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Unusual Antique Telescopic Gadget Cane with Ebonized Walking Stick
Located in Shippensburg, PA
TELESCOPE GADGET CANE 20th century 38 1/4" H An ingenious gentleman’s gadget cane, the handle crafted of polished chromed nickel and designed to cleverly conceal a fully functional...
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20th Century Victorian Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Nickel

Antique The Standard Computing Scale Co Dry Goods General Store Countertop Scale
By Standard Computing Scale Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique The Standard Computing Scale Co. Porcelain Enamel Dry Goods General Store Scale with Beveled Glass Mirrors. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 30" H x 18" W x 20" D.
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Hand Crank Candlestick Phone Wall Telephone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Hand Crank Candlestick Phone Wall Telephone. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 20" H x 9" W x 12" D.
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Early 20th Century Victorian Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

18th Century Medical Syringe
Located in London, GB
18th Century Medical Syringe For historical medical use and dating from the 18th century, and certainly from the beginning of the 18th century. This hand-crafted example is made to...
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1780s Antique Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Natural Fiber

Antique French Country Primitive Carved Marble Mortar and Pestle on Wood Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Country Primitive Carved Marble Mortar and Pestle on Solid Wood Primit...
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Late 19th Century Other Antique Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Marble

Napoleon lll Style Wood Marble Scale
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Napoleon lll Style Scale. It depicts a rectangular wood case with brown marble top. There is one “X” shaped holder at each side of the mar...
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Early 20th Century Napoleon III Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Marble, Brass

Vintage Anatomical Model, Man and Woman, 80s 90s Curiosity
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional Human Anatomy Model from the 80s, 90s. Male and Female Figures on a black stand. The outer casting, such as the individual intestines a...
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20th Century Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plastic

Antique W.& T. Avery English Victorian Brass & Porcelain Balance Beam Scale
By W & T Avery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique W.& T. Avery English Victorian Brass, Cast Iron & Porcelain Balance Beam Scal...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Iron

Vintage 1950s Hermes Rocket Typewriter
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage 1950s Hermes Rocket portable beige plastic typewriter with white square plastic keys and original matching beige plastic carry case
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plastic

Mid-Century Large Brass Hourglass
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century large brass hourglass with white sand
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

Antique W.& T. Avery English Victorian Brass & Mahogany Balance Beam Scale
By W & T Avery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique W.& T. Avery English Victorian Brass & Mahogany Balance Beam Scale. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 26" H x 22" W x 12" D.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Standing Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Standing Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls. Item features painted wooden balls in red, purple, gray, orange, blue, yellow, green and brown. Circa M...
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Mid-20th Century Primitive Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

1940s Chiropractor Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great 1940s chiropractor bench; chrome and green vinyl with a Lucite handle.
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1940s Vintage Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Chrome

Telescope with Tripod, Metal, Decorative Object
Located in Madrid, ES
Telescope with tripod. gold metallic antique finish Decorative use, not functional. Gilt metal telescope decorated with a dark band standing on...
Category

20th Century Other Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Other

Decorative Alidade, Metal, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
It has a cover to protect the lens made of the same gold metal in which the rest of the instrument is made. The lines, pure and clean, are the protagonists, and make it a great opti...
Category

20th Century Other Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Other

Antique English Gothic Arts & Crafts Hand Wrought Iron Balance Beam Scale
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Gothic Arts & Crafts Hand Wrought Iron Balance Beam Scale. Circa Mid 19th Century. Measurements: 31" H x 29" W x 11.25" D. Plate approx 11.25" Diameter. Base 7x5.
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Mid-19th Century Gothic Antique Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wrought Iron

Vintage Bausch & Lomb Optical Blue Refractor Phoropter Medical Eye Exam Machine
By Bausch & Lomb
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Bausch & Lomb Optical Blue Refractor Phoropter Medical Eye Exam Machine. Early 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 12.5" W x 4" D.
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Keuffel & Esser Co Survey Transit Tripod Stand with Case Stick and Accessories
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Keuffel & Esser Co Survey Transit on Tripod Stand with Original Oak Wood Case and Accessories Pictured including Telescoping Surveying Stick. Circa Early 20th Century. Measur...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Vintage Industrial Foundry Wooden Block Mold Architectural Valcor Engine - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Industrial Foundry Large Wooden Block Mold Architectural Salvage from Valcor Engine Corp - a Pair. Approx 30 lbs each. Great to use as unique decorative objects or convert fo...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case. Listing includes all the accessories in the photos. The brown leather case alone is very nice. Circa ...
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Mid-20th Century Other Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather

Double Bronze/Brass Apothecary Scale
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a gilt bronze/brass double apothecary scale. It depicts an upside down bronze Corinthian column that holds two different set of balance brass ...
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20th Century Neoclassical Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Brass

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hand Turned Wood Mortar and Pestle 1950
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Mid-Century Modern mortar and pestle hand turned from one piece of dense wood. It is in wonderful vintage condition. Please see photos, circa 1950-1960. Whether you need or...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Vintage Industrial Foundry Wooden Block Mold Architectural Valcor Engine Corp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Industrial Foundry Wooden Block Mold Architectural Salvage from Valcor Engine Corp (Single Mold), Approx 20 lbs. Great to use as a unique decorative object or convert for use...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Red Decorated Lacquer Hour Glass
Located in Queens, NY
Red decorated lacquer four unit hour glass One hour glass is missing
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20th Century Renaissance Unknown Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

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