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Brass Sextant Made in the Mid-19th Century in its Mahogany Box

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  • Small brass sextant S.te des Etablissements Gaumont Paris late 19th century
    Located in Milan, IT
    Small brass sextant, signed S.te des Etablissements Gaumont Paris 146, datatable around the end from the 19th century. Instrument complete with optics and housed in a beautiful o...
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  • Print No. 1 of 400 Depicting a Nautical Schooner Made in the Mid-19th Century
    Located in Milan, IT
    Print depicting a schooner, no. 1 of 400 copies signed Z21, made in the mid-19th century. Non-coeval briarwood frame; measures with frame 50 x 40 cm.  
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    Antique 1850s British Nautical Objects

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    Paper

  • Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
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    Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second half of the 19th century, complete with original walnut box. It is a topographic inst...
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  • Late 19th Century antique Snuff Box Made in a Horse's Hoof with Horn Lid
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    Snuff box made in the late 19th century in a horse's hoof and horn lid, horseshoe base of chromed metal. Metal label on the lid engraved with the owner's initials MB...
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    Antique Late 19th Century British Tobacco Accessories

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  • End 19th Century Antique Magnetic Topographic Compass Made in Brass and Oak
    Located in Milan, IT
    Magnetic topographic compass, of oak and brass; instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking with the tip of the needle the direction of magnetic north, compass card with eight winds complete with goniometric circle divided into 360 °, complete with the compass needle lock. Italian manufacture of the late 19th century. Very good condition. Measure 3.1x3.1 height 1. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The invention of the compass is mysterious but it is well known that magnetite was discovered in Magnesia, a city of Asia Minor. We can find the first indications about the use in Europe of the magnetic force for orientation at the end of the XII century...
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  • Antique Nautical Brass Parallels Original Mahogany Box made in Plymouth, 1860
    By W. Heath, Plymouth 1
    Located in Milan, IT
    Brass parallels signed W. Heath Plymouth, optical and scientific instruments maker active since 1860. Complete with original mahogany box. Parallel measures cm 46.2 x 6.2 x 2 (H). W....
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    Antique Late 19th Century British Nautical Objects

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    Brass

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