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A German Combination Compass With Sundial
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century German combination compass and sundial, complete with its original box. The inside
Category

Antique 18th Century German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by German Beringer
By David Beringer
Located in Milan, IT
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden boxwood sundial with compass, of
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Antique Late 18th Century German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Sundial and Compass with Case, Schrettegger, Johan, Augsburg, Germany, Ca 1800
Located in Madrid, ES
Sundial and compass with case. Bronze. SCHRETTEGGER, Johan. Augsburg, Germany, around 1800
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Antique Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Other

WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena "Fussartillerie" artillery compass
Located in London, GB
A WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena "Fussartillerie" artillery compass. 3¾ inch dial marked with N W S
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Early 20th Century German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Silver Brass Pocket Sundial Compass French, circa 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
scales, inset compass well, mounted with hinged gnomon with bird indicator, the base engraved with
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Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

Materials

Silver, Brass

Continental 1850 Compass And Sundial Carved in The Shape of a Terrestrial Globe
Located in Miami, FL
An antique desk Sundial and compass. Surely this unusual sundial and compass will be a great
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Other Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

German Oak Kas / Linen Press
Located in Woodbury, CT
German oak kas with bracket top, raised panel doors, chamfered and fluted corners, two drawers
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Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Oak

German Oak Kas / Linen Press
German Oak Kas / Linen Press
H 86 in W 80 in D 27 in
W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass
By A. Lietz Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
viewing window.. The compass is by A. Lietz Co of San Francisco. The firm incorporated in 1892. It was
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Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

Terrestrial Table German Globe Late 19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
covered by the seller (customs duties included). On an ebonized base, together with a brass and compass
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Antique 1870s German Napoleon III Globes

Materials

Paper

Terrestrial globe edit by Wagner & Debes, Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
pastiglia ( refined chalk ) and completed by the copper printed color gores. A small compass is placed over
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Early 20th Century German Globes

Materials

Copper

A Porter's Direction Sundial Germany Early 19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
The printed and pivoted compass card and chapter ring centred by brass gnomon, in turned rosewood
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Antique Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique Drawing Instrument Set, German, Cartographer, Technical, Richter
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing instrument set. A German, brass cartographer's or architect's technical
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Early 20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Antique Technical Drawing Set, German, Architect, Cartography, Wichmann
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique technical drawing set. A German, architect's or cartographer's instrument case
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Nickel

Quality Antique Drawing Instrument Set, German, Architect, Cartographer, Riefler
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a quality antique drawing instrument set. A German, architect's or cartographer's tool case
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Early 20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Antique Technical Drawing Set, German, Cartographer's Instruments, Riefler, 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique technical drawing set. A German, silver nickel set of cartographer's instruments
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Early 20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Draughtsman's Set, German, Drawing Instruments, Tools, Richter Pracision
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage draughtsman's set. A German, nickel silver drawing instrument set by E.O. Richter
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Draughtsman's Set, German, Drawing Instruments, Riefler, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage draughtsman's set. A German, nickel silver drawing instrument set by Riefler
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Mid-20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Old Map of Prussia, Embellished with a Large Cartouche and Compass Rose, ca.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
with a large cartouche and compass rose. Prussia was a historically prominent German state that
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Antique 1680s Maps

Materials

Paper

Vintage Technical Drawing Set, German, Architect, Cartographer, Riefler, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage technical drawing set. A German, silver nickel architect or cartographer's
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Drawing Instrument Set, German, Draughtsman's Tools, Schcenner, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Schcenner - Germany engraved to the compass arm Presented neatly within a deep navy blue, lined velvet
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Drawing Set, German, Architect, Cartographer, Tools, Lotter, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage technical drawing set. A German, silver nickel set of architect or cartographer's
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Mid-20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Instrument Set, German, Technical Drawing, Riefler, Munich, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage instrument set. A German, silver nickel 'A12' technical drawing set by Riefler of
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Mid-20th Century German More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

60s German Etched Brass and Wooden Coffee Table By Bernhard Rohne
By Bernhard Rohne
Located in Pasadena, CA
top of the coffee table is has an island design to the top of with stars above representing compasses.
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Late 18th-Century German Oak and Fruitwood Marquetry Trunk or Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This rural trunk was made in the countryside of eastern Germany in the late 18th century. The trunk
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Antique Late 18th Century German Blanket Chests

Materials

Steel

Small Original Antique Map of Upper Saxony, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Saxonia Superior'. Small original antique map of Upper Saxony, Germany. Upper
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Antique Early 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Small Original Antique Map of the Lower Alsace region, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
, Germany. This map originates from 'Atlas minor Gerardi Mercatoris a I. Hondio plurimis aeneis tabulis
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Large German Chart of the Islands of the Philippines with Hand-Colored Borders
Located in Langweer, NL
compass rose and rhumb lines. Originates from a German edition of "Voyage around the World" by Lord George
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Antique Mid-18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Hand-Colored Antique Map of part of Germany by M. Seutter, c. 1730
By Matthew Seutter
Located in Langweer, NL
of Germany. It includes the region of Kassel, Göttingen, Eisenach, Schweinfurt, Wertheim, Darmstadt
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Antique Mid-18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Map of East Friesland, The Netherlands & the Area Emden & Norden, Germany, 1635
Located in Langweer, NL
compass rose.. Text in Dutch on verso. This map originates from a Dutch edition if the 'Atlas Novus
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Antique 1630s Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Friesland, Groningen and German East Friesland by Ortelius, 1603
Located in Langweer, NL
: Descriptio. 1568.' Detailed map of Friesland, the Netherlands. Includes a larger compass rose, sailing ships
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Antique 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Attractive Antique Map showing Denmark and part of Sweden and Germany c.1750
By Isaak Tirion
Located in Langweer, NL
showing Denmark and a part of Sweden and Germany. Title in block-style cartouche with a simple compass
Category

Antique 18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster Fotografie 1929 Werkbund Exhibition Kassel Photo Montage
Located in London, GB
in the background, a hand holding a compass over graph paper grid lines with a circle and the letters
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Vintage 1970s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Propaganda Poster USA NATO Politics DDR Pershing Missile Rocket
Located in London, GB
Original vintage political propaganda poster published in the German Democratic Republic - Die im
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Vintage 1980s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kinzelbach were based in Stuttgart, Germany, and in addition to crafting surveying instruments and compasses
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Antique 19th Century German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
H 16.75 in W 8.13 in D 8.13 in
David Beringer (1756-1821) Polyhedral Wooden Sundial
By David Beringer
Located in Firenze, IT
adjustable collar with turned fruitwood column, onto a rectangular base with inset compass well. Two labels
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Antique Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Terrestrial Globe Erd Globus From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
The Terrestrial Globe has a very beautiful natural wooden base with a compass integrated into the base
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Antique Late 19th Century German Napoleon III Globes

Materials

Paper

Beautiful large Mid Century earth globe from Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard
By Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergard
Located in München, DE
K.G. Berlin and Stuttgart. Shiny walnut base with a small functioning compass. The globe is made of
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Globes

Materials

Bakelite, Walnut

Large 24 Piece Antique Mechanical Drafting Set & Original Fitted Metal Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial antique mechanical drafting set most likely originates from Germany and
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

West Africa Entitled "Guinea Propria": An 18th Century Hand Colored Homann Map
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
Nuremberg, Germany by Homann's heirs in 1743. It depicts what at the time was called Guinea and portions of
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Antique Mid-18th Century German Maps

Materials

Paper

Jean Prouvé Compas Direction Desk in Natural Oak and Black Metal for Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Glendale, CA
compass – 'le compas' in French. The oiled solid wood table top gives Compas Direction an individual touch
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21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writin...

Materials

Steel, Metal

Original Vintage Rail Travel Map Poster France Map SNCF National French Railway
Located in London, GB
Napoleon Bonaparte wearing his bicorne hat, the borders with Belgium / Belgique, Luxembourg, Germany
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Vintage 1950s French Posters

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Prussia by Blaeu, circa 1635
By Willem Blaeu
Located in Langweer, NL
, embellished with a gorgeous large format cartouche, compass rose, sailing ship and sea monster. Prussia was a
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Antique Mid-17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Prussia by Blaeu, circa 1635
Antique Map of Prussia by Blaeu, circa 1635
H 17.52 in W 22.45 in D 0.02 in
Nautical Bar Cabinet in Oak in Style of Charles Dudouyt
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Waalwijk, NL
decorative elements, such as the two small helms, one inlayed with a glass compass. Opening the upper door
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Dry Bars

Materials

Rope, Glass, Oak

Antique Cartographer's Instrument Set, English, Surveyor's Tool Case, circa 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
rich blue velvet beneath a silk lid interior Pair of compass joined by a trio of spring bow compass
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Early 20th Century British More Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

Vico Magistretti Samarcanda Sideboard in Black Wood and Skai by Poggi 1970s
By Poggi, Vico Magistretti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
September 1943, to avoid being deported to Germany, he left Italy during his military service and moved to
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood

Antique Map of Switzerland by N. Visscher, circa 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautifully detailed map of Switzerland and surrounding regions in present-day France, Germany, and
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Antique Late 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

From Queen Charlotte, A Rare Miniature Gold Mounted George III Almanac, 1817
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
: ‘That every Day contained in this very small compass may prove happy to dear Ldy Melville the Sincere
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Models and Miniatures

Materials

Gold

Old Eastern Balkans Map, with Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map. Condition: Good, German text on verso
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Antique 1630s Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of the Province of Groningen by Blaeu, 1635
Located in Langweer, NL
Wadden islands Schiermonnikoog, Rottumeroog (Rottumerplaat) and Borkum. With compass rose, decorative
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Antique 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Map of the English counties Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, etc, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
etc. Originates from the 1633 German edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major, published by
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Antique 1630s Maps

Materials

Paper

Original Old Map of South East England Incl London, Oxford, Cambridge, Etc, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
and the Isle of Wight. Originates from the 1633 German edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major
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Antique 1630s Maps

Materials

Paper

Pair of Leather Model 412 CAb Cassina Chairs Mario Bellini Provenance Cass House
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Golden Compass Award eight times and 25 of his works are in the permanent design collection of the New
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Plastic

Antique Map of the Low Countries by Seutter, c.1745
Located in Langweer, NL
map of the Low Countries. Includes colored decorative cartouche, compass rose and coat of arms. Shows
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Antique 18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Map of Friesland with Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland En Schiermonnikoog, C.1670
Located in Langweer, NL
Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland en Schiermonnikoog. With a cartouche and a compass rose. Published by H
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Antique 1670s Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Batavia, Capital of The Dutch East Indies at the Time, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
print shows a map and a view of Batavia, (Jakarta) Indonesia. With compass rose, cartouche and legend
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Antique 18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Lino Sabattini for Fiat Italia 1970 Geometric Cylinder Tall Vase Sterling Silver
By Lino Sabattini
Located in Miami, FL
apprenticeship with the German ceramicist refugee in Italy, Roland Hettner. In 1955, he was thirty years old and
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Old Map of the Moluccas, Known as the Famous Spice Islands, Indonesia, ca.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
vessels, sea monsters, two elaborate compass roses with north oriented to the right, and a native couple
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Antique 1730s Maps

Materials

Paper

A huge pair of 21 inches Cruchley Library Globes
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
by a compass at the spacer. With graduated brass meridian circles and time clocks. The terrestrial
Category

Antique 1850s British Victorian Globes

Materials

Other

Attractive Original Map of the Province of Overijssel, the Netherlands, Ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
handcoloured map of the province of Overijssel, The Netherlands. With beautiful title cartouche, compass rose
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Antique Early 1700s Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of the Islands Near Batavia, Capital of the Dutch East Indies, 1682
Located in Langweer, NL
, Indonesia. With scale, compass rose, cartouche and ships on the sea. Sheet with engraving and text front and
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Antique 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

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German Compass For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal German compass for your home. Each German compass for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. There are many kinds of the German compass you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A German compass, designed in the Art Nouveau, Mid-Century Modern or Neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made German compass over the years, but those crafted by David Beringer, Helmut Magg and WK Möbel are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a German Compass?

Prices for a German compass start at $123 and top out at $3,750 with the average selling for $975.