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England Early 1900 Brass Galvanometer Antique Physic Measuring Instrument
By Philip Harris Ltd.
Located in Milan, IT
Moving coil brass galvanometer with three-screw base, instrument signed Philip Harris Ltd
Category

Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
By Jesse Ramsden
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farmer or
Category

Antique 1780s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

19th Century Mahogany Barometer F Somalvico Antique Weather Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category

Antique 1810s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Refractor Polarimeter Physic Measuring Instrument Made by Steindorff & Co 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
D.R.P. Germany, 1920s. It is an antique instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and
Category

Vintage 1920s German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Vertical mirror galvanometer made in 1850 circa, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle....
Category

Antique 1850s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Actinometer Antique Measuring Instrument made by Griffin & Tatlock London in 30s
By Griffin & Tatlock ltd
Located in Milan, IT
instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat. Very good
Category

Vintage 1930s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Italy 1930s Ing Ferrero Double Strain Gauge Original Box Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, in its original box complete with accessories and magnifying glass. It is an instrument used to
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Wooden English Barometer Antique Forecast Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden barometer measuring instrument English manufacture made in the mid 19th century, silver
Category

Antique 1850s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
Located in Milan, IT
Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second
Category

Antique 1860s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
By E. Gleizes Paris
Located in London, GB
further measuring instruments for temperature etc, line the lengths. Beautifully shaped, with delighful
Category

Antique 19th Century French Rococo Scientific Instruments

Materials

Ormolu

Early 20th-Century English Sovereign Balance Scale by Harrison
Located in Atlanta, GA
piece of British numismatic history, this scale is perfect for collectors of antique measuring
Category

20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Measuring Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French early wooden measuring stand is a marvelous blend of utility and minimalistic design
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Measuring Stand
Measuring Stand
H 95 in W 20 in D 20 in
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and
Category

Antique 1810s English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre Once these along with
Category

Antique 1890s Industrial Musical Instruments

Materials

Beech

Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre Once these along with
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Victorian Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure
Located in Essex, MA
Impressively large bushel measure for the County Of Gloucester, England. Inscribed "Imperial
Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Imperial Gallon Measure, Calcutta Mint
Located in Essex, MA
British controlled India weights and measures Imperial Gallon Measure. F.70 #78. With cover
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Collection of Vintage Leather Measuring Tapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Collection of four vintage leather measuring tapes. Two have metal tape and two have cloth
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

American Victorian Scale and Height Measure
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian standing scale with mahogany center post and brass weight and height measure
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Height Measuring Apparatus
Located in Atlanta, GA
An intriguing 19th century Italian apparatus for measuring one's height in centimeters. Soundly
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael '1635-1724'
Located in Madrid, ES
mathematician who made measuring instruments based in Paris from the last quarter of the 17th century who
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Other

Surveyor's Poles/Logging Measuring Stick c.1940
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
measuring stick. The other wider all wood yellow surveyor pole is fixed. The logging measuring stick is
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Copper & brass fuel measures by Sutherland Astell
Located in London, GB
Two copper and brass metric "Checkpump" fuel measures by Sutherland Astell, circa 1950. Made for
Category

Mid-20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Copper

Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category

Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category

Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1950s Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Tricle Bakelite Olympic Tape Measure made Peoples Republic of China Cover made from
Category

Vintage 1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage Woman Figurine Lady Sewing Tailor Tape Measure
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming small figurine of a lady that functions as a tape measure. This vintage piece was
Category

Early 20th Century German Folk Art Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plastic

Folding Boxwood & Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Boxwood

Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
equipment, mechanical calculators and measuring instruments. Working out of The Strand, London, England
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage Stereoscope Bar Parallax, Scientific Instrument, JM Glauser, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage stereoscope bar parallax. An English, brass scientific instrument for measuring
Category

Vintage 1950s English Other Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Feench Barometer Antique Scientific Instrument Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category

Antique 1850s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique Pharmacist's Medicine Cup, English, Glass, Apothecary Measure, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pharmacist's medicine cup. An English, glass and leather apothecary measure
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti & Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farmer or
Category

Antique 1860s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

System walking stick with grain measuring the function, France 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick: stick with grain measuring function. Oak wood barrel, graduated on the
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Iron

1820-35 Large Clock Barometer by Silvani Brighton Antique Forecast Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure
Category

Antique 1840s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731. Provenance: Baron
Category

Antique 1730s Swedish Baroque Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

Alnmått (Cubit measure) in Birch with a Noble Crown. Gustavian, dated 1783
Located in Knivsta, SE
. An instrument used for measuring, traditionally called Alnmått, consisting of curved work worked
Category

Antique 1780s Swedish Gustavian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Set of four imperial fuel standard measures by Gaskell & Chambers in case
Located in London, GB
A set of four copper and brass CHEKPUMP imperial fuel standard measures, by Gaskell & Chambers
Category

Early 20th Century English Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump. Item featured
Category

Antique Early 1900s Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Imperial Sand & Ballast Measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London
By De Grave Short, Fanner & Co.
Located in London, GB
A rare sand and ballast measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London, circa 1940. Measures one
Category

Mid-20th Century English Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

Vintage 2-in-1 Pendant Map Measure, German, Navigational Tool, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2-in-1 pendant map measure. A West German, cast metal and glass navigational
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

18th Century antique primitive wooden measure box dated 1784
Located in Boden, SE
measuring instruments met the standard. Approved tools were stamped with special stamps. Wooden measures, so
Category

Antique 1780s Swedish Folk Art Decorative Bowls

Materials

Pine

A Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Female Scholar, France Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
some remnants of gilt highlights with an ebonized wood base. The seated figure with orb and measuring
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Antique French Brass and Iron Balance Scale with Weights
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
, and weights. Testut was a French company manufacturing and marketing measuring instruments (weighing
Category

Early 20th Century French Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Brass

Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
Located in New Orleans, LA
surveying and is a precursor to the theodolite, an optical instrument for measuring angles. Baumann and
Category

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
Fine Hardwood Drum
Located in Bridgeport, CT
several wood peg inserts to achieve tension. The Drum excellent sound. A Rare and extraordinary Instrument
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Musical Instruments

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Fine Hardwood Drum
Fine Hardwood Drum
H 6.25 in Dm 11.5 in
Antique Spectacle Lenses Eye Glass Optometrist tool set
Located in Norwalk, CT
Salmon Bros London, A beautiful cased instrument for measuring the sight to determine the need for
Category

Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
Located in Delft, NL
scene of fruits and scrolls A barometer is a scientific instrument used to measure air pressure in a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
H 24.22 in W 13.39 in D 2.37 in
Anemometer 1950 Coal Mining Vintage Science Equipment in Brass and Steel
Located in Miami, FL
an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Anemometers are important tools for
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel, Iron

Antique Terrestrial Globe Published in 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas, Paris
Located in Milan, IT
understand the world where they live, and they used all possible instruments to measure the space around and
Category

Vintage 1940s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paper

Late 19th Century J. H. Stewar Barometer and Thermometer Antique Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as
Category

Antique 1880s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century French Carved Black Forest Hunting Barometer and Thermometer
Located in Birmingham, AL
. The central section features the barometer, known as an aneroid barometer, an instrument used for
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Black Forest Scientific Instruments

Materials

Walnut

20th Century Industrial Metal Box
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
used to store measuring instruments used in tramway construction and track laying. Today it is a very
Category

20th Century German Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

20th Century Industrial Metal Box
20th Century Industrial Metal Box
H 7.49 in W 25.6 in D 20.08 in
"Musical instrument" by Robert Roesch
By Robert Roesch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Robert Roesch (1946) untitled "musical instrument" Patinated bronze Measure: Height 34.5 in
Category

Vintage 1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
Located in London, GB
sorts. Believed to be used as an instrument to measure bags of grain from the Tibetan regions. Both ends
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
H 26.5 in W 1 in D 1.2 in
Early Figure, Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used
Category

2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Abstraction, Naxian Marble Shelf Sculpture, Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used in the production of an object. The eye
Category

2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Unique Marble Wall Lamp by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used in the production
Category

2010s Greek Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Marble

Unique Marble Wall Lamp by Tom von Kaenel
Unique Marble Wall Lamp by Tom von Kaenel
H 0.4 in W 12.6 in D 5.52 in
Laokoon, 2018 Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
-brown color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are
Category

2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal, Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
white, grey or yellow-brown color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than
Category

2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

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Measuring Instrument For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the measuring instrument you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each measuring instrument for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. There are 1951 variations of the antique or vintage measuring instrument you’re looking for, while we also have 65 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the measuring instrument you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A measuring instrument, designed in the Victorian, mid-century modern or Louis XVI style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made measuring instrument over the years, but those crafted by Tom von Kaenel, LeMaire Paris and Jaeger-LeCoultre are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Measuring Instrument?

A measuring instrument can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,453, while the lowest priced sells for $25 and the highest can go for as much as $685,000.