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Period: Mid-20th Century
Actinometer Antique Measuring Instrument made by Griffin
Tatlock London in 30s
By Griffin
Tatlock ltd
Located in Milan, IT
Herschel actinometer, 1930s, wood and brass, signed Griffin & Tatlock ltd London. It is an instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Tesla Telephone Set With Original Maker’s Mark, 1960s
By Tesla
Located in Zohor, SK
This elegant vintage telephone set by Tesla showcases the original maker’s stamp on the underside, confirming its authenticity. Its streamlined curves and timeless design reflect mid...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bakelite
Antique Terrestrial Globe Published in 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas, Paris
Located in Milan, IT
Terrestrial globe published in the 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas 17, Rue de Buci Paris. Turned wooden base, papier mâché sphere covered with paper printed by engraving on copper ...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood, Paper
Palethorpes Butcher’s Balance Scales, Advertising Sausages
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Palethorpes Butcher’s Balance Scales, Advertising Sausages
Palethorpes’ Butcher’s Scales with Brass Bell Weights
The scale has a brass weight plate on one side and a Painted glass ...
Category
Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Museum Mushroom Specimen
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century European Museum Mushroom Specimen
Encased in a glass cube this mid-20th Century papier mache, hand painted large teaching aid mushroom specimen stands 16.5 inches ...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Paper
Pair of Glass Pharmacy Jars, Italy, 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
Pair of glass pharmacy jars, Italy, 1930s
Found in an old disused pharmacy.
Good condition. One has an imperceptible chip on the edge.
Being handcra...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Paravia Collection 100 Rocks, Educational Material, Italy 1950s
By Paravia
Located in Naples, IT
Collection 100 Rocks, Teaching Material, Italy 1950s
Geology teaching board "Minerals and Rocks" G.B. Paravia Scientific Collection - Turin
The ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Rock Crystal
1950s German Streamline Desk Fan by Luft in Turquoise and Burgundy Metal
Located in Lisboa, PT
This striking desk fan from the 1950s is a perfect example of the streamline aesthetic that defined mid-century industrial design. Produced by Luft (Germany), as indicated by the dis...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
$851 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of Vintage Lab Glass Decanters
By Pyrex
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Set of three glass lab decanters with removable stoppers.
Shown with life size hand model for scale.
CREATOR Pyrex.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1970-1980.
MATERI...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Paravia Optical Cassette Complete with Lenses and Teaching Apparatusu2028 -Italy- 1960s
By Paravia
Located in Milano, IT
Paravia, scientific instruments, vintage educational kit, 1960s, Norstedts, magnetism, optics, thermology, mechanics, applied electricity, top vintage lab, educational set, experimen...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Paravia Magnetism and Electricity Cassette with Original Instruments, 1960su2028
By Paravia
Located in Milano, IT
Paravia, scientific instruments, vintage educational kit, 1960s, Norstedts, magnetism, optics, thermology, mechanics, applied electricity, top vintage lab, educational set, experimen...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Copper, Magnets
American Mid-Century Brass Sundial
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1940s) brass sundial.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomical Eye Model by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Anatomical, composition, organ model of the eye by New York Scientific Co., Inc disassembles into six pieces deconstructing the eye and its nerves. Th...
Category
American Industrial Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Composition
Floor Standing Telescope by Piet G. Meesters
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This beautiful floor standing telescope, 60mm f/15 NEDOPTIFA, dates from the 1930s and was made by Piet G. Meesters.
One of the most famous Dutch amateur astronomers of the last cent...
Category
Dutch Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
1960s Nautical Rangefinder Signed Kelvin Hughes Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical rangefinder signed Made in Great Britan by Kelvin Hughes a divison of Smiths Industries Limited made in the 1960s, complete with original mahogany box. AP 498 Stuats Marine Distance Meter very good working condition. Box size cm 21 x 13 H 6. It is an ancient nautical instrument used to measure...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Anatomical Plaster Medical Torso Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century anatomical plaster medical torso figure
This early 20th century life size anatomical medical torso would have originally been used as...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Rare Microscope "Neopan" by Carl Aubock 1963, Reichert Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare award-winning microscope, model Neopan, designed in 1963 by the Viennese architect and designer Carl Aubock. Executed by Reichert Austria. In good condition, fully workin...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
1950 Film 16mm Camera, SOM Berthiot, France
Located in Miami, FL
Société d'Optique et de Mécanique Berthiot (SOM Berthiot) was a French manufacturer of optics and photographic lenses. They produced C and D mount motion picture lenses for professio...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Vintage Chinese Telephone with Brass Details and French-Inspired Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese telephone combines French-inspired elegance with the charm of mid-century craftsmanship. The handset, with its brass bells and ivory-tone accents, recalls the cl...
Category
Chinese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Sears Tower Constellation Portable Typewriter W/Metal Case. Circa 1960s.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Sears Tower Constellation Portable Typewriter W/Metal Case. Circa 1960s.
Manufactured for SEARS is the equivalent of a Smith-Corona Classic 12.
Features a stylish mid century...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Large 1950s Vintage Scientific Anatomical Human 3D Educational Eye Eyeball Model
Located in Lafayette, IN
1950's Vintage scientific human 3d eyeball model. Hand-painted with wonderful original patina!
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Rubber
$499 Sale Price
75% Off
Vintage Draughtsman
s Set, German, Drawing Instruments, Tools, Richter Pracision
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage draughtsman's set. A German, nickel silver drawing instrument set by E.O. Richter Präcision, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1930.
Five piece instrument set ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Human Body Educational Model / Anatomical Model, circa 1940s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Fantastic looking vintage anatomical model of a full human body on a black granite base. The height of the model with base (4 cm) is 82 cm.
Unfortunately, removable parts are missing.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Granite
$1,057 Sale Price
28% Off
Large Set of 8 Vintage Lab Sieves, English, Brass, Stacking, Scientific, C.1965
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large set of 8 vintage laboratory sieves. An English, brass stacking scientific apparatus, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1965.
Fascinating set with superb period a...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Anatomical model: a human skull model life size, Stuttgard, Germany 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Human skull anatomical model life size 1:1 Model with cranial sutures detachable 2 parts plus three cervical vertebrae for medical educational aid. The skull and vertebrae are made o...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Set of Vintage Mortise Gauges, Four, Rosewood, Brass, Carpenter
s Tools
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of vintage mortise gauges. 4 English, rosewood and brass carpenter's tools, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Fascinating midc...
Category
European Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Cow Figurine with Thermometer by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian desk thermometer, consisting of a nice cow figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by H...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Three-Dimensional Anatomical Midcentury Wall Plaster Sculpture, Germany, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury three-dimensional anatomical plaster painting representing human respiratory system, provenance Hygiene Museum Dresden with museum sticker ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$504 Sale Price
20% Off
Paravia Termology Cassette with Original Instruments - Italy - 1960s
By Paravia
Located in Milano, IT
Paravia, scientific instruments, vintage educational kit, 1960s, Norstedts, magnetism, optics, thermology, mechanics, applied electricity, top vintage lab, educational set, experimen...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Standing Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Standing Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls. Item features painted wooden balls in red, purple, gray, orange, blue, yellow, green and brown. Circa M...
Category
Unknown Primitive Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Styled Industrial General Electric Medical Sun Floor Lamp
By Canadian General Electric
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Art Deco Industrial floor sun lamp was made by General Electric of Canada is approximately 1940, most likely for the medical industry. The lamp is done with a heavy stepped meta...
Category
Canadian Art Deco Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Miele Vintage Vacuum Cleaner, Type E10
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Torpedo shaped vacuum cleaner in good condition.
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Aluminum
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
Italian Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
Vintage Plaster Anatomical Skull Model
Located in Houston, TX
Interesting vintage plaster anatomical skull model. This great plaster skull bust model is in very good condition and dates to the 1940s.
Perfect in an ...
Category
Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the thirties. Measures ...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
20th Century French Iron, Walnut Spotlight, Cinema Floor Spot Lamp by Clémançon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A grey-black, vintage Mid-Century Modern French spotlight made of handcrafted lacquered iron, designed and produced by Clémançon in good condition. Th...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Machine Age Art Deco Doctors or Bathroom Floor Model Scale Weigh Master by Hanso
Located in New York, NY
Great Machine Age, American Art Deco floor scale, Weigh Master by Hanson. The scale is fully functional, it shows cosmetic wear to the paint finish, and th...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Walter Bosse Cow Figurine Table Thermometer by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming sculptural Austrian midcentury desk thermometer, displaying a cow with a lantern-shaped thermometer. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria i...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Three-Dimensional Midcentury Anatomical Wall Plaster Sculpture, Germany, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury three-dimensional anatomical plaster painting, provenance Hygiene Museum Dresden with museum sticker label, Germany 1950s.
Please note tha...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$465 Sale Price
20% Off
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
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Oval Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Oval glazed ceramic thermometer by the french artist Mithé Espelt, it features pale beige glaze and crackling gold.
Bibliographie: Mithé Espelt, the discreet luxury of the everyday
...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modern Wooden Botanic Model
Located in Roma, IT
A botanic didactical specimen in the manner of the famous German botanist Robert Brendel.
"In the late 19th century Robert Brendel and his son Reinhold produced beautiful and accur...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
1960s Industrial Medical Cabinet
Located in Norwalk, CT
This is a great medical cabinet from the 1960s, ready to keep all your goodies safe this is a great 1960s accent item that is sure to be a one of a kind addition to your decor!
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
$1,550 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century West German Made Weather Station by Relative Hygrometer
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century "Sputnik" table barometer weather station made in West Germany by Relative Hygrometer. This desktop space-age Sputnik-style weather station Features an acrylic ball housi...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Vintage 2 Draw Telescope, English, Leather, Brass, Terrestrial Refractor, C.1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2 draw telescope. An English, leather on brass terrestrial refractor, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Perfect for bird watching, landscape appreciatio...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
Three-Dimensional Midcentury Italian Wall Plaster Didactic Anatomical, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury three-dimensional didactic anatomical panel in plaster with Antonio Vallardi Milano label, Italy 1950s
Please note that the item is original of the period and t...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$408 Sale Price
20% Off
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
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage 3-Draw Telescope, English, Navigation, Astrological, Broadhurst Clarkson
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 3-draw telescope. An English, leather and brass navigational or astronomical instrument, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Perfect for bird watching, l...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
French 1940
s Equestrian Brass
Mercury-in-Glass Thermometer
Located in Hanover, MA
Even Maria Pergay would have to respect the quality and artfulness of the brass-work on this wall hanging in the form of a stirrup suspended from a buckled harness made of hand rivet...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pair of molecular atomic structure models. Leybold, Germany, 1940.
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of molecular atomic structure models for chemical didactic use. The spheres are made of painted wood and represent atoms and a molecule. The bases are in turned and ebonized fru...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Vintage Brewer
s Thermometer, Dairy, Scientific Instrument, Zeal of London, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage brewer's thermometer. An English, cased brew or dairy scientific instrument by GH Zeal of London, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1960.
Fascinating sheathed thermometer
Displays a desirable aged patina
Wooden case with beveled CAP in dark caramel hues
Long glass...
Category
English Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Vintage Handheld Tachometer, English Tool Speed Gauge, Smiths Instruments, Decor
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage handheld tachometer. An English, enamelled alloy and glass decorative tool speed gauge by Smiths Instruments, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Untested, but in fine decorative condition for the collector of vintage gauges...
Category
British Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
German Anatomical Muscular Bust Model
Located in Brooklyn, NY
German, anatomical, plaster model of a cross-section of a bust, depicting the muscular and circulatory systems.
Category
German Industrial Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
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
Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Medical Floor Model Scale by Detecto
By Detecto Scale Company
Located in New York, NY
Architectural Mid Century Modern design floor model doctors scale made in the USA by Detecto, circa 1950's. The scale is in very good, original clean and ready to use condition, it is missing the horizontal height bar. This example includes a vertical grab knob , which is something I have never seen before.
Originally from a doctors office, perfect to complete a stylish MCM bathroom.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - PHYWE ca. 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - PHYWE ca. 1930
An antique folding model of an ear. Used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1930. Made of wood and plaster by PHYWE, G...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Atomic Physicist A.G. Shenstone Princeton Gyroscope
Located in Savannah, GA
A machined gyroscope presented to Allen G. Shenstone (1893-1980) physicist and chair of the department of Princeton from 1949-1960. Presented by friends in the department.
7 inches...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Antique Teaching Aid Median Incision of the Human Head, Ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted and hand lettered anatomical model. A median incision of the head for class. It is made of wood, papier maché and plaster, manufactured by SOMSO or PHYWE...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
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