Farquhar Celestial Navigation Armillary Sphere Globe for Dept. of Navy

CONTEMPORARY POLISHED GREEN ONYX PEDESTAL COLUMN Probably India or Pakistan, ca. 21st century 30 7/8" H x 13 1/8" D x 13 1/4" W A beautifully made pedestal from solid blocks of on...

ATHENS LOUNGE CHAIR Designed by Thomas Pheasant for Baker Furniture circa late 20th century original label retained to underside ref. 404JZG26P 30" H x 33 1/4" D x 27 5/8" W x 1...

CHROME "SEE-THROUGH" CHANDELIER BY GAETANO SCOLARI Italy, circa 1970s; retaining original Lightolier label to ceiling cap Item # 108NOL27P A striking design by Gaetano Scolari for L...

Item # 209GJY07K A fantastic and rather unusual wrought-iron wine storage rack styled as a domed chest, it features wide shaped straps welded to curved and squared bar with curled iron elements throughout. The front of the chest retains an early lock and key, opening and dropping down on hanging chains to give access to the 28 bottles of wine that can be stored inside. It retains a wonderful early surface with chaotic oxidization and the effects of rust throughout the overall green and blue-ish patina. Circa the late 19th to early 20th century. Measurements: 23" H x 14 1/2" D x 28 7/8" W Condition Report: In as-found rough antique...

Celestial globe compiled on the Hesi & Gould catalogs by Eng. Pini and published in 1889 by Gussoni & Dotti Milano piazza del Duomo. Sphere in paper mache covered with paper printed by engraving on copper plate and hand watercolored, base in turned and ebonized wood. Good condition, conservative restoration at the base. Measures: Height 45 cm, inche 17.8, sphere diameter 22 cm 8.7. Giovanni Gussoni in 1874 bought the business of Antonio Ronchi typographer in Via Unione 5 in Milan, and then moved in 1883 to the shop of the Southern Porticoes in Piazza Duomo. Giovanni Gussoni was followed by his son Vittorio, who on April 16, 1907 sold the company to a collaborator, Giovanni Serra, who continued the business until November 1914. Man has always wanted to know the world in which he lives and has used all the means available to measure the space that surrounds him to expand his knowledge more and more. The conditions that allowed man to develop models of the world and space were probably realized only after...

A beautiful pair of cast brass bookends in the form of two neoclassical celestial armillary sundials with roman numerals Circa 1980s Measures: 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 6.38"H. Good origina...

Dennoyer-Geppert Celestial Globe designed by Commander Stubbs RNR (Royal Navy) for classroom astronomy demonstration purposes (ca. 1930, Chicago, IL.). Composed of paper gores in olive green over a hollow metal core, featuring an adjustable cast-metal meridian with bronze finish and a wood horizon...

Celestial globe on the cartouche reads Columbus - Himmelglobus bearbeit von Porf. Dr Johannes Riem ausgefuhrt von Kartograph C. Luther Columbus - Verlag G.m.b.H. (Paul Oestergaard) ...