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Vintage Cast Iron Cork Roller/Press – Apothecary/Pharmacy/Kitchenalia

Offered for sale we have an unusual apothecary item – a vintage cork press/roller for making bottle corks.  Potentially useful item and a great display piece in its own right with rustic charm and nice external patination.  Likely late 19th or early 20th century item, so possibly antique. The item will be shipped by Royal Mail.   Thanks for looking.   Read More...

SOLD – Antique Set of Various Apothecary’s Pill & Suppository-making Tools & Equipment – circa 1900

Offered for sale is an apothecary’s set of tools & equipment set all in decent condition, probably dating to around 1900 and comprising: – pill cutting/rolling board with 12 channels–  brass moulds of various sizes for pills/suppositories– hand-held moulding tool with ejection feature – there’s actually two of these supplied– brass stand by J Gray & Son, Sheffield– set of brass moulds – these are solid metal so very heavy– boxwood pill polisher/silverer with stand – note some damage/cracking as Read More...

Antique Brass Rotating Mechanical Stage for Watson Van Heurck Microscope c1910

Offered for sale is a fully mechanical rotating specimen stage that fits the W Watson & Sons Van Heurck microscope.  It’s supplied with three fixing screws and the fit dimensions are ~62mm and 93mm in terms of spacing as shown in the listing photo stream.  It should fit most model B and No.1 variants of the Van Heurck including specialist models such as the Mint Metallurgical. The stage has x and y-axis adjustments giving 1 inch of travel along each Read More...

Antique Four Draw Brass & Wooden Telescope – Victorian Period – Unsigned

A compact four draw brass telescope with a small wooden body, unsigned, in excellent working order and damage free (no cracks, chips etc).  The telescope would appear to be late 19th century and measures about 20 inches when fully extended and just over 6 inches when collapsed. There’s a brass cap for the objective lens end and a cover-plate for the eyepiece to prevent dust ingress.  So you have to manually move the eyepiece dust shield out of the way to Read More...

Antique John Ednie Edinburgh – Induction Coil Physics Electrical Spark Apparatus

Offered for sale is an antique induction coil electrical apparatus manufactured by John Ednie of Edinburgh University, Scotland, probably dating to the late 19th or early 20th century.   This listing is for a single example, so when ordering please state which one you require: – No 26 – as shown – SORRY NOW SOLD– No 7 as shown – still available Induction coils were widely used in physics laboratories and educational settings in order to demonstrate inter alia electromagnetic induction for experimental/teaching Read More...

SOLD – Antique Clockwork Electrical Pulse Apparatus by Cambridge Scientific

Offered for sale is an interesting clockwork mechanism that looks to be set up to produce timed electrical pulses – use/application is unknown and the item is untested.   The clockwork movement is from the USA and branded as follows:   Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Connecticut   Note: Seth Thomas (1785–1859) was a pioneering American clockmaker who established a massive manufacturing empire in Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut, which was renamed Thomaston in his honor in 1875. Founded in 1813, the company became a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-quality, affordable clocks, including Read More...

C1890 FULLY WORKING LOCKING COMPASS BRASS CASING WITH LID , GOOD COND. 2 in. DIAMETER

NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS , GOOD CONDITION Read More...

FINE FULLY WORKING COMPASS WITH WOOD SCREW ON LID CASING 2.5 in DIAM., EXCELLENT

GOOD WELL WORKING CONDITION , NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS. THIS IS REALLY A LOVELY ITEM Read More...

WORKING SMALL WELL HALLMARKED SILVER HALLMARKED COMPASS DATED 1897 by FRANCIS BAKER

GOOD CONDITION, NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS, FULLY WORKING, VACANT CARTOUCHE, MADE BY FRANCIS BAKER & SONS Read More...

~LARGE, COMPLEX COMPASS/SUNDIAL c.1750~(SOLD)

The main compass body is brass with a hand coloured paper overlay. Extremely ornate compass rose and oddly, unsigned. The compass needle is very slender, ornate and still points North. The pivot is brass and eared c.1750. The paper dial is divided into three (3) scales. A Mariner’s 360 degree (inner) in one degree divisions, a Miner’s 0-32 hour middle ring (each hour being 12.5 degrees- 1/4 hour divisions) and a surveyor’s outer ring (4 quadrants of 0-90 degrees). The paper Read More...

19TH CENTURY POCKET GIMBAL MOUNTED COMPASS, 2.8cm diam , MAHOGANY CASE, GOOD WORKING COND.

GOOD WORKING CONDITION Read More...

19th CENTURY BRASS GIMBAL MOUNTED POCKET COMPASS ,FULLY WORKING

ALL IN GOOD CONDITION Read More...