Dutch Scientific Instruments

Dutch Silver foldable glasses by Klaas Weijns, Zwolle 1818-1841 Dutch silver foldable glasses with loop end made by Klaas Weijns, Zwolle. The glasses are silver hallmarked with the ...

19th Century antique medical apothecary pharmacy turned treen boxwood pill gilder. Egg or aubergine shaped boxwood turned lidded cup on a stand. The cup and stand are made from one piece of wood, so is the lid with knob. Pill silverers or gilders were used throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th century to finish pills with a silver or gold coating. The pharmacist would coat the pills with a liquid, placed them inside the pill gilder, filled it with silver or gold leaf or silver or gold powder, put the lid on and he would shake and spun until the pills where coated with a nice layer of silver or gold. In the 17th, 18th and 19th century it was believed that a medicine worked better if it was coated with gold or silver. Of course, only wealthy customers could afford this expensive way of coating pills to camouflage the bitter taste of the medicine. This nicely shaped pharmaceutical piece would make a great addition in a curiosity cabinet or a medical antiques...

A rare meat slicer made by one of the most famous manufacturers: Berkel, Holland, made in the latter part of the 1930s. This model is an B9 and comes in tw...

Dutch brass magnifier, 18th century An unusual handmade magnifier, the round magnifying glass set within a brass frame, on a central post round wooden ...

Bakelite speaker designed by Louis Kalff for famous Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips in the late 1920s. The model are often referred to as "The ...

We present you a big collector’s mercury barometer with a thermometer. This item is from the second half of the 19th century. The whole is closed i...

Nice scale which can weigh up to 150 kg. From the brand Molen from the Netherlands. Produced in 1957.

A rare meat slicer made by one of the most famous manufacturers: Berkel of Holland. This model is an H9 and comes in two parts, the base which can be remov...

Very nice Minimalist fireplace set designed and made by Ann Maes, Holland, 1977. This fireplace set was the graduation design by Ann Maes from the Design Acad...

A Dutch two-tiered brass balance scale with its weights from the late 19th century. This large size brass scale was born in the Netherlands in the 1880s. Featuring a central beam sup...

An early 19th century glass sand timer. The glass is supported on leather pads and surmounted and supported by wooden blocks with bone finials. The sides are stained bone double balu...

Mid-Century Modern Planetarium mechanical model kinetic sculpture, Europe circa 1950. lacquered metal Measures: 80 cm wide, 80 cm deep, 83 cm high. Ch...