware and key.
...
Category
German Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Nickel
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar 1910s Liege Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade...
Category
Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Oak Cased Barograph, Winter
Sin, Newcastle
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco Barograph, Winter & Sons, Newcastle
Art Deco barograph housed in an oak bevelled glass display case standing on a raised, moulded plinth with pad feet.
Six vacuum chambers ...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
Wooden fruit tree stethoscope, early 20th century English manufacture
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden fruit tree stethoscope, early 20th century English manufacture.
Measures 4.5x 15.4 cm - 1.8x6.1 in. Bon état.
The last photo is the gift box.
Curiosity
A stethoscope is an ...
Category
Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage American Original Paint Scale Makes a Great Kitchen Decorative Object
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique American Scale would make a great Kitchen Decorative Accessory still in its beautiful Original Paint. Howe Scale Company became internationally recognized for their innovativ...
Category
American Country Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel, Iron
The Astronomer Unique Historical Folk Art Painting Signed 1918
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unique Historical Work of Art Dated 1918 "L' Astronome (The Astronomer) by Fedinant Roybet.
This is an original and one-of-a-kind artistic presentation- a superb pyrography incis...
Category
French Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
1900s Foldable Anatomical Brochure Depicting the Human Head
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1900s Foldable Anatomical Brochure Depicting the Human Head
A rare brochure illustrating the anatomy of the human head. Very detailed multicoloured depiction of several layers of th...
Category
German Victorian Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
Edwardian Mahogany Barograph by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian Mahogany Barograph by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh
Edwardian mahogany Barograph housed in a bevelled glass display case with satin...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
A Very Fine Half Plate Camera on Oak Tripod by Benetfink
Co. London
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine well figured mahogany double racked focus half plate camera with beautifully cast brass mounts in excellent condition and of exceptional quality mounted on an extendable ...
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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