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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
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...
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1950s Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Metal

Iron pharmacy mortar. 18th-19th centuries.
Located in Madrid, ES
Iron pharmacy mortar. 18th-19th centuries. Old mortar for pharmaceutical use, made of cast iron. It follows the usual structure for this type of utensil between the 15th and 19th ce...
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19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Iron

19th Century Chinese Portable Engraved and Enameled Bronze Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare cadran solaire portatif chinois du XIXe siècle, finement ouvragé en bronze gravé et émaillé. Cet instrument aux détails précis témoigne du savoir-faire et de l'art scientifique...
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1880s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

18th Century German Gilt Brass Portable Sundial Signed “J. Vogler”
Located in Madrid, ES
Exceptional German portable sundial, finely engraved and gilt brass, signed “J. Vogler”, and preserved in its original fitted case. Made in the 18th century, this exquisite instrumen...
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1730s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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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...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

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...
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1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Fruitwood

19th Century Asian Bronze Portable Sundial with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare Asian portable sundial from the 19th century, beautifully crafted in bronze and adorned with semi-precious stones. This exquisite instrument combines scientific function with ar...
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1880s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

19th Century Portable Sundial in Wooden Case
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century Portable Sundial in Wooden Case Charming portable sundial from the 19th century, housed in its original wooden case. This compact instrument exemplifies the craftsmanshi...
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1870s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Fruitwood

Antique Surveyor s Circumcompendium Signed Brand Frères, 1850-1880
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Antique Surveyor's Circumcompendium Signed Brand Frères, 1850-1880" Description: Antique Surveying Circumferentor by Brand Frères Brand Frères, Optic...
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Mid-19th Century Belgian Other Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

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...
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1880s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

A GERMAN ANATOMICAL MODEL OF a PREGNANT WOMAN STEPHEN ZICK
Located in Madrid, ES
A GERMAN ANATOMICAL MODEL OF A PREGNANT WOMAN STEPHEN ZICK The woman with articulated arms, removable torso revealing internal organs, lying on a couch with cushion incised and modelled with simulated lace.On a later wood box. Stephen Zick was one of a dynasty of carvers active from the late 16th to the 18th century in Nuremberg, . Such models, as well as carved skulls, were conceived as teaching tools and were inspired by the drawings of Andrea Vesalius...
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Early 18th Century Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

A Brendel botanic model: Taxus-Yew, Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Brendel botanical model of Taxus N.40 (Coniferae), Yew. The round base in ebonized wood holds two models: an example of a male Sporofilo and a female Aril enlarged about 80 t...
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Early 20th Century German Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century French Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Hughes Telegraph Set Built by Siemens Halske 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Hughes typewriting telegraph .A Printing Telegraph Set built by Siemens & Halske .This teletyper was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1856.Good condicion overall.Similar telegraph ...
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19th Century German Baroque Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

17th Century Spanish Talavera Pharmacy Jar in Blue Glazed Ceramic
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish Talavera pharmacy jar in blue glazed ceramic.
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17th Century Spanish Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Ceramic

Still, Copper, Iron, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Still with flared copper body, cap on the top with the usual piece on these objects and a simple support to place the appliance on the fire. It has four iron handles to move it. This...
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19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Copper, Iron

1870 Antique Burnished Brass W F Stanley Level Surveyor Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Topographic level signed W.F Stanley of burnished brass, from the second half of the 19th century. In excellent condition and complete with original mahogany box with brass hinges an...
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1870s British Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period" Antique French Tobacco Scale with cow Horn Pans – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period Rare and highly decor...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Marble, Brass, Iron

Spanish, Bronze Balance Scale with Green Painted Wooden Stand
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish bronze balance scale with green painted wooden stand.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Small wood and brass wall-mounted aneroid barometer in the shape of a rudder
Located in Milan, IT
Small wood and brass wall-mounted aneroid barometer in the shape of a six-ankle rudder. Signed SB Smiths British Made Instrument of the 1950s. This is an instrument whose pressure-s...
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Mid-20th Century Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

1980s Spanish Banjo Weather Station w/ Original Glass
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Spanish wooden banjo weather station, with original glass domes, barometer, hydrometer and thermometer.    
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Late 20th Century Spanish Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Germany 1950 Didactics Medical Anatomy Enlarged Model of a Human Trachea
By Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical enlarged model of a trachea made in the 1950s, made of hand-colored cellon and mounted on a bakelite base. On a label on the base you read Deutsches Hygiene Museu...
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1950s German Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Bakelite

Italian Bronze Mortar and Pestle, Original Patina, Italy, Pharmacy or Herbalist
Located in Roma, IT
Antique bronze mortar. Handmade with pestle. Original patina Mortar from pharmacy or herbalist. Italian bronze mortar and pestle Measure: Pe...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Other Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

Bronze Mortar with Inscription, Spain, 1846
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with inscription. Bronze. Spain, 1846. Mortar made of bronze with flared mouth and truncated cone body developed without discontinuity and decreasing in diameter to the base....
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1840s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

Torricellian cue barometer on oak wood table Germany 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian mercury stick barometer on oak wood table, complete with atmospheric pressure reading nonius, late 19th-century German manufacture. Measurements 13.5x4.5x 96 cm - inches...
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1870s Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Torricellian batten barometer on mahogany board Mario de La Pierre Turin
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian mercury stick barometer on mahogany wood board, signed Dr. M. De La Pierre Torino, from the 1950s, complete with atmospheric pressure reading nonius. Measures 7.5x4.8x ...
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Mid-20th Century Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Beautiful Glass Apothecary Jar - price per piece
Located in Brussels, BE
Cut-glass top and blown glass jar beautiful quality. Multiple available
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20th Century European Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Blown Glass, Cut Glass

1930s Hand Carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s Hand Carved Pharmacy Stone Mortar
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Early 20th Century Spanish Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Stone

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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Apothecary Balls in Cobalt Blue Cut Crystal
Located in Brussels, BE
Apothecary balls in cobalt blue cut crystal - ten available.
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20th Century European Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood

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 ...
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Early 20th Century Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Mushroom Botanical Scientific Specimen Model Europe, 1950s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare vintage model of a botanical scientific specimen depicts a mushroom native to Central Europe. This kind of items are used as teaching material in German schools or as showp...
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20th Century Czech Folk Art Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood, Paper

19th Century Spanish Copper Bedwarmer with Wooden Handle
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Spanish Copper Bedwarmer with Wooden Handle.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Copper

Vintage Ken A Vision Microprojector In Aluminium, 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage microprojector from 1950s. Produced by Ken-A-Vision company. Original labels still attached. The item is in pure aluminium which looks really great. The flowing des...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Aluminum

Brass and glass dial manometer, 1930s fluid measuring instrument
Located in Milan, IT
A brass and glass dial manometer, this is an instrument for measuring the relative pressure of fluids, consisting of a hand that rotates on a circular graduated scale from 0 to 100....
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1930s Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

17th Century Spanish Talavera Pharmacy Jar in Blue Glazed Ceramic
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish Talavera pharmacy jar in blue glazed ceramic.
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17th Century Spanish Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Ceramic

Antique 18th Century Trebuchet, Money Changer s Balance, With Its Weights
Located in Bilzen, BE
Wooden trebuchet with its weights. These kind of scales were used by money changers to weigh golden coins in those days to avoid fraud 18th Century The box measures 18 cm X 8.7 cm ...
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18th Century German Industrial Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass, Wrought Iron

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...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century Italian Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood

Modernist Weathercock Sculpture from Pius X Church, The Netherlands, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
This striking abstract sculpture, interpreted as a modernist weathercock rooster, was originally installed atop the Pius X Parish Church in Amsterdam’s Sloterva...
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1960s Dutch Futurist Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Steel

1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian barometer of oak wood, signed Negretti & Zambra London from the second half of the 19th century, complete with reading vernier for checking the pressure variation and thermometer. Height 98 cm - 10.6 inches, width 27 cm - 38.5 inches, depth/thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches. Very good condition, fully functional. For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer. When it was discovered, that changes of atmospheric pressure are connected to changes of weather, barometers became very popular. Evangelista Torricelli...
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1860s British Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Oak

UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL RING SUN DIAL NICOLAS BION, PARIs, CIRCA 1700
Located in Madrid, ES
UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL RING SUN DIAL NICOLAS BION, PARIS, CIRCA 1700 A RARE EQUINOCTIAL RING signed "N Bion A PARIS", around 1700, made IN BRONZE composed of meridian and equatorial ...
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Early 17th Century Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Antique Mobil Dentist Rinsing Sink Stainless Steel, Belge
Located in Mortsel, BE
Elevate your space with this Antique Dentist Rinsing Sink crafted from stainless steel, showcasing Belgian craftsmanship. This unique piece is a testament to the bygone era of dentis...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Metal, Steel

Midcentury Lucite Hourglass Sand Timer Sculpture After Charles Hollis Jones 1970
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury hourglass in bubble lucite with straight external lines. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1970s in the manner of Charles Hollis Jones. The 15-minute sand timer...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Lucite

Olivetti Divisumma 18, designed by Mario Bellini, 1973
By Olivetti, Mario Bellini
Located in Firenze, IT
The Divisumma 18 is a portable electronic calculator made by Olivetti in 1973 through which the company entered the portable electronics market. Thanks to the design of Mario Bellin...
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1970s Italian Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Plastic, Rubber

Didactic Resin Anatomical Model of an Enlarged Jaw, Germany, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical model of an enlarged jaw, mounted on a wooden board with hooks for hanging. In evidence the circulatory system, the roots of the teeth, and two caries. Made in ha...
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1950s German Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Resin, Wood

Binoculars with an antique finish. Gold-plated metal, other. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Binoculars with an antique finish. Gold-plated metal, other. These metal binoculars, crafted with an antique gold finish, feature a hanging loop and a vintage look reminiscent of c...
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20th Century Unknown Other Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Metal, Other

Rare Anatomy Engraving – Skeleton and Flayed Figure, Blome, 17th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Anatomy Display – Antique Engraving by Michael Vandergucht, 1686 This fascinating late 17th-century engraving depicts an anatomy display, showing a skeleton, an écorché (a flayed fi...
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1680s European Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Paper

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 1930s. Measures cm ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Plaster

Torricellian barometer signed Heineman Strada Toledo 213 Naples mid-nineteenth century.
Located in Milan, IT
Torricellian mercury barometer signed Heineman Strada Toledo 213 Naples for the Italian market, in mahogany wood from the mid 19th cent. complete with reading nonius for checking p...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Old Suspended Balance Scale in Brass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative 1950s balance scale in Apothecary style. Its made from solid brass and comes with two brass weights and a leather suspension strop. Measurements: H/L: 75 cm (suspended),...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

1890 Small Antique Nautical Brass Pelorus Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y
Located in Milan, IT
Antique small brass Pelorus, signed Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y., made in the late of the XIX century. It has a sight system with a compass card with eight winds and goniome...
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1890s American Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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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...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Brass aneroid table and wall barometer England late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Brass aneroid or holosteric barometer, table and wall-mounted, late 19th-century English manufacture. Good condition, signs of use fully functional. Measurements cm 5x12.5 - 1.9x4....
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Late 19th Century Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Mortar with pestle. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with pestle. Bronze. 16th century. A mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body, and outward-curving mouth decorated with simple geometric ribs alternating with relief el...
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16th Century European Other Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

Collection of 33 old geometric zinc shapes
Located in Haaltert, BE
Unique collection of 33 geometric zinc shapes. Circa 1900-1930. These forms were used by artists and art students to visualize and learn perspective, volumes, light and shadow.
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1920s Dutch Vintage Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Zinc

Silver thermometer with reliefs, table stand and hanging ring
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver thermometer with reliefs, table stand and hanging ring. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 184.11 grams. Dimensions: 12cm x 18cm. Content...
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19th Century European Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Silver

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...
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19th Century European Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Silver

Cut-out silver thermometer with monogram card wooden stand
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Cut-out silver thermometer, monogram card with wooden base, table stand and hanging ring. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 505.12 grams. Dimen...
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19th Century European Antique Continental Europe Scientific Instruments

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Silver

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