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PANORAMA La fête des vignerons à Vevey 1889

  PANORAMA The winegrowers' festival in Vevey 1889 Beautiful panorama almost 6 meters long representing "the Vevey winegrowers' festival" in Switzerland in 1889. Closed it is 13 x 17 cm, the cover has some tears on the top and bottom edges, the interior is immaculate.----------------------------------------------------------PANORAMA La fête des vignerons à Vevey 1889Beau panorama de près  de 6 mètres de long représentant " la fête des vignerons de Vevey " en Suisse en 1889Fermé il fait 13 x 17 cm, la couverture a quelques Read More...

Early Reticulated Steel Medical Knife w. Bleeder

A reticulated steel medical knife with a bleeder blade. Length: 3.5″ or 9cm. Some wear to blades but o/w in very good condtion. Blades snap firmly into the body of the knife. The Dallemagne Collection in Rouen has several similar knives and they are shown in Dallemagne, DECORATIVE ANTIQUE IRONWORK (Dover, 1968:388)–see last image. They date the knifes: “Seventeen and eighteenth centuries”  Read More...

SCOPITON 1960

SCOPITONE by Cameca. Cameca Company, France. Model ST16, 1960. Jukebox combining image and sound on 16mm films sound. Coin-operated device allowing, with 36 selections, see and hear a short musical film in color (clip), on a frosted glass screen the size of a TV. The sound comes from a magnetic track lying on the 16 mm film strip broadcast by an 8 watt amplifier, always synchronized with the image. An 21x32 cm loudspeaker located under the screen allows quality listening. 110 volt electrical equipment. Frame and base in wood covered with a Read More...

A FINE LARGE 17 TH CENTURY FRENCH SLATE OCTAGONAL SUNDIAL

With wrought iron gnomon and profusely engraved with latin letters.Size:39×39 cm.With latter hanging system.   The dial is set with a wrought-iron gnomon which casts its shadow on the plate to indicate time. Beneath the gnomon the plate is centered by a compass rose .17 th century Read More...

Compass with three legs in brass and steel in its case made circa 1850

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...

DENTAL “ECORCHÉ” PLASTER PAINTED 19TH CENTURY

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

10 DIABLERIES BK stéréo views 1870

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...

LITHOPHANE SHADE 1870

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...

FINE DELURE SURVEYING CIRCLE WITH 6 SIDEBAR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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...

Iron and Brass Three Bubbles Hourglass Sandglass C.1680

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...

Leeches Sign

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...

FRENCH BOX romantique circa 1830 / CONJURER cup and balls

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...