Fassamano Tortoise Antique Eyeglasses French Manufacture XIX century

Fassamano (from the French face-a-main) eyeglasses with handle that turns into a case shaped like the lenses; dark tortoise eyeglasses, oval lenses...

Fassamano (from the French face-a-main) eyeglasses with handle that turns into a case shaped like the lenses; dark tortoise eyeglasses, oval lenses...

Sand hourglass, brass container with circular base and tapered columns in the center and blown glass cruet. Duration 45 minutes. English manufacture of the early 1900s. Measures height 20 cm, diameter 11.5 cm – 7.9x4.5 inches. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). In Greece, the use of hourglasses was introduced in 325 BC, in the form of stone containers with a truncated cone shape that let water flow out of a hole in the bottom at a constant rate. Other hourglasses were cylindrical or cup-shaped and were slowly filled by a constant flow of water. Some signs on the inner surface of the container indicated the passage of hours as the liquid level rose. Another version consisted of a metal container with a hole in the bottom which, placed to float in a larger container, sank in a given time. This system remained in use until the 20th century in North Africa. These clocks were typically used at night, but not during the day, when the more accurate sundials were available. In the first half of the III century BC. Ctesibius transformed the hourglass into the more complex water clock. Various mechanisms were introduced by him and others to increase the precision of the watch by regulating the pressure and keeping the flow of water constant, but also to offer a better display of the time. The most advanced specimens could ring bells or gongs, open windows to display images, or had movable indicators, dials or representations of celestial bodies. Among the designers of watches...

English apothecary cabinet dated to the first half of the nineteenth century, mahogany box, brass handle and hinges and complete with key. The cabinet with a rectangular base is form...

Colored lithograph applied on light cardboard depicting botanical study with various sections of Boehmeria tenacissima Roxb and of Corchorus capsularis L. Bohemian manufacture of the...

Small terrestrial globe signed C.M.C. Paris, end of XIX century. Papier maché sphere and turned and ebonized wooden base. Height cm 13 - inches 5.1, diameter of sphere cm 6,5 - inche...

8 Tambourines XIX Century 8 TAMBOURINS XIX CENTURY COLLECTION OF 8 ANCIENT TAMBOURINS PAINTED IN OIL AND SIGNS DIAMETER MEASUREMENTS: THE SMALLEST 16 CM A...

Old Cane From The XIX Century ANCIENT CANE OF THE XIX CENTURY ELEGANT CANE IN EBONY GOOD CONDITION MEASURES 92 CM HIGH

Cane In Baltic Amber XIX Century ELEGANT GENTLEMEN'S CANE MADE IN AMBRAR AND THE WHIP IN EXOTIC GUAYANA WOOD END OF THE XIX CENTURY EXCELLENT CONDITION MEASURES 92 CM HIGH

Cigar holder with revolving doors. Made in bronze finely chiseled and black lacquered wood.

Gorgeous Victorian old fashioned antique lorgnette with a refined design on the handle. The lens glass is in excellent shape and is framed by decorat...

Manufacture nationale de Sevres Book. Manufacture nationale de Sevres. Porcelaine de Sevres - Catalogues. Decorative china / porcelain. In French language. Softcover Publishe...