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Compass with three legs in brass and steel. In its original wooden case covered with green velvet and black leather, inside purple velvet. Dimensions: length 15 cm (compass) and 16.2 cm (case) France dated around 1850. Read More...

17 May

DENTAL “ECORCHÉ” PLASTER PAINTED 19TH CENTURY

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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DENTAL “ECORCHÉ” PLASTER PAINTED 19TH CENTURY MOUNTED ON FIXING TUBE. WITH DETAILED REPRESENTATION OF THE TEETH GUMS ROOTS AND NERVES. Read More...

17 May

10 DIABLERIES BK stéréo views 1870

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Diableries ou voyage dans l’autre monde…. Rare ensemble de 10 vues stéréoscopiques et polyoramiques.La plus rare des séries de diableries, en parfait état ( hormis un petit morceau de carton manquant sur une vue. ) Read More...

16 May

LITHOPHANE SHADE 1870

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Scène panoramique de chasse au cerf dans une montagne. Parfait état.Seconde moitié du XIX ème siècle. Marque : lithophanie françaiseDiamètre : 30.5 cm, hauteur : 16 cm. Read More...

15 May

FINE DELURE SURVEYING CIRCLE WITH 6 SIDEBAR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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FINE DELURE SURVEYING CIRCLE WITH 6 SIDEBAR EARLY 18TH CENTURY INSTRUMENT IN BRASS . THE MAIN PLATE WITH FOUR TALL SIGHT VANES AND DIVIDED FULL CIRCLE EVERY DEGREE. A CENTRAL ROTATING WITH COMPASS ENGRAVED DIRECTIONALS AND DEGREE SCALE WITH TWO SIGHTS. FOOT WITH BALL AND SOCKET JOINT WITH BUTTERFIELD THUMBSCREW DELURE JEAN BAPTISTE ACTIF EN 1695 TO 1736 KING’S INGENIOR Read More...

13 May

Iron and Brass Three Bubbles Hourglass Sandglass C.1680

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Iron and Brass Three Bubbles Hourglass C.1680. Hourglass with bulbs in blown glass , triple bulbs , model in Iron with 6 columns in brass. Junction ring covered with braided cords , white sand. Good original condition Read More...

01 May

Leeches Sign

By M and R Gordon

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An early 20th-century French sign from an establishment selling leeches. Sign is on paperboard. 10.5 x 8 inches. Some toning (see 2nd and 3rd images for accurate color and condtion) but overall very good. Read More...

30 Apr

FRENCH BOX romantique circa 1830 / CONJURER cup and balls

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Très jolie petite boite d’époque romantique en verre et carton. Le fixé sous verre représente un escamoteur exécutant ery pretty little box from the romantic period in glass and cardboard. The fixed under glass represents a conjurer performing his magic tricks in front of a bourgeois couple.... It is rare to find this type of object in good condition due to great fragility It lacks a golden braid on one side. 5 x 7.5 x 2.5cm ses tours de magie devant un couple de bourgeois. Il Read More...

30 Apr

A museum quality 17th century cased Graphometer decorated with gargoyles

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An exceptional cased graphometer by Chapotot dating to circa 1680-1700. Features exquisitely engraved gargoyle figures with eagle wings, serpentine necks and dog heads surrounded by pierced floral vine work and architectural volutes. A fine compass is engraved with the cardinal directions, fleur de lys north directional, and a frame of acanthus leaves. The graphometer is mounted on a brass ball joint adjusted with a finely worked butterfly thumbscrew. The swiveling arm and four sights are in perfect condition with intact Read More...

22 Apr

Double ended Dental Pelican, 1780-1820

By Van Leest Antiques

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A wrought iron double ended signed dental Pelican, C 1780-1820. An antique dental pelican with two rounded fulcrums/cushions with straight clawed levers. This is a fine example of a scarce antique tooth extracting pelican. On both cushions is the signature: a heart model with not clearly identifiable letters “HRAX”. Length 14 cm. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

22 Apr

Delamarche Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere

By Van Leest Antiques

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A signed Delamarche Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere. The Delamarche family and successors were the most renowned and prolific producer of armillary spheres in France from the late 18th century to the late 19th century. The signature on the globe of the Armarilly sphere states: Globe TerrestreA Parischez Delamarche egrue du froin Jacquesu colège deM.e Cervais The Rymer Collection has a worldmap (Ryh 1102 : 52): with a similar inscription: A Paris :chez le Sr. Delamarche géog. rue du FoinSt. Jacques au collége de m.tre Read More...

19 Apr

magic lantern LAPIERRE 1845

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Belle petite lanterne magique fabriquée par Lapierre vers 1845. Il s’agit de la plus petite taille 20 cm de hauteur. Elle possède son brûleur, mais il manque peut-être le bouchon d’objectif, bien que cette toute petite dimension n’en possédait pas toujours. Read More...