French Scientific Instruments

Place of Origin: French

Very Large Ophtalmotrope

Located in Peekskill, NY

What is an ophthalmotrope? An ophthalmotrope is an apparatus for demonstrating the movements of the eye and the action of the different muscles which produce them, consisting essentially of a model eyeball to which are attached strings and pulleys to duplicate the line force of the muscles. We think this example is most likely French from the early 20th century. The base is marble with paw feet. It’s also quite large at well over 3 foot tall. This instrument is very complete. It also includes additional parts to set the mechanics up in a different way. In the pictures above the strings are attached to a keyboard. The alternative replaces the keyboard with string guide with a dozen hanging tubular weights. This is one of the largest and most decorative examples we have seen. I have only seen pictures of ophthalmotropes and never one this fine and complete. It’s as rare and impressive show piece. This item was also used in the movie Knives Out,

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Early 20th Century Industrial French Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Very Large Ophtalmotrope

Early 19th Century Giltwood Barometer "Selon Toricelli"

Located in Madrid, ES

Barometer end of the 18th century, Directorie, in carved and gilded wood, by Selon Toriceli, with allegory music wing on the top, beautiful patina, and decorative barometer...

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19th Century Directoire Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Early 19th Century Giltwood Barometer "Selon Toricelli"

French 18th Century Balance Scale

Located in Atlanta, GA

A handsome French 18th century balance scale in iron and brass. The balance mechanism is in iron. The foot and the plates are in brass. The...

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18th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Brass, Iron

French 18th Century Balance Scale

Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models

By Emile Deyrolle

Located in Buffalo, NY

Les Fils D'Emile Deyrolle, Paris. Extremely rare set of five 19th century French painted plaster, wire and wood Didactic models depicting progression, Anatomie Vegetalf, beautifully ...

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19th Century Folk Art Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Wire

Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models

Giltwood Thermometer & Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880

By François Linke

Located in PARIS, FR

Elegant Louis XVI style set comprising a thermometer and a perpetual calendar attributed to F. Linke. Each consisting of a metal plaque, painted with floral motifs on a beige backgro...

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1880s Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Sheet Metal

Giltwood Thermometer & Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880

Decorative Scientific Concave Mercury Mirror Maroon Leather Ebony

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A unusual scientific mirror, French in origin circa 1880 The mirror is mercury, with age related oxidization and pitting to the plate. Encased in a maroon leather frame with embos...

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Late 19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Leather, Mirror, Ebony

Decorative Scientific Concave Mercury Mirror Maroon Leather Ebony

19th Century, Compass and Sundial Together

Located in Miami, FL

19th century, compass and sundial together.

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Late 19th Century Baroque Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

19th Century, Compass and Sundial Together

19th Century Compass and Sundial Together

Located in Miami, FL

19th century compass and sundial together.

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Late 19th Century Baroque Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

19th Century Compass and Sundial Together

2-Piece Victorian Gothic Revival Barometer/Thermometer Set

Located in New York, NY

2-Piece French Victorian Gothic Revival (3rd Quarter 19th Century) mahogany barometer/thermometer & wall clock set (Signed L. LEROY & CIE/ 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris) (PRICED AS SET...

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19th Century Gothic Revival Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Mahogany

2-Piece Victorian Gothic Revival Barometer/Thermometer Set

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer

Located in London, GB

In their elaborate use of C-scrolls, putti figures, stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, this clock and barometer are clearly Rococo in their style. The Rococo came into fashion in ...

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19th Century Rococo Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer

Rabot, XIXème Siècle

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Rabot, XIXème siècle. L: 92cm, H: 21cm, P: 8cm.

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1890s Country Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Rabot, XIXème Siècle

French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier

By Charpentier et Cie

Located in London, GB

Designed in the French Rococo style, this clock and barometer set have been beautifully ornamented with scrolling foliate gilt bronze forms. The two are diamond shaped, with symmetri...

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Late 19th Century Rococo Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier

19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer by Dasson

Located in London, GB

This fine set comprises a cartel clock and barometer, each of which are crafted entirely in gilt bronze. The clock and barometer cases are identical, and take the form of a lyre. The...

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19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer by Dasson

Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre

Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight

Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre Once these along with scales were common place in Doctors Surgeries, Chemist S...

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

Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre

18th Century French Giltwood Barometer

Located in Sheffield, MA

18th century French neoclassical barometer from the Louis XVI period. Now strictly a stunning decorative object with great style. It is no long...

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18th Century and Earlier Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Giltwood

18th Century French Giltwood Barometer

1950 Film 16mm Camera, SOM Berthiot, France

Located in Miami, FL

Société d'Optique et de Mécanique Berthiot (SOM Berthiot) was a French manufacturer of optics and photographic lenses. They produced C and D mount motion picture lenses for professio...

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

1950 Film 16mm Camera, SOM Berthiot, France

French 18th Century Gold Leaf Barometer

Located in New Orleans, LA

Made of hand-carved wood in 18th century France, this barometer is elegantly covered in a variety of carved designs, all coated in gold leaf. A handled Grecian vase sits atop the ste...

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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Gold Leaf

French 18th Century Gold Leaf Barometer

Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer, Attributed to Raingo Frères

By Raingo Frères

Located in London, GB

This stunning gilt bronze clock and barometer pair was created in circa 1860 in France. The two have been attributed to Raingo Frères, the prestigious, ...

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Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer, Attributed to Raingo Frères

Rare French Childs Leather Surgical Spinal Corset

Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight

We have two medical items here, they both date from the mid-19th century, the full upper body corset is a child’s size, it is formed in leather with nick...

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Mid-19th Century Steampunk Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Leather

Rare French Childs Leather Surgical Spinal Corset

French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Barometer from the Early 1800s

Located in Atlanta, GA

This French Louis XVI style barometer and thermometer features an exquisite carved giltwood crest with delicate foliage motifs. Below the crest, the thermometer, encompassed in a black painted body, sits atop the round barometer...

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Early 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood

French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Barometer from the Early 1800s

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Located in Houston, TX

Lovely period French Louis XVI giltwood barometer with beautiful patina. This antique French Louis XVI gilt wood barometer will add a touc...

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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Pair of Louis XVI Ormulu Wall Clocks & Barometers

By Raingo Frères

Located in New York, NY

Pair of French Louis XVI-style (Mid-19th Century) ormolu wall clock and barometer set each of banjo form with Apollo mask above putti and circular dial over bearded mask (Signed RAIN...

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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Ormulu Wall Clocks & Barometers

French Bronze Mortar, Early 17th Century

Located in Spencertown, NY

The mortar with fleurs de lys decoration.

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Early 17th Century Baroque Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

French Bronze Mortar, Early 17th Century

19th Century French musical automaton clock

Located in London, GB

This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...

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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century French musical automaton clock

Telescopes Vintage Signed Iseli

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

O/2941 , vintage French telescopes with its case: for Your holidays ! Small and convenient to carry . Signed ISELI, Paris.

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Early 20th Century Other French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather

Telescopes Vintage Signed Iseli

Empire Painted and Lacquered Spyglass, Early 19th Century

Located in Spencertown, NY

The adjustable spyglass with gilt brass trim and original leather case.

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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Lacquer

Empire Painted and Lacquered Spyglass, Early 19th Century

French Louis XVI Barometer

Located in New York, NY

French Louis XVI (18th Century) barometer with original scientific illustrations and mercury vial framed with gilt foliate carvings & ebonized ...

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18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood, Glass

French Louis XVI Barometer

Saccharimetre a Penombres by J Duboscq

Located in London, by appointment only

Numbered No 25 and signed by J Duboscq a Paris. Louis Jules Duboscq was a French instrument maker, inventor and pioneering photographer. He was known in his time and is remembered t...

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Mid-19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

Saccharimetre a Penombres by J Duboscq

Charpentier French Victorian Brass Scale

By P. Charpentier a Paris 1

Located in New York, NY

French Victorian brass scale with 2 round trays on square wooden base (signed CHARPENTIER with hallmark)

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19th Century French Provincial Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Charpentier French Victorian Brass Scale

19th c. Giltwood Barometer

Located in New Orleans, LA

Carved and Giltwood Louis XVI Style Barometer

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19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

19th c. Giltwood Barometer

Old French Barometer with Love Knot

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Old French barometer with love knot, suitable in your kitchen or study room or.....everywhere. It is useful because working and beautiful to admire. Completely hand carved. Good pric...

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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts French Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Old French Barometer with Love Knot

French Eglomise Barometer

Located in Lincolnshire, GB

A fine decorative french eglomise barometer.

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Mid-19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

French Eglomise Barometer

Antique French Neoclassical style Ormolu Clock and Barometer Set by Mottheau

By Maison Mottheau et Fils

Located in London, GB

Manufactured in the Louis XVI style, both clock and barometer are encased within an ormolu case and flanked on either side by trumpet wielding cherubs, each surmounted with a patinated bronze sphere that is topped with a crown, the bases terminating in a pine cone finial. The barometer face signed 'E. Mottheau Paris', the clock movement signed 'LEMERLE CHARPENTIER' and 'LESIEUR'. This beautiful antique French clock and barometer...

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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Bronze, Enamel

Antique French Neoclassical style Ormolu Clock and Barometer Set by Mottheau

18th Century French Barometer in Giltwood Frame

Located in Buchanan, MI

18th century French barometer in giltwood frame.

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19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood, Glass

18th Century French Barometer in Giltwood Frame

Louis XVI Period Barometer

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Very charming carved and gilded acanthus leaf framed Louis XVI period wall barometer with glass covered central dial and glass thermostat beneath; bot...

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Early 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

Louis XVI Period Barometer

Louis XVI Style Eagle Crested Barometer, France, 1838

By D. T. Letorey

Located in Atlanta, GA

Crested double-headed eagle atop an oval giltwood and painted black frame with neoclassical borders and carved designs. The dial with metal arms and exposed thermometer coil, and...

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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Paint, Giltwood

Louis XVI Style Eagle Crested Barometer, France, 1838

Pair of French Walnut Clocks & Barometers

Located in New York, NY

Pair of French (Mid-19th Century) clock and barometer inset into carved walnut pendant frames. Crowned bearded male heads with decorative swags, scrolls, and floral wreaths. (PRICED ...

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Mid-19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Pair of French Walnut Clocks & Barometers

French 19th Century Brass Fabric Scale on Wooden Base by the Maison Piat

Located in Atlanta, GA

A French brass fabric scale from the 19th century with wooden base, from the Maison Piat. Created in Paris during the 19th century, this fabric scale, made of brass, is mounted on a ...

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19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Brass Fabric Scale on Wooden Base by the Maison Piat

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Located in Kittery Point, ME

Of typical form‚ the giltwood body centered by a circular barometer dial flanked by pillars ending in flame‚ above a thermometer flanked by foliate branches‚ surmounted by swags.

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Late 18th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Barometer & Thermometer, France c. 1780

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Louis XVI Period Barometer & Thermometer Combination, originating in France & dating from the last quarter of the 18th century. The workings enclosed by a gilt-wood case with carve...

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1780s Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Giltwood

Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Barometer & Thermometer, France c. 1780

Louis XV Period Gilded Barometer with Thermometer

Located in Pembroke, MA

An elegant French gilded wood barometer with thermometer (period Louis XV, Circa 1760). Barometer has been fitted with a new mercury tube, ...

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18th Century and Earlier Louis XV Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood, Glass

Louis XV Period Gilded Barometer with Thermometer

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes

By E. Gleizes Paris

Located in London, GB

Gilt-bronze and Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer set by Gleizes French, 19th Century Height 115cm, width 30cm, depth 7cm In the Louis XV style, t...

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19th Century Rococo Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Ormolu

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Thermometer/ Barometer

Located in Montreal, QC

The Louis XVI style giltwood case with ribboned crest flanked by trailing garlands above the wood cased painted wheel barometer

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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood, Glass

Louis XVI Style Giltwood Thermometer/ Barometer

Louis XVI Period Gilt-wood Barometer with Globe, c. 1790

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Louis XVI period Gilt-wood Barometer, with an interesting crest design of a Globe & rolled-up map, capped by a laurel wreath. The barometer & thermometer combination contained by a...

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1790s Louis XVI Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Giltwood

Louis XVI Period Gilt-wood Barometer with Globe, c. 1790

Antique French "Chevalier Paris" Mother-of-Pearl Opera Glasses, Circa 1890.

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique French "Chevalier Paris" Mother-of-Pearl Opera Glasses, Circa 1890.

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Late 19th Century Antique French Scientific Instruments

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Mother-of-Pearl

Antique French "Chevalier Paris" Mother-of-Pearl Opera Glasses, Circa 1890.

Early 20th Century Dr Auzoux Paris Papier Mache Teaching Aid Tooth

Located in London, GB

Early 20th Century Dr Auzoux Paris Papier Mache Teaching Aid Tooth A dated circa 1921 Dr Auzoux Paris Papier Mache Teaching Aid Tooth example. Hand crafted with painted label detail...

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1920s Early Victorian Vintage French Scientific Instruments

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Paper

Early 20th Century Dr Auzoux Paris Papier Mache Teaching Aid Tooth

1900s French Metal Scale

Located in High Point, NC

Made in the 1900s in France and traditionally employed for weighing fruits and vegetables, this antique scale features two metal weighing pans suspended from gracefully curved arms. ...

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20th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

1900s French Metal Scale

Located in High Point, NC

Made in the 1900s in France and traditionally employed for weighing fruits and vegetables, this antique scale features two metal weighing pans suspended from gracefully curved arms. ...

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20th Century French Scientific Instruments

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Metal

1900s French Metal Scale

Pair WW1 Binoculars and Case, British Officer's Issue, 1918, Colmont, Paris

Located in Bath, GB

A fabulous pair of World War 1 British Officers Military binoculars made in France, the bridge engraved M G (Ministere de la Guerre) created for the British Military for use during W...

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1910s Vintage French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Pair WW1 Binoculars and Case, British Officer's Issue, 1918, Colmont, Paris

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Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelte

By Mithé Espelt

Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF

Beautiful wall thermometer in ceramic by Mithé Espelt. Typical decors of birds, flowers and leaves in different shades of blue glaze. Marie Thérèse Espelt, aka. Mithé Espelt (1923-2...

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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Scientific Instruments

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Ceramic

Ceramic Thermometer by Mithé Espelte

1900s French Wooden Black Board

Located in High Point, NC

A wooden black board from France, produced circa 1900. Stretching four feet wide and standing nearly as tall, this scholastic rectangle will stir memories ...

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