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A nice French Hey saw, for cranial trepanning, by Charriere Read More...

A French amputation tourniquet by Charriere

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A great French amputation tourniquet by Charriere, in very good condition (and well used, blood stains in the red strap) Read More...

06 Nov

THE CALCULIMETRE CHARPENTIER

By TESSERACT

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THE CALCULIMETRE CHARPENTIER, French, c.1900, signed “Calculimetre, G. Charpentier, Brevete S.G.D.G.” The 2-3/8″ (6 cm) diameter calculator is made of nickel silver and brass, divided with logarithmic, square root, tangent and sine scales on both sides, the suspension affixed to twin cursors and a frontal circular scale. A milled edge allows one to rotate the main body against this suspension assembly. Condition is fine, the surface somewhat cleaned and scratched. The Charpentier calculator, a fine pocket slide rule, is Read More...

22 Oct

Late Nineteenth Century French Sunshine Recorder by Jules Richard of Paris

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale, a Late Nineteenth Century French designed sunshine recorder or Heliograph by Jules Richard of Paris. Comprised of a black painted metal base with three brass screw feet for levelling, the sunshine recorder’s clockwork mechanism is mounted on a second plate hinged to the base at one end with an arc scale to one side to allow for fixing and fine adjustment of its angle. The clockwork barograph type drum is engraved with a twenty four hour dial in roman Read More...

03 Oct

UPSIDE DOWN COMPASS FROM 1763

By TESSERACT

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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TELL-TALE COMPASS, French, c. 1763, signed on the marvelous floating compass card “Se vend chez J. Perre Maître Poulieur & Faiseur de Compas à Dunkerque 1763” (“For sale by J. Perre, Master Pulley-Maker and Compass-Maker in Dunkirk, 1763”) and “Gravé par Brochery.” The 5″ (12.5 cm ) diameter printed card is pinned to a bar-shaped needle, and held secure with red sealing wax. Additional wax was applied to the rear to level the card. There is printed Read More...

02 Oct

Inverted Double Optic Brass Level Signed Meurand Quai De L’horloge à Paris

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Brass level with double inverted optic signed “MEURAND Quai de l’hloge à Paris” on a folding tripod base. Level scale in cm and French inches. Dimensions: Length of 41.5 cm x Height on stand 38 cm minimum. Note: work of Meurand father and son. Father Antoine Joseph Meurand active from 1750 to 1805, and son Charles Joseph from 1771 to circa 1820. Datable around 1795/1800 (taking into account the double scale). Read More...

24 Sep

A DIMINUTIVE HAND-HELD SPLIT-LENS RANGEFINDING TELESCOPE

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A DIMINUTIVE HAND-HELD SPLIT-LENS RANGEFINDING TELESCOPE, French, c. third quarter 19th century, finely signed “Micrometre a vis et a cadran, No. 1, E. Lorieux pere a Paris” and “Lorieux, Passage Dauphine 13, Paris.” With an overall length of 7-3/4″ (20 cm), extending to 9-1/4″ by single drawtube, the telescope has erecting optics with a 1-3/4″ diameter objective. The main tube is leather bound and the brass is generally blackened to minimize reflections. The objective lens itself is split into Read More...

24 Sep

~MUSEUM QUALITY DUBOSCQ /PELLIN COLORIMETER c. 1885~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine and rare museum quality Duboscq/Pellin colorimeter c.1885 with unusual features only seen in this example. Although the basic design did not change for 50 years, I believe this is one of the earliest collaborations of these Paris instrument makers. Early signature on the backing plate “Mr. Jules Duboscq, Ph. Pellin, Paris”, it stands 17 inches tall and is mounted on a mahogany base (8 x 5 inches) with drawer and rounded drawer pull. Draw tube eyepiece focusing Read More...

22 Sep

THE HYDROGRAPHIC DOUBLE-MIRROR CIRCLE OF ROLLET DE L’ISLE

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THE HYDROGRAPHIC CIRCLE OF ROLLET DE L’ISLE, French, late 19th century, finely signed “Lorieux, A. Hurlimann, Succ’r a Paris.” The 10-1/2″ (27 cm) diameter brass circle is fitted with four mirrors, two of them mounted on the rotating index arm and set back-to-back at a fixed angle, a large-light-gathering-power telescope, and a hinged turned wood handle. An inset circular scale is divided every 0.5 from -10 to +200 half-degrees. The index arm has clamp, fine motion tangent screw, vernier Read More...

11 Sep

POCKET OPEN-AIR MONOCULAR IN SILVER

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POCKET OPEN-AIR MONOCULAR IN SILVER, French, c. 1825, with several poinçon hallmarks. Mounted with pendant ring, the device folds to a very compact 1-5/8″ x 1-1/4″ x 1/2″ (4 x 3 x 1.3 cm), and opens with hinged lenses on sliding support arm. It is a traditional “Galilean” optical design giving upright images of low magnification. In fine condition, it is an unusual form of miniature telescope. The French poinçon mark of the “tête de lièvre” (the head of Read More...

02 Sep

A rare Tire-Tete, obstetrical destructive instrument, by Charriere

By Nautilus Antiques

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A rare Tire-Tete, obstetrical destructive instrument, by CharriereThese abortion instruments were used to grasp the inside and the outside of the baby’s head by stabbing one end of the instrument into the cranium. The teeth would grab into the skull allowing for extraction. (ref. http://abortioninstruments.com/new_index.html) Read More...

19 Aug

EXCEPTIONAL BLEEDING SET

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EXCEPTIONAL BLEEDING SET, French, c. third quarter 19th century, by the famous Charrière of Paris. The original trade label describes Charrière, at 7 bis rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, as designated “Maker to the Civil and Military Hospitals.” The set contains 12-bladed scarificator with lacquered brass body, syringe, four blown glass bleeding cups each with syringe fitting and stopcock, and flexible cloth-bound extension hose mounting between syringe and cup. Included is even the little printed instruction sheet for maintenance Read More...