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Antique Portable Cased Paget Star Celestial Globe Hughes & Son 19h Century
Antique Portable Cased Paget Star Celestial Globe Hughes & Son 19h Century

Antique Portable Cased Paget Star Celestial Globe Hughes & Son 19h Century

By Henry Hughes and Son Ltd.

Located in London, GB

A superb portable cased 19th Century Paget Star Celestial Globe by H. Hughes & Son Ltd. London, No. 735, circa 1890 in date. The constellations are depicted on lithographed paper se...

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Late 19th Century English Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Deluxe Victorian French Lorgnette Opera Glasses. Paris, France. Circa 1895
Deluxe Victorian French Lorgnette Opera Glasses. Paris, France. Circa 1895

Deluxe Victorian French Lorgnette Opera Glasses. Paris, France. Circa 1895

Located in Incline Village, NV

French maker of these exquisite pair of operable mother of pearl high quality "Opera Glasses" with fancy lorgnette style adjustable handle and brass mounts; comes with its original ...

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1890s French Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Kodak No. S Model E Folding Camera c.1900
Antique Kodak No. S Model E Folding Camera c.1900

Antique Kodak No. S Model E Folding Camera c.1900

By Eastman Kodak

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT The body is wrapped in leather with red bellows. Chrome, brass and leather accents on the lens. The camera may or may not work but is sold as a decorative object. Shown with ...

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Early 20th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass, Chrome

Vintage Wooden Barley-Twist Hourglass with Hand-Blown Glass
Vintage Wooden Barley-Twist Hourglass with Hand-Blown Glass

Vintage Wooden Barley-Twist Hourglass with Hand-Blown Glass

Located in San Diego, CA

A handsome vintage hourglass featuring a solid wood frame with classic barley-twist turned supports and a faceted hexagonal top and base. The hourglass contains hand-blown glass bulb...

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Early 20th Century American Post-Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Wood

Mid Century Medical Floor Model Scale by Detecto
Mid Century Medical Floor Model Scale by Detecto

Mid Century Medical Floor Model Scale by Detecto

By Detecto Scale Company

Located in New York, NY

Architectural Mid Century Modern design floor model doctors scale made in the USA by Detecto, circa 1950's. The scale is in very good, original clean and ready to use condition, it is missing the horizontal height bar. This example includes a vertical grab knob , which is something I have never seen before. Originally from a doctors office, perfect to complete a stylish MCM bathroom.

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

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

PRELUDE - Vintage Compact Binoculars/Opera Glasses - Japan - Mid 20th Century
PRELUDE - Vintage Compact Binoculars/Opera Glasses - Japan - Mid 20th Century

PRELUDE - Vintage Compact Binoculars/Opera Glasses - Japan - Mid 20th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

PRELUDE - Vintage travel size folding binoculars for bird watching or the opera - 3 x 25 m/m magnification - adjustable focus - Japan - mid 20th century. Excellent vintage condition...

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

Materials

Metal

Antique Italian Vineyard Iron Wine Bottle Corker Industrial Floor Cork Press
Antique Italian Vineyard Iron Wine Bottle Corker Industrial Floor Cork Press

Antique Italian Vineyard Iron Wine Bottle Corker Industrial Floor Cork Press

Located in Forney, TX

A rustic Italian vineyard / winery wrought iron floor standing hand crank cork press machine. Early 20th century, Italy, black forged iron apparatus with wooden handle, simplistic u...

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Early 20th Century Italian Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

19th Century Indian Etched Brass Qibla Compass, Antique Anglo-Indian
19th Century Indian Etched Brass Qibla Compass, Antique Anglo-Indian

19th Century Indian Etched Brass Qibla Compass, Antique Anglo-Indian

Located in Stamford, CT

19th Century Indian etched brass Qibla compass. The compass with brass needle and glass cover, the reverse engraved with tables. 4.2 inches high 2.3 wide A qibla (qiblah) compa...

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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Box of mid-19th century compasses housed in their tuia burl box
Box of mid-19th century compasses housed in their tuia burl box

Box of mid-19th century compasses housed in their tuia burl box

Located in Milan, IT

Box of mid-19th century compasses, housed in their original tuia burl box, nickel-plated brass and ivory instruments, velvet and satin interior, lock and hinges in brass. Embossed ...

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Mid-19th Century Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique Schaeffer & Budenberg Stationary Steam Engine Model w Copper Boiler
Antique Schaeffer & Budenberg Stationary Steam Engine Model w Copper Boiler

Antique Schaeffer & Budenberg Stationary Steam Engine Model w Copper Boiler

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 19th century Schaeffer & Budenberg stationary steam engine model. Made of cast iron featuring copper boiler The Budenberg Gauge Company was founded in 1918. The original pa...

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Late 19th Century English Industrial Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Copper

English mahogany shipboard apothecary dated to around the first half of the 19th cent
English mahogany shipboard apothecary dated to around the first half of the 19th cent

English mahogany shipboard apothecary dated to around the first half of the 19th cent

Located in Milan, IT

English board pharmacy, datable to around the second half of the 19th century, with mahogany wood case lined inside with red velvet, concealed brass handles, brass hinges, and comple...

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1810s Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Mechanical solar system with Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars 1870
Mechanical solar system with Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars 1870

Mechanical solar system with Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars 1870

Located in Milan, IT

Tellurium or representative and demonstrative mechanical model of the solar system composed of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars, realized by the Prague geographer and ...

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1870s Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Early 20th C. Unused Fisher Scientific Glass Sugar Thermometer with Original Box
Early 20th C. Unused Fisher Scientific Glass Sugar Thermometer with Original Box

Early 20th C. Unused Fisher Scientific Glass Sugar Thermometer with Original Box

By Fisher Scientific

Located in Red Lion, PA

This exceptionally rare early 20th-century Fisher Scientific Brix scale sugar thermometer represents a pristine intersection of industrial history and scientific glassblowing. Crafte...

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Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Lead

Dentist Chair Type III, Series 3266 by J. Corno, Union Frimor, France, ca 1920
Dentist Chair Type III, Series 3266 by J. Corno, Union Frimor, France, ca 1920

Dentist Chair Type III, Series 3266 by J. Corno, Union Frimor, France, ca 1920

Located in Delft, NL

A dentist chair Type III, series 3266 by J. Corno, Union Frimor, France ca. 1920 The heavy chair has the color in a mahogany look with gold line. The chair has leather headrests a...

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Early 20th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Mid-20th Century Encased Botanic Flower Samples
Mid-20th Century Encased Botanic Flower Samples

Mid-20th Century Encased Botanic Flower Samples

Located in London, GB

Mid-20th Century Encased Botanic Flower Samples Dimensions in inches: H 5.5” x W 3” x D 0.8” Age: Mid 20th century Origin: EU Condition: Aged Ov...

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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Resin

Antique Italian Nautical Graphometer with its Original Wooden Box Genoa, 1940s
Antique Italian Nautical Graphometer with its Original Wooden Box Genoa, 1940s

Antique Italian Nautical Graphometer with its Original Wooden Box Genoa, 1940s

By CAIM, Genova 1

Located in Milan, IT

Brass, copper and lead graphometer complete with the original wooden box signed CAIM Genova Via S. Sabina two of the 1940s. Measures of box 28 x 29 cm H 24. CAIM Genoa was company ac...

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1940s Italian Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage Wood Geloso Television GT1014, 1950s, Italy
Vintage Wood Geloso Television GT1014, 1950s, Italy

Vintage Wood Geloso Television GT1014, 1950s, Italy

Located in Rome, IT

This GTV1014 was one of the first 21-inch b / w televisions produced by Geloso. It uses the intercarrier system as an audio-video medium frequency. The chassis is mounted inside th...

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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Plastic, Wood

Magnetic Perpetual Calendar "Tite"-Paul Tilche for Arform-France 1957-58
Magnetic Perpetual Calendar "Tite"-Paul Tilche for Arform-France 1957-58

Magnetic Perpetual Calendar "Tite"-Paul Tilche for Arform-France 1957-58

By Paolo Tilche

Located in Milano, IT

Designed in the late 1950s, this perpetual calendar translates time into a small mechanical landscape: suspended wires, magnets and tags become elements of a poetic micro-architectur...

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

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Magnets

Post War Japanese Opera Glasses With Mother of Pearl; in Orig. Carry Case C.1955
Post War Japanese Opera Glasses With Mother of Pearl; in Orig. Carry Case C.1955

Post War Japanese Opera Glasses With Mother of Pearl; in Orig. Carry Case C.1955

Located in Incline Village, NV

Very well precision made mid 20th century opera glasses manufactured in Japan (marked); they are still very operable today and working very well. Although categorized as "opera glass...

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

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique Scholar's Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian
Antique Scholar's Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian

Antique Scholar's Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique scholar's microscope. An English, brass and enamelled metal scientific instrument by Henry Crouch, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing micr...

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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Rare Anatomy Engraving – Skeleton and Flayed Figure, Blome, 17th Century
Rare Anatomy Engraving – Skeleton and Flayed Figure, Blome, 17th Century

Rare Anatomy Engraving – Skeleton and Flayed Figure, Blome, 17th Century

Located in Langweer, NL

Anatomy Display – Antique Engraving by Michael Vandergucht, 1686 This fascinating late 17th-century engraving depicts an anatomy display, showing a skeleton, an écorché (a flayed fi...

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1680s European Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper

Mechanical planetarium representative of the solar system with Sun Earth and Moon
Mechanical planetarium representative of the solar system with Sun Earth and Moon

Mechanical planetarium representative of the solar system with Sun Earth and Moon

Located in Milan, IT

Mechanical planetarium, or representative model of the solar system, from the second half of the 19th century. The cartouche of the globe reads: GlobusVydal J. Felkl at Syn Roztok ...

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1860s Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Sinar P Expert Kit Large Format 4X5
Sinar P Expert Kit Large Format 4X5

Sinar P Expert Kit Large Format 4X5

Located in valatie, NY

Sinar p 4x5 expert kit containing: Sinar copal f5.6 auto aperture shutter & release cable Sinar p 4x5 camera Regular bellows Wide angle bellows 4x5 g...

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1980s Swiss Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Aluminum

Cold War Japanese Defence Agency 15x80 Binoculars with Illumination Control
Cold War Japanese Defence Agency 15x80 Binoculars with Illumination Control

Cold War Japanese Defence Agency 15x80 Binoculars with Illumination Control

By Kowa

Located in Leicester, Leicestershire

Japanese Type 65 Naval Binoculars (1984) by Tokyo Optical Co. – With Full Illumination Controls This outstanding set of Type 65 8cm twin-eye naval binoculars, manufactured by Tokyo O...

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1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Bronze

Transparent blown glass laboratory retort from the early 19th century.
Transparent blown glass laboratory retort from the early 19th century.

Transparent blown glass laboratory retort from the early 19th century.

Located in Milan, IT

An early 19th-century transparent blown glass laboratory retort used for distillation, it has a pyriform body and long neck bent downward that gradually narrows toward the mouth. Bo...

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1820s Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

1950s Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
1950s Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China

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 dappled rich dark tricle bake-lite includes gilt brass fittings and cloth tape. 5.25 dia...

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1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

A Very Fine Early 19th Century Brass Telescope By W. & T. Gilbert, London
A Very Fine Early 19th Century Brass Telescope By W. & T. Gilbert, London

A Very Fine Early 19th Century Brass Telescope By W. & T. Gilbert, London

Located in Dublin, IE

A very fine early 19th Century (1819 - 1831) brass telescope by W. & T.Gilbert, London. This fabulous well cast polished brass telescope is of exceptional quality with superb op...

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Early 19th Century English Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron & Metal  Balance Scale #1, Circa 1890s
Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron & Metal  Balance Scale #1, Circa 1890s

Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron & Metal Balance Scale #1, Circa 1890s

By Henry Troemner

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Henry Troemner Apothecary Cast Iron & Metal Balance Scale #1—Circa 1890s This Henry Troemner balance scale #1 is a remarkable antique cast iron scale, likely manufactured between th...

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Late 19th Century American High Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Iron

Antique Pair of 19th Century Brass Scales
Antique Pair of 19th Century Brass Scales

Antique Pair of 19th Century Brass Scales

Located in Suffolk, GB

Pair of antique brass scales standing on a mahogany base. A brass centre column having a shaped arm to the left holding a removable brass bowl. Th...

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19th Century English Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Mother of Pearl and Repousse Gold Handle Pen with 14k Tip
19th Century Mother of Pearl and Repousse Gold Handle Pen with 14k Tip

19th Century Mother of Pearl and Repousse Gold Handle Pen with 14k Tip

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful vintage Fountain Pen - a lovely decorative piece for the desk, but also still fully functional. The handle is Mother of Pearl that leads into an elegant Gold design and ...

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19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Gold

Antique Victorian Apothecary Balance Scales Brass Mahogany Day & Millward
Antique Victorian Apothecary Balance Scales Brass Mahogany Day & Millward

Antique Victorian Apothecary Balance Scales Brass Mahogany Day & Millward

Located in Suffolk, GB

A fine and complete Victorian brass and mahogany apothecary balance scale by the respected makers Day & Millward Limited, clearly stamped to the beam. A well presented example combin...

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19th Century English Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Sputnik Space Age Table Weather Station, Relative Hygrometer, West Germany, 60s
Sputnik Space Age Table Weather Station, Relative Hygrometer, West Germany, 60s

Sputnik Space Age Table Weather Station, Relative Hygrometer, West Germany, 60s

Located in Antwerp, BE

Midcentury Modern Space Age Weather station made by Huger in the 60s, consisting of a thermometer, hygrometer and barometer made in West Germany the weather station is made of a chro...

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1960s German Space Age Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Art Deco Desk Tabletop Rotary Restored Telephone By Monogram Black with Trim
Art Deco Desk Tabletop Rotary Restored Telephone By Monogram Black with Trim

Art Deco Desk Tabletop Rotary Restored Telephone By Monogram Black with Trim

By Monogram

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Fantastic Monogram Art Deco desk tabletop telephone with metal accents in excellent antique condition with minimal wear. Restored with new cords. See all pics

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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique Veterinarian Syringe c.1930
Antique Veterinarian Syringe c.1930

Antique Veterinarian Syringe c.1930

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Antique metal veterinarian serum syringe with two needle attachments and original box and label. Engraved on both sides. CREATOR O.M. Franklin Serum Company. DATE O...

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Early 20th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique American Ransom & Randolph # 65 Carved Oak Dental Cabinet Toledo OH 1900
Antique American Ransom & Randolph # 65 Carved Oak Dental Cabinet Toledo OH 1900

Antique American Ransom & Randolph # 65 Carved Oak Dental Cabinet Toledo OH 1900

Located in Portland, OR

Antique American carved oak dental cabinet manufactured by The Ransom & Randolph C., Toledo Ohio, Circa 1899. Arguably one of the best dental cabinets ever made, with so many unique features (and forgive the pun) cutting edge technology of the late 19th century. This cabinet was patented in 1899 and made of solid quarter sawn oak throughout, with carved accents above the beveled shaped mirror and carved & pierced brackets to the base with turned ribbed column supports. The cabinet has a removable travel drawer case for making house calls, to the top of the case is a brass carrying handle and a brass plaque with the manufacturers name and "Patent applied for", making this one of the earliest manufactured of this model. The cabinet has paneled sides and a paneled back, the front is fitted with cupboard with two adjustable swing out arms with revolving circular trays. Below, the cabinet is fitted with serpentine shaped drawers to the front, a lift up mirror to the top right hand-side enclosing a stepped...

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1890s American American Craftsman Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mirror, Oak

Old Compass  reproduction 1944 London, brown Color
Old Compass  reproduction 1944 London, brown Color

Old Compass reproduction 1944 London, brown Color

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Old Compass reproduction 1944 London, brown Color

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20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

19th Century French Sterling Silver Repoussé Early Fountain Pen
19th Century French Sterling Silver Repoussé Early Fountain Pen

19th Century French Sterling Silver Repoussé Early Fountain Pen

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful Repousse sterling French pen with crystal holder - very elegant and signed at the tip. A complement to any desk or work station, especially those that use decor of the...

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19th Century French Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century
Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century

Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century

Located in Bochum, NRW

Vintage German Brass Barometer with Zodiac Symbols, Mid-20th Century A sculptural convergence of meteorology and mysticism, this mid-century German barometer offers both scientific p...

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Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880
Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880

Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880

Located in Portland, OR

A good antique 19th century Persian Islamic brass astrolabe compendium, circa 1880. This rare antique Islamic scientific instrument is made from engraved brass and is a compendium comprising an astrolabe, sundial and compass. The front is engraved with signs of the zodiac and degrees and Arabic calligraphy, the circular brass frame is in set with a compass and a hinged sundial gnomon shaped like a camel. Termed a Qibla, to find the sacred direction of the Kaaba located at holy Mecca, the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad. The rear of the compendium is also engraved with navigational quadrants and Arabic calligraphy. A rare antique Islamic astrolabe...

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1880s Persian Islamic Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Iron Worker Hand Forged Vintage Tools Set of 9
Antique Iron Worker Hand Forged Vintage Tools Set of 9

Antique Iron Worker Hand Forged Vintage Tools Set of 9

Located in Chula Vista, CA

collection handmade Iron Blacksmithing Tools- Set of 9 Antique Iron Worker Tools forging metal circa early 1900s tool total 9 25 the longest x 3...

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Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron, Metal

Antique Brass Telescope On Tripod Stand
Antique Brass Telescope On Tripod Stand

Antique Brass Telescope On Tripod Stand

Located in Bridgeport, CT

The telescope has a selection of the lens that can be removed such that it fits into the case. There is a cover for the end glass. There is a tripod base with cylindrical column pe...

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19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Max Kohl Chemnitz Germany Brass Iron Optical Polariscope Scope 15"
Antique Max Kohl Chemnitz Germany Brass Iron Optical Polariscope Scope 15"

Antique Max Kohl Chemnitz Germany Brass Iron Optical Polariscope Scope 15"

Located in Dayton, OH

Rare antique Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany, microscope / polariscope. Made of brass and cast iron with tripod base and two lenses. Circa 1900. Max Kohl was f...

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Early 20th Century German Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Brass syringe signed S. Maw Son & Sons London from the late 19th century
Brass syringe signed S. Maw Son & Sons London from the late 19th century

Brass syringe signed S. Maw Son & Sons London from the late 19th century

Located in Milan, IT

Brass syringe signed S. Maw Son & Sons, London, England, late 19th century, used both for rectal use, for performing enemas and for vaginal irrigations. This type of syringe was typi...

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Late 19th Century Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

American Art Deco Radio
American Art Deco Radio

American Art Deco Radio

Located in Queens, NY

American Art Deco radio in wooden case.

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20th Century American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Set of surgical irons for skull surgery England late 18th century
Set of surgical irons for skull surgery England late 18th century

Set of surgical irons for skull surgery England late 18th century

Located in Milan, IT

Set of steel surgical irons for operations on the skull, English manufacture of the late 18th century, housed in their original leather case lined with green velvet. The instrument...

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Late 18th Century Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Steel

Tacheometro model Soldati late 19th c. signed La Filotecnica Milano
Tacheometro model Soldati late 19th c. signed La Filotecnica Milano

Tacheometro model Soldati late 19th c. signed La Filotecnica Milano

Located in Milan, IT

Tacheometer model Soldati from the late 19th century signed La Filotecnica Ing. A Salmoiraghi Milan serial no. 18865. Construction site surveying and tracking tool used for calculati...

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Late 19th Century Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1970s Telstar Telephone by Henry Dreyfuss for Western Electric
1970s Telstar Telephone by Henry Dreyfuss for Western Electric

1970s Telstar Telephone by Henry Dreyfuss for Western Electric

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A perfectly Space Age telephone that brings a vision of what the fututre looked like in the 1970s to any interior. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates for Western Electric in 1979,...

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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890
Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890

Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Pair of Rare Life-Sized Pilz Anatomical Flap Manikins, Germany, c. 1890 Imported by American Thermo-Ware Co., New York An extraordinary and exceedingly rare pair of life-sized anat...

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Late 19th Century German High Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper

Spice Grinder
Spice Grinder

Spice Grinder

Located in London, England

Rolling spice grinder and trough. Circa 1890 H 14cm x W 34cm x D19cm

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1890s Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Walnut

Torricellian mahogany barometer signed Corton Lincoln mid-19th cent.
Torricellian mahogany barometer signed Corton Lincoln mid-19th cent.

Torricellian mahogany barometer signed Corton Lincoln mid-19th cent.

Located in Milan, IT

Torricellian mercury barometer in mahogany wood, signed Corton Lincoln of the mid 19th cent. complete with reading nonius for checking pressure variation, alcohol thermometer, hyg...

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Mid-19th Century Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera c.1940-1948
Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera c.1940-1948

Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera c.1940-1948

By Eastman Kodak

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT An Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome accents and flip out view finder. Folds neatly to 1.5 i...

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Antique 1920s Emerson Type 29648 Three Speed Brass Blade Desk Fan Works 16"
Antique 1920s Emerson Type 29648 Three Speed Brass Blade Desk Fan Works 16"

Antique 1920s Emerson Type 29648 Three Speed Brass Blade Desk Fan Works 16"

By Emerson Electric

Located in Dayton, OH

Circa 1920's Emerson 16 inch three speed desk fan with black enameled body and brass fan blades. The Emerson Electric Mfg Co - New York / St Louis - Volts 110 - Type 29648 - Cycles 6...

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Early 20th Century American Machine Age Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

Large Studio Portrait Camera
Large Studio Portrait Camera

Large Studio Portrait Camera

Located in Peekskill, NY

Cameras are not my expertise but we could not pass up on this beauty. The camera is signed ANSCO and the large lens reads DARLO OPTICIEN, PARIS 35436. I'm told that this lens is the most valuable...

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Early 19th Century Industrial Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique Brass Three-Draw Telescope, 19th Century
Antique Brass Three-Draw Telescope, 19th Century

Antique Brass Three-Draw Telescope, 19th Century

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This antique three-draw telescope dates to the 19th century. Solidly crafted with brass draws and a brass barrel wrapped in leather, this antique telescope is a beautiful example of ...

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19th Century French Victorian Antique Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage, New and Antique Scientific Instruments

Decorating with vintage, new and antique scientific instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.

The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration) refers to a period during the 15th to 18th centuries that saw Europeans taking to the high seas to explore, trade and conquer various regions of the world. What we know about geography, the advancement of sea vessels and the development of scientific instruments all broadened significantly during this time.

With every new finding about our world, scientists invented tools to measure and record. While many of these objects are now obsolete, they are essentially works of art and have a rich history. Scientific instruments of a bygone era represent how far science and technology have advanced.

If you’re interested in introducing antique scientific instruments and tools to your decor to add contrast or draw attention to otherwise unexplored corners of your living room or dining room, there are many options to consider as far as textures and colors go. Like any curious decorative object that draws attention to your home library or mantel, vintage scientific instruments will likely add spirit to any conversation that might take place over cocktails or dinner.

Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.

Mid-century modern scientific instruments also capture a period of rapid progress, representing groundbreaking discoveries that defined the 20th century. Wouldn’t antique anatomical models of the 1950s pair well with your eye-catching abstract paintings, George Nelson clock or Florence Knoll sofa?

Whether you’re looking for a way to showcase your passion for chemistry or aviation or are making room in your foyer for a breathtaking industrial-style electronic time tower manufactured by Patek Philippe, 1stDibs offers a collection of vintage, new and antique scientific instruments that includes topographic tools, laboratory equipment and more.