Georgian Scientific Instruments

In 1811 King George IV (1762-1830) stepped up as Prince Regent in place of his father George III, who was no longer well enough to rule. An enthusias...

A Four-dial Barometer/Thermometer in Mahogany, dating from the George III period, and English in origin. Signed at the base "R. Taylor Chepstow". The barometer with swan neck pedim...

French military steel and brass breast plate body armor, having a genuine muscat ball dent, France, late 18th-early 19th century.

This monumental sized horn handled magnifying glass with brass framework and stem, is of heavy weight and fine quality. The horn is quite substantial and supports this very large gla...

We present you this barometer with a thermometer in a wooden, decorative case made of walnut wood. The whole is date fourth quarter of the 19th century. The barometer (aneroid) and ...

Great copper coach or post horn Brass reinforcing supports and mouthpiece Original patina Free UK shipping

Horn Handle desk style magnifying glass with brass framework and stem. The horn is quite substantial and has good weight and presence. The horn has a ribbed detail down a portion ...

A lovely shaped little folding / pocket magnifying glass which folds into a shaped brass case, marked "Made In England". Dating to c.1920, remaining in excellent condition measuring...

Gunpowder Horn with Great Engravings, 18th Century An antique gunpowder horn made of horn and wood. There are engraved hunting scenes depicting a styli...

This beautiful wall barometer with room thermometer is a highly valuable craftsmanship, attributable to French manufacture and dating back to the period of Napoleon III (approximatel...

This is an antique decorative butcher's steelyard. An English, cast iron weighing instrument, dating to the late 18th century, circa 1800. Decorative hanging piece with countrysid...

"Lot of nine English language hard cover leather bound books on a variety of topics, dating from 1736 to 1843. Lot includes: - 1736 - Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; with Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author – by Mr. Tickell – Volume the Second – Printed in London for J. And R. Tonson - 1773 - The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue; Etc. - by W. Cooke, A.B. - Volume I – Printed and Sold by T. Burrough, Devizes, etc. - 1790 - The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biological and Critical – by Samuel Johnson – Volume the Twenty-Eighth – The Poems of Sir Samuel Garth – Printed by A. Strahan, London, etc. - 1802 - Unity: The Bond of Peace and the Friend of Virtue; or The Consequences of Schism Morally and Politically Considered. Tracing Its Progress and Pointing Out Some of the Means to Check It – Printed by Bunney and Gold, London, etc. - 1822 - The History of England; From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume. - By T. Smollett, M.D. - A New Edition, in Five Volumes. - Volume I – Printed by J.F. Dove, London, etc. - 1824 - St. Ronan’s Well – by Sir Walter Scott – In Three Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh, etc. - 1831 – American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States – by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte – Edited by Robert Jameson, Esq. etc. - In Four Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Constable and Co, Edinburgh, etc. - 1843 - The Poetical Works of William Cowper Volume II – William Pickering, London - 1862 – The Natural History of Selborne – by the Late Rev. Gilbert White...