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Period: Late 18th Century
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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Unknown Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Natural Fiber

18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Giltwood Wall Barometer & Thermometer
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this elegant, antique barometer with attached thermometer. Crafted in Paris, France, circa 1760 and hexagonal in shape, the scientific instrument features its or...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Parchment Paper

Silver Brass Pocket Sundial Compass French, circa 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping policy No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Silver brass octagonal dial with fo...
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German Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

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Silver, Brass

A Wooden Diptical Sundial Germany 1790
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Pocket sundial, made out of wood, ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper

Large Late 18th Century Hourglass
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping policy No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). A large 18th century hour glass, o...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood

18th Century mahogany and brass telescope by Nairne & Blunt of London
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century mahogany and brass telescope by Nairne & Blunt of London, having a mahogany barrel with a thumb wheel to the side of the main barrel, supported on a solid brass tripod s...
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British Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Essex, MA
Oval with a ribbon bow over an oval glass fronted barometer with grisaille painted panel with metal directionals. Inscribed Selon Torricelli.
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

A wooden diptical sundial, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
Pocket sundial, made out of wood, with print paper element on both the internal sides and to the top. England end of XVIII cent.
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English Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paper

18th Century French Louis XVI Period Gilded Barometer by Evangelista Torricelli
By Evangelista Torricelli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, large antique French Louis XVI period barometer, signed by Torricelli in gilded wood and of oval shape with original scientific illustrations, in good condition. The detailed wall décor piece is consisting its original glass. Framed with gilt foliate trim and important pediment. Minor fading, due to age. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1750, France. The Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood

Portable Cube Sundial David Beringer circa 1780–1821 Beringer Is Best Known
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable cube sundial David Beringer circa 1780–1821 Beringer is best known for portable wooden sundials with scales printed on paper glued to the wood. These included cube dials an...
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Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Fruitwood

18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
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French Empire Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

English Mahogany Steel Engraved Stick Barometer Signed F. Tarone, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany stick Barometer with a broken arch pediment, brass urn finial, Satin wood string inlay, hinged glass door revealing a numeral steel engraved dial with original mounted thermometer and barometric pressure gauge. Signed F. Tarone. Late 18th Century Barometer...
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English Sheraton Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Steel

18th Century Silver Pocket Compass by J&W Watkins
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An 18th century silver pocket compass signed by Watkins Charing cross, London The enamel compass rose finely segmented Marked TH and dated 1787.
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English Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Silver

18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by German Beringer
By David Beringer
Located in Milan, IT
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden boxwood sundial with compass, of German origin, by David Beringer, Nuremberg, dating back to the 1790 circa, in good age related condition, with signs of wear consistent with age and use. David Beringer (1756 – 1821) was a German scientific instrument maker and craftsman active in Nuremberg and famous for his cubic wooden sundials visible in Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York. A portable sundial...
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German Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Very Rare Wind Vane Dial in the Manner of Whitehurst
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period carved mahogany wind vane dial. The silvered engraved dial with all the points of a compass housed in the finely carved mahogany frame, ...
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English Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Apothecary Traveling Set, England 1790
Located in Milan, IT
Mahogany and brass box, with a drawer in the front. The upper part opens and inside a group of glass bottles ( some with labels), placed in comp...
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British Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

18th Century English Mahogany Cased Stick Barometer by Dolland of London
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional late 18th century mahogany cased stick barometer by Dolland of London, The mahogany case of a very solid construction and with a superbly made turned mahogany cistern ...
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English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Steel

Wax Anatomic Model Depicting an Human Organ Thyroid, Germany 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Colored wax anatomic model depicting a human organ: Thyroid mounted on black painted wooden base. Germany end of XVIII sec.
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German Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Sundial and Compass with Case, Schrettegger, Johan, Augsburg, Germany, Ca 1800
Located in Madrid, ES
Sundial and compass with case. Bronze. SCHRETTEGGER, Johan. Augsburg, Germany, around 1800. Sundial with a polygonal shape made of bronze, engraved with plant elements on the front,...
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German Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Other

George III Pocket Globe After Herman Moll
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 inch George III pocket globe after Herman Moll, the terrestrial globe inscribed in a cartouche ‘A correct globe with the new discoveries’ and fitted within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany banjo barometer having a swan neck pediment, original thermometer and an engraved circular silvered dial with original hands and brass bezel, qual...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Antique English Georgian Fruitwood Inlaid Banjo Wheel Barometer Thermometer
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English George III fruitwood barometer featuring a banjo shape with open pediment and inliad satinwood sea shell and floral motif. Made by F. Peduze Co. Circa 1780s-1820s. Me...
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Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Fruitwood

Engraving of an 18th-Century Measuring Device, Based on Double Reflection, C1780
Located in Langweer, NL
"Occasus Ortus" This engraving illustrates an 18th-century measuring device. The instrument, built after the principle of the double reflection, allowed precise observations wi...
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Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper

Late 18th Century French Giltwood Barometer
Located in Essex, MA
Period late 18th century giltwood barometer. Original gilding. Carved overall with globe, and navigation instruments. Foliate and neoclassical motifs. Maker signed.
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

18th Century Parisian Giltwood Barometer Thermometer
Located in Dallas, TX
This lovely giltwood barometer and thermometer was hand-carved during the Louis XVI period in Paris, France. During the late 1700’s, barometers were typically only owned by wealthy f...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

Late 18th Century Lacquered Brass Table Telescope
Located in New York, NY
Late 18th century lacquered brass table telescope.
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Sheffield, MA
A stunningly beautiful 18th century French gold gilt barometer is a weather instrument with mercury-filled glass thermometer still in working order...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Period Giltwood Barometer
Located in Ross, CA
This beautifully carved Louis XVI barometer follows the designs of Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist who was a student of Galileo and...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Giltwood

Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
By Jesse Ramsden
Located in Milan, IT
Stick barometer mounted on a mahogany board complete with vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure signed by Jesse Ramsden, end of the 18th century. Very good condition...
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Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Rare George III Celestial Pocket Globe by Cary, London
By Cary
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 3" celestial pocket globe by G & W Cary, Strand, London circa 1791, housed in its original sharkskin case. A companion globe to terrestrial globes of this type we...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster

Antique Hand-Crafted Solid Bronze Mortar with Pestle and Great Original Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
Decorative and tactile, late 18th century mortar set. Mortars have been used for centuries by private people and by people in certain trades. In the kitche...
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European Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Antique 18th Century French Bronze Scientific Silk-Weighing Instrument 1789-1795
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique 18th century French Lyonnaise bronze scientific Instrument used for weighing Silk, in anchor form, 1789-1795. Made by "J. Berthaud et Cie...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Pantograph Signed Lennel, Paris, 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and ebony pantograph, in its original mahogany box. Bone wheels. The instrument shows the signature of the maker Lennel à La Sphére à Paris. France, 1780.
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British Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

English Pocket Globe, London, Circa 1775-1798
Located in Milano, IT
Pocket globe London, between 1775 and 1798 Re-edition of the globe of Hermann Moll (1678-1732) dated 1719 The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in sh...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Shagreen, Paper

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Sheffield, MA
A stunningly beautiful 18th century French gold gilt barometer is a weather instrument with mercury-filled glass thermometer still in working order...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

French Louis XVI Carved Giltwood Mercury Barometer
Located in Norwich, GB
Louis XVI carved giltwood and painted mercury wheel barometer. Eight inch circular painted wood register dial with central rosette within the scale calibrated from 27-28-29 and ...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Late 18th Century Hand-Forged Cheese Cutter / Knife Museum Quality 1794
Located in Lisse, NL
Possibly the oldest cheese cutter in the world. This hand forged 18th century cheese cutter with wooden handles is in excellent condition. Because of th...
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Dutch Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

Important Georgian Mahogany Mercury Stick Barometer by Stott, Dumfries
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine Georgian mahogany bow fronted stick barometer. Bow fronted glass set in front of the silvered register plate with sliding vernier controlled by an ivory turned knob. Concertina ...
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English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of English Globes by Cary, London, 1798 and 1800
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of 12-inch table globes John and William Cary London, 1798 and 1800 Some restored cracks and abrasions lb 11 each (kg 5) The two terrestrial and celestial globes rest in their original Dutch style stands with four supporting turned wood columns. Each one measures 18 in in height x 17 in in diameter with the diameter of the spheres measuring about 12 in; 46 cm in height x 43 cm in diameter x 31 cm diameter of the spheres. The 12 inch measure was one of the most frequently used by British manufacturers of globes of this period. Each globe is composed of two series of twelve printed paper gores, aligned and glued onto plaster spheres. The brass circle of the meridian bears engravings...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paper

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 giltwood barometer will add a touch...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

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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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

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Gold Leaf

18th Century English Banjo Barometer, circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century English Banjo Barometer, circa 1780.
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English Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

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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French Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

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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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Giltwood

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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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Giltwood

Splendid Gustavian Brass Compass with Sundial, Late 18th Century Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
Splendid Gustavian Brass Compass with Sundial, Late 18th Century Sweden. By Swedish 18th century clockmaker Johan Elfgren (1720-1801) from Gagnef in the Swedish county of Dalecarlia ...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Iron

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