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28 Jun

Nickel silver french folding sector.

By Scientific Inspirations

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Very nicely engraved, unsigned, 16.5 cm (6.5 inches). Read More...

28 Jun

French folding square c. 1760, Canivet a La Sphere a Paris

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An 18th century brass folding square signed, ‘Canivet a La Sphere a Paris’. Very nice. Length 17 cm. Read More...

27 Jun

A miniature Pajot obstetrical stethoscope

By Le Zograscope

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This is a very small, 9cm lenght, Pajot-type monaural obstetrical stethoscope made in blackened wood circa 1900. A rare very small stethoscope/ Condition is fine. Read More...

27 Jun

A large Truchot spider electrode for administering a sephaic douche by Ducretet

By Le Zograscope

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A quite rare and large example (17cm diameter for the spider and 57 height for the entire instrument) of a Charles Truchot spider for static/cephalic douche signed “E. Ducretet Paris”. This electrotherapy device was used with a electrical machine. A rare and quite decorative electrical and medical device. Read More...

25 Jun

Nickel silver french folding square.

By Scientific Inspirations

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French, mid / late 19th c., 17 cm long. Read More...

24 Jun

A French brass surveying circle by Baradelle, circa 1740

By Le Zograscope

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A brass surveying circle with six sights, two of which are mounted on a rotating alidade. The circle measures 15 cm. It is signed “Baradelle à Paris” and can be dated to around 1730-1750. The instrument is complete with its pinnules, its ball joint, and its hexagonal stand. The circle is divided twice into 360 degrees. In the center, a compass indicates the four cardinal points. The compass needle is modern, or at least 19th or early 20th century, with an agate Read More...

24 Jun

Brass and steel maritim single-handed dividers, 17th century

By Le Zograscope

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Single-handed dividers. The legs of the instrument comprise a semi-circular section and a straight section tapered to a point. The dividers could be opened with a single hand by applying finger pressure to the curved section. Used in navigation to plot routes on sea charts. A rare brass and steel early example, very close of the one illustrated in the Pomodoro’s book first published in 1599. The instrument is in excellent condition. Lenght ; 16,5cm. Read More...

21 Jun

Rare Copernician Planetarium with mechanical brass celestial sphere attributed to Emile Bertaux, made late XIXth century

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Rare Copernician Planetarium with mechanical brass celestial sphere, on a walnut and mahogany base, attributed to Emile Bertaux, late XIXth century. With multiple brass spheres of various sizes and smaller spheres rotating around a central axis with a graduated circular dial on the base inscribed “SUD” “EAST” “NORTH” “WEST”, and the twelve astrological signs. The crank mechanism drives the nine planets: six mounted on curved armatures and two others, as well as the Earth and Moon mounted on a crank mechanism Read More...

21 Jun

Curved amputation knife signed ‘J.Monier Pouvourville H.G’, c. 1800

By Van Leest Antiques

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Curved amputation knife (faster) with cutler’s signature: “J.Monier Pouvourville H.G” blackened pearwood handle. Length: 28,5 cm. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

21 Jun

Surgical set in case by Frédéric Charrière, c. 1835

By Van Leest Antiques

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Surgical case Frédéric Charrière, Paris (1803-1876), the leading manufacturer of surgical instruments in the 19th century. He was the friend and supplier of Dupuytren and Civiale. It was he who turned his craft into an industry, the first as early as 1834. The first anaesthesia masks came out of his workshops in January 1847, and his establishment employed up to 450 workers, divided between the factories in Nogent (Haute-Marne) and the workshops, stores and offices in Paris. From 1834 Read More...

21 Jun

Three levels surgical set by Charriere à Paris, c. 1875

By Van Leest Antiques

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A three level surgical set by “Charrière à Paris” of circa 1875. The case is made of polished mahogany and red velvet interior. It contains 30 instruments, including four scalpels with guilloche ebony handles, a small metal retractor, seven amputation knives with guilloche ebony handles, a brass tourniquet by Jean-Louis Petit, a large amputation saw with guilloche ebony handle, two small forceps, a tracheal cannula with solid silver mandrel, a extraction forceps, a trephine with adjustable head and turned Read More...