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A ship-log records the distance traveled through the water. With the time in hours between the observations, it gives the ship’s speed in knots. This Ludolph log with taffrail shoe, line and propeller, is made of brass with enamel dial. The clock has to be fixed on the rail at the stern of a ship, the taffrail. The recorder would have been connected with a line of about 60 meters to the rotator. Drum and tube shape are made of Read More...

26 Nov

Dry Card Compass – Neuenstadt, Koningsberg (Kalinningrad), early 19th c.

By ARCHIPEL International Maritime Gallery

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Attractive gimbaled dry card compass in a brass, yellow painted bowl. Wooden case of pine with sliding cover with dirty grey painted inside. Made by Georg Neuenstadt, Koningsberg, Germany (Kalinningrad, Russia). The inside of the bowl also dirty grey with four lubber’s lines. The rose is made of lacquered paper stiffed with mica and another layer of paper, which indicates an early compass. On the underside a strong and heavy needle and a name, difficult to read.Strong and heavy Read More...

11 Nov

Tectonic globe Kurt Ziesing

By Van Leest Antiques

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Rare tectonic globe made in the Eastern Germany by Kurt Ziesing, redacted by W. Thiele, and edited by VEB Herman Haack from Geographisch-Kartographisch Anstalt Gotha/Leipzig. The globe was made by Ziesing as a part of his thesis of the Institute of Cartography on the Technical University of Dresden that they decide to publish this thematic globe. After revisions by experts from the university of Dresden it was published in 1972. On the globe tectonic bodies are differentiated by colour, based Read More...

28 Oct

Brendel flower model Daphne Mezereum

By Van Leest Antiques

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This flattering Brendel flower model of the Daphne arises from an ebonized stand with a blue label and a turned ebonized stem. The ebonized stem which rests in the stand leads to a naturalized green stem of the Daphne plant out of which the two pink flowers grow. Two flowers of papier-mâché are depicted in this model: the first full grown, the second cut in half depicting anatomy of the flower. The label is signed:No. 61 Daphne Mezereum L. VIII Read More...

25 Oct

NUREMBERG MAGNIFYING GLASS 17th CENTURY WITH ITS CASE RIM EMBOSSED

By Opticalworld

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THE COPPER RIM READS ” J.E. MAY SEEL.ERE. IOH. HIERONIMUS SCHNEIDER 10H.ERHARD MAY SEEL.ERE. “ THE CASE WHICH IS ORIGINAL WAS LATER OWNED BY JACOB FRIES, DATED 1813 , WHO WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND LED THE ” FRIES REBELLION” IN 1799. IT HAS THE ORIGINAL LENS , WORKS WELL , IT HAS SOME SCUFFING. A RARE HISTORICAL PEICE Read More...

23 Oct

German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot

By Nautilus Antiques

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German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot German anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot “Second and third degree burn”, “State of bursting of the blisters, severe inflammation in addition to some preserved blister”), by the German maker Hygiene Museum of Dresden, from the 1950’s. Hand painted wax on wooden board, in great conditions (I can notice a chip in the upper part of the model), measurements of the board 33,5 Read More...

23 Oct

German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the hand

By Nautilus Antiques

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German anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the hand (“Third degree burn”), by the German maker Hygiene Museum of Dresden, from the 1950’s. Hand painted wax on wooden board, in great conditions, measurements of the board 30 x 21 cm Read More...

19 Oct

Müller Söhne artficial eyes

By Van Leest Antiques

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A box of hundred artificial eyes by F. AD. Müller Söhne, made after 1909. The company Müller Söhne has been active on the market for artificial eyes since 1860 to date. The company states that it combines art and craft in their glass eyes ever since. The eyes cannot be exactly dated, but on the inside of the box is indicated that Müller Sohne won the ‘Staatseherenpreis’ of 1909, the ‘Grand Prix Brussel of 1910’ and the ‘St Louis Read More...

19 Oct

A silver and gilt-brass Willebrand equinoctial dial, late 17th

By Le Zograscope

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A fine silver and gilt-brass equinoctial sundial signed “Johann Willebrand in Augsburg 48”. On an octogonal silver plate is fixed a gilt-brass and silver hour ring with engraved floral motif and divided 3-12-9 with its folding gilt-brass gnomon, a shaped gilt-brass latitude arc [0°]-90° subdivided to 2°, and a shaped and decorated gilt-brass support for plumb bob. On the middle of the plate, a silver compass with four-point rose SE, OR, OC, ME. On the back, the signature of Willebrand and on Read More...

15 Oct

E. Merck, Darmstadt collection of elements – publicity, trade or educational reference collection

By Collector Tolemy

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Mid 19th Century element collection by E. Merck, Darmstadt contained in glass vials. 64 in total identified by number cross referenced against a paper catalogue. Four vials have been refabricated (bromine, platinum, sodium and possibly potassium with replacement elements). Inside lid showing a mid 19th Century lithograph of Merck’s Darmstadt Factory. The collection contains a sample of indium, discovered 1863, but no helium (1868), gallium (1875) , or certain rare earths which were discovered just after these dates suggesting a date of manufacture Read More...

13 Oct

MINIATURE WORLD MAP around 1850

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Rare miniature world map in its original box. The world map is in perfect condition, 43 mm in diameter. The instructions are in Néederland Dutch. The box is in average condition (5.2 x 6 cm) _____________________________________ Rare mappemonde miniature dans sa boite d’origine.la mappemonde est en parfait état, 43 mm de diamètre. Les indications sont en Néerlandais.La boite est en état moyen ( 5.2 x 6 cm ) Read More...

30 Sep

Brendel Salvia flower model

By Van Leest Antiques

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The Salvia flower model consists of five handpainted papier mache removable parts which are 15 times enlarged. The pistil can be secured with a pin in the petal and between the stamens. The flower tissues are hold together by hooks. The reproductive organs together are placed in the flowerbase. A wooden stem leads to the ebonized decorated base, which has blue sticker. The sticker is marked: ‘No. 111 Salvia Officinalis. L. II 1. flos Commn Sage Salbei. Blüthe Salvia Read More...