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A French painted folding screen from the 19th Century. This antique folding screen features four tall panels with curved tops. On one side you’l...

This is an antique pole screen, early Victorian fire screen, circa 1840. Raised on a robust rosewood Stand with good colour and grain interest...

Antique brass orrery planetarium made for the German market by Jan Felkl Prag in the second half of the nineteenth century. Cast iron base, papier mâché´ globe, with detailed territorial map and oceanic currents. Very good condition. Measures: Length 75 cm - 29.5 inch, height 48 cm - 18.8 inch, width 28 cm - 11 inch. Shipping in insured by Lloyd's London and the gift box is free (look at the last picture). Jan Felkl (1817-1878) was born in Bohemia and already in 1840 he had designed some globes in 6 different sizes. During the following 20 years he became the biggest maker of globes in market Austro-Hungarian, making terrestrial and celestial globes in 17 different languages, lunar globes and planetaria. Felkl showed his globes at international fairs in 1867 in Paris and in 1873 in Vienna. He established his Geographic and lithographic Institute in Prague for Making globes and maps. In 1870 he moved his factory from Prague to Roztok and his youngest son became his partner in the firm now named Felkl & Son, making globes and selling them all over the Europe and also in the Usa. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The orrery is the most detailed and complex representation of the cosmos and in addition to the movement of stars,it includes movement of the sun, moon and planets, like a giant clock mechanism. Among these devices one of the oldest was an orrery by Archimedes, which Cicero speaks widely in Tusculanae Disputationes I, 63: when Roman troops sacked Syracuse in 212 BC, the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus in Rome brought the instrument of Archimedes, who, thanks to his ability and divine intelligence that he possessed, had managed to generate the motions of planets, each so different, from a single rotation.
Because of heliocentric system theorized by Copernicus, it was possible to create mechanical antique orreries...

Antique Victorian brass decorated bevel edge glass fireplace screen, 19th Century. This is a lovely piece, that would be great for decorating a fireplace when not in use. A great i...

Here we have for sale an early 20th century oak blanket chest on bracket feet with scroll-carved detailing. Overall, the chest is in great condition with a few minor signs of wear...

Five fold screen with original apple green pleated silk and braid. Mahogany frame. French c.1810 Measures: height 118cm Each panel 45 cm wide In origina...

This stunning 4Panel Room Divider screen from 19th century France is sure to make a statement in any room. Handmade with attention to detail, this free-standing screen features a b...

1970s Pair of nautical anchor bookends

Decorate your home with this whimsical antique bird cage. Crafted in France, circa 1920, this cage made of brass, is cylindrical in shape and topped with a rounded dome embellished w...

Early 20th century Floral 3 panel Folding Screen. Burnished gold color with trailing leaves and flowers. This piece also has d-rings on the back, giving you the option to mount it.

A miniature 19th century 3.5 inch diameter pocket terrestrial globe by C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, Germany, in English for the English speaking markets. Signed with cartouche reading...

Leather coach handbag or purse.