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TRAVELLER’S COMPENDIUM WITH SUNDIAL, English, c.1840, signed “T. Staight, London.” The 2-3/8″ (6 cm) diameter turned disk supports a circular mercury thermometer with Fahrenheit and Reamur scales, and a fine floating gnomon compass / sundial, glazed with a carved surround. Condition is very fine but for a crack in the glass; it is complete with the original domed wood case bound in red Morocco leather. The maker, Thomas Staight, gained his freedom in the fanmaker’s guild in 1828, and Read More...

06 Jul

Telescope & tripod – Spencer, Browning & Rust.

By Scientific Inspirations

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Single draw long marine telescope with mahogany taper barrel, signed, ‘Spencer, Browning and Rust’. They worked from 1784 – 1840. Fully extended it measures 48″ (122 cms) and 38″ (97 cms) when closed with a main lens diameter of 2″ (52mm). It gives a fine sharp image when viewed through with a power of 25 x. The telescope is mounted on an oak tripod. Read More...

05 Jul

FOUR-SUNDIAL COMPENDIUM

By TESSERACT

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FOUR-SUNDIAL COMPENDIUM, English, c. second half 17th century, signed “Phil. Edwards.” Constructed of fine boxwood, this unusual diptych compendium measures 4″ x 4-1/4″ x 1″ (10 x 11 x 2.5 cm) closed. Surface Ia is divided, every quarter hour, with a twice-12 hour scale full circle, and would work in summer, when the sun is above the plane of the equator, with a central straight pin as gnomon. Surface Ib is again divided, half-circle, from 6am to 6pm, functioning Read More...

04 Jul

GOOD POCKET COMPASS / SUNDIAL

By TESSERACT

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GOOD POCKET COMPASS / SUNDIAL, English, c. second quarter 18th century, the turned brass case and screw-on cover 3-3/8″ (8.5 cm) in diameter. The glazed compass is mounted with a beautifully designed and engraved paper rose incorporating 16 directionals, circumferential degree scale, running leaf tip design, and exquisite floral patterns. An identical paper is applied in the lid. The original shaped iron needle has an eight-sided pyramidal brass hub. Atop the glass is a fine brass chapter ring (divided Read More...

03 Jul

HENRY SUTTON’S FORM OF MAGNETIC AZIMUTH DIALLING COMPASS

By TESSERACT

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HENRY SUTTON’S FORM OF MAGNETIC AZIMUTH DIALLING COMPASS, English, c. third quarter 17th century, unsigned. Set in an eight-sided wood mount, 4-3/4″ (12 cm) across, the compass has a fine printed card, a most elegantly shaped needle, and a circumferential wooden degree circle. The card has degree scales, twice-12 hour scales, calendar scale, solar declination scale, and 32-point rose. Condition is good noting the wood housing is cut on one side (where it may have attached to a plane Read More...

28 Jun

A Boxwood Sector, an Ash Universal Alloy Balance, a Model Eye and a Nettleship type Ophthalmoscope by Pillischer

By Fletcher

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An unsigned boxwood sector £30 SOLD An Ash dental alloy balance in good condition £70 A model eye with a single retinal image, brass with some losses to black paint £70 A ophthalmoscope by Pillischer, London, box lid detached, Dr. Edward Nettleship type, supplementary lens missing, ebony handle £120 Read More...

28 Jun

Two Victorian Photographs of Vertically Challenged People

By Fletcher

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A Victorian Photograph c1890 of Burmese siblings Smaun and his sister Fatama Sing Hpoo. Fatama died aged 22 at 71cms. A Victorian family (possibly) c1890 of nine vertically challenged people unidentified Read More...

26 Jun

PILLISCHER’S INNOVATIVE POCKET MICROSCOPE

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PILLISCHER’S UNIQUE “LENTICULAR” DESIGN — A STAGE WITH MICROSCOPE ATTACHED, English, c. 1850, signed “Invented by M. Pillischer, Optician &c, London, No. 136.” Made in very limited numbers, this remarkable 3″ (7.6 cm) long Pillischer design features a spring stage for 1″ x 3″ glass slides. Mounted to this hand-held brass stage are some fairly sophisticated accessories, including wheel of stops, substage concave mirror in yoke on double-jointed arm, swiveling lens holder with precision fine focus control, and two Read More...

26 Jun

A Horseshoe magnet in wooden cover.

By Van Leest Antiques

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A nice Horseshoe magnet in an mahogany cover, 19th century. The cover is locked with two brass screws with a turnig brass ring on the top. One of the poles is marked with N (Nord). In perfect condition wth measurements 35 x 13 x 3,5 cm. For shop info look on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

17 Jun

Victorian Silver for the Ear

By M and R Gordon

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A handsomely-cased “HAWKSLEY LONDON” ear speculum marked “SILVER in a velvet and silk lined leather-covered case. $195.00 A pair of pair of miniature silver “invisible ear phones” in a velvet and silk lined leather-covered case. A set can be seen on a page entitled “Paradise for the Deaf” from a Rein catalog illustrated in HISTORIC DEVICES FOR HEARING: THE CID GOLDSTEIN COLLECTION (1984:143). They were used to amplify sound in patients presumably suffering from narrowing or blockage of the external Read More...

16 Jun

A set of Six Steel Dental Scalers

By Fletcher

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A good set of steel dental scalers with steel handle all in good condition, noting one velvet separator missing. Mirror in lid, rather dull original wood case Read More...

15 Jun

Mid Eighteenth Century Non Achromatic Decagonal Reverse Taper Telescope by John Gilbert

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale, a mid-eighteenth century, non-achromatic decagonal reverse taper single draw telescope by John Gilbert of Tower Hill London. This super example has a one inch non-achromatic single objective lens with original dust slide and measures 38 inches closed and 46 inches extended. The mahogany ten sided tapered barrel holds a single draw tube containing five lenses and is completed with a bulbous type eyepiece with dust slide, common during the period. The “improved- field non-achromatic terrestrial” lens arrangement of the Read More...