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Dutch seaman’s tobacco box of Pieter Holm, also known as the Dutchman’s Log, with a perpetual calendar on the top of the lid and a ship’s speed table on the bottom. In a publication of 1748 Holm claims to have devised this table in 1729. The top of the lid is further adorned with simple vignettes portraying Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII, who respectively in 45 BC and AD 1582 introduced the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar. The bottom carries Read More...

09 Dec

A Single Handed Chart Dividers – 17th century

By Archipel

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A chart dividers made of brass in very nice condition. Date: 1650-1700L: 12.2 cmOrigin: unknownSigned: not signedCondition: perfect for its age, in working condition More nautical instruments can be seen at www.archipel-img.com Read More...

07 Dec

Standard Bearing Sight in wooden case

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Standard bearing sight made of brass with two vanes for use on the gauge compass. The box is assembled with dove tail connections. Provenance Datema, Delfzijl Netherlands. Date: ca. 1930-1950HWL case: 7.5×22.5×26 cmSigned: not signedOrigin: unknownCondition: good with signs of wear; case in very good condition More nautical instruments can be seen at www.archipel-img.com Read More...

07 Dec

Standard Bearing Sight in Case of Tulip Wood

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Standard brass bearing sight with loose needle for use on the gauge compass. The box is assembled with tooth connections and is made of beautiful tulip wood. The device does not appear to have been used and is in excellent condition.In 1939 the instrument has been checked by the Rotterdam department of the Koninklijk Meterorologisch Instituut. Date: ca. 1930HWL case: 7x29x19.5 cmSigned: PP20Origin: unknownCondition: perfect More nautical instruments can be seen at www.archipel-img.com Read More...

01 Dec

Large Azimuth or Bearing Compass with Dry Card in copper Bowl – Boosman, Amsterdam

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Well preserved and hardly used gimballed bearing compass with V- and back-sight in oak case with lid. V- and back-sight can be put apart in the chest. With spare needle. On the rose a graduation as well as the 32 points and the name of the maker. North with fleur de lis, east – direction Jerusalem – with fleur simple. The inside of the binnacle is white with four lubber lines. Date: 1860-1880HWL case: 19x29x29 cm (7.5×11.5×11.5 in)D compass: 21 cm Read More...

29 Nov

Bloodletting bowl, C. 1800

By Van Leest Antiques

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A brass bloodletting or barber’s bowl. It was used for shaving and could also have been used as a bleeding bowl. Circa 1800. Diameter 16 cm. Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

15 Nov

Terrestrial globe Felkl and son

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This terrestrial globe was produced for the Czech market by J. Felkl and son in cooperation with Stanislav Nikolau in 1921. The globe is in excellent shape: colours are bright and all details are clearly readable. The map consists the continents, countries and areas are marked by green and orange lines, but the rivers of different continents have the main priority in depiction. In the seas there is given much attention to depict the thermohaline circulation. The globe arises from Read More...

15 Nov

Terrestrial globe by Geerling and Felkl

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Terrestrial globe by Geerling and Felkl. Edited by W.J. Geerling and fabricated by Felkl and sons. Geerling edited the globe to the Dutch language in order to sell them, for example, at schools. The globe is made of12 lithographed colored paper gores on papermache/plaster sphere, full brass meridian with on top a compass rose, three-legged ebonized stand and with brass working compass. On the horizontal axe of the stand a paper with zodiacs with corresponding months is pasted on. The globe Read More...

11 Nov

Three antique pulleys

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Set of three antique pulleys, probably of maritime origin, one with robe and two with steel bindings. The biggest has a length 10 cm. Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

19 Oct

Probang set on metal base end 19th century

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A 19th century set of eight different adjustable tools which are designed to remove different foreign bodies out of the throat. For instance one of them is to remove a coin and another slide past it and pull it back. The different probangs adjusted as screws a steel base with four legs, unfortunately the flexible stem is now missing. Length of the set 11 cm, height 4,8 cm. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

29 Sep

Lacquered brass magnifying glass on stand

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An early 20th century lacquered brass magnifying glass on a height adjustable stand. The glass is hold in a brass case which is held together by three screws. Height 42,5 cm. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

29 Sep

Anonymous Chest microscope, first half 19th century

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The Chest microscope is an improvement of the Cuff-Type microscope. Following its debut, “Mr. Cuff’s innovatively designed Double Microscope” swiftly rose to prominence as the predominant model throughout the latter half of the 18th century. It was widely replicated by numerous manufacturers in both England and across Europe. One main drawback of the Cuff-type design was the inability to incline the stand for convenient observation. Around 1770, Edward Nairne, a British scientific instrument designer, enhanced the design of the cuff Read More...