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Item Ships From: Milan
1844 French Antique Nautical Portolano of Golfe De St. Drely by Antoine Roux
By Antoine Roux
Located in Milan, IT
Antique portolano, nautical map of Golfe De St. Drely engraved on a copper plate by Antoine Roux, Marseille France 1844, from his work Recueil des principaux plans des ports et de Ra...
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1840s French Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

ESEMPI Reprint - Chairs, Armchairs and Sofas, 1934-1950 VOL. I
By Roberto Aloi
Located in Milan, IT
ESEMPI REPRINT. Chairs, Armchairs, and Sofas. 1934-1950. Volume I More than 1000 models of chairs, armchairs and sofas, 300 designers, 20 years of Italian and international producti...
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1889s Antique Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni e Dotti Milano Papier Maché Sphere
Located in Milan, IT
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...
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1880s Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1960s Stunning Grey table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for S
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning grey table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly Dimension: 2,75 x 2,75 x...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Murano Glass

Violin In Majolica Manufacture Rouen Early 1800s French Musical Ceramics
By Rouen
Located in Milano, MI
French Faience Violin Manufacture of Rouen Beginning 1800 with a side pocket and two holes for hanging on the wall by means of a string, missing. This stanniferous glaze majolica vi...
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Early 19th Century Baroque Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Majolica

Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass with Original Box by E. Vion Paris, Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Antique and rare magnetic surveying compass, brass with original wooden box, signed E. Vion Paris, early 1900. Very good condition. Height of box cm 32 – inches 12.61. The firm Vion, that still works today, was established in 1830 in Paris and it has always manufactured navigation equipment, in particular compasses and marine instruments...
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Early 20th Century French Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Vintage Space Age Decorative Aluminium Ashtray in two piece, Scandinavian design
Located in Milano, IT
With the habit of smoking drastically decreasing all over the world according to statistics, all kinds of paraphernalia connected to that universe are becoming a scarcer and scarcer ...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

Late 19th century Wooden and Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden and brass polarimeter with cast iron tripod base from the late 1800s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugar...
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1890s British Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Ferrari telephone , 80s Miami Vice Era Phone , Vintage Telephone , Collectible
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Ferrari Telefone / Decorative Object / Limited Edition piece of the 80's It may not be white, but Miami Vice vibes are guaranteed with this funny and rare "Ferrari Testarossa" ...
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1980s Hong Kong Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

Boletus Reticulatus teaching model known as Boletus Aestivalis 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Educational model of the summer porcine, Boletus Reticulatus, also known as Boletus Aestivalis. It´s all about one of the most well-known and sought-after mushrooms. Often called s...
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Mid-20th Century Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

1960s Stunning Blue Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning red and yellow table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly Dimension: 2,7...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Murano Glass

A tobacco jar depicting a West Highgland dog’s head, Austria 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual tobacco container made of painted terracotta and depicting the West Highland terrier dog’s head. The top opens revealing the container. Austria late 1800s - early 1900s.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Terracotta

Scientific tool for demonstrating the refraction of light, Italy 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Scientific tool for demonstrating and assessing the refraction of light. Constructed in boxed metal with a square section, it consists of a horizontal tube that bends a few grids in ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Mocambo Tic Tac Toe Game Set
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
Large volumes in wood and stone are carved and sculpted to create playing fields with modeled, almost primitive lines, with a solid walnut top on a travertine base, designed by Simone Facciullacci. Bakelite black and white beads and burnished brushed bronze poles...
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Marble

Jewel walking stick, depicting six monkeys. By Froment-Meurice, France 1850.
By François-Désiré Froment-Meurice
Located in Milan, IT
Jeweled walking stick, made of silver, designed and executed by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice. The knob depicts six carved, crouching monkeys. The terminal has an oval-shaped cameo...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Agate, Onyx, Gold, Silver

Vintage German Made Telefunken Kra Red Bakelite Radio, Pop Design, Space Age
By Telefunken
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Space Age / Pop era Telefunken "KRA" radio, made in Germany and crafted in orange bakelite. Its captivating design and bright color make it very contemporary, and will bring ...
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1970s German Space Age Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic, Bakelite

Walking stick, Duilio Cambellotti and Petocchi swallows cane, Rome, Italy 1910.
By Duilio Cambellotti
Located in Milan, IT
Art Nouveau walking stick: T shaped handle starts with a plane collar over which we see the Petochi maker’s mark (silversmith), the 800 hallmark (800/1000 silver) and the CD initials...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver, Brass, Iron

1960s Gorgeous Smoking Set in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous smoking set in onyx. The table lighter works perfectly. Made in Italy. The items are in excellent condition. Dimension: Table Lighter diameter 2,36" x 4,72" H inches d...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Onyx

Ebonite brass and paper mache slide rule designed by G. Fuller Belfast
Located in Milan, IT
Antique ebonite, brass and papier-mâché, spiral-shaped slide rule designed by George Fuller of Belfast, professor of engineering at Queen's University of London in 1878, made by STAN...
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Early 20th Century Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

19th Century Wooden Barometer Signed Burlinson Ripon Antique Instrument Weather
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden barometer signed Burlinson Ripon made in the mid 19th century. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with weather indications and the name of the m...
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1850s British Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Pair of Miniature Lady Portraits 19th Century French School
Located in Milano, MI
A lovely pair of portrait miniatures of two ladies, by a French skillful artist who painted in fine pointille technique on paper this pair of portraits in the 1870s circa. Set in tw...
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

A paradoxical orrery that demonstrates the earth-moon system. Italy circa 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
A paradoxical orrery that demonstrates the earth-moon system and its movement. The base of the planetarium is made of fruit wood, circular in shape with three bell-shaped wood feet. ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

1930s Germany Botanical Model of the Lamium Purpureum Flower
Located in Milan, IT
Educational model of the Lamium purpureum L. (false purple nettle) flower made of painted papier mâché with a Bakelite base from the 1930s, German ma...
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1930s German Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Parchment Paper

1960s Stunning Grey table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for S
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning grey table lighter in Murano sommerso glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly Dimension: 2,75 x 2,75 x...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Murano Glass

Ettore Eramosa Brown Marble Backgammon Board
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Ettore collection, this elegant backgammon board is so striking that can be displayed on a living room coffee table, console, or side table as a superb decorative object....
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

17th Century Virgin of the Assumption Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
17th century Virgin of the Assumption Oil on canvas, 93 x 81 cm Frame, 110 x 97 cm The present Assumption of the Virgin welcomes an innova...
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17th Century Italian Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Canvas

1900s Brass Bakelite Magnetic Topographer Compass Surveyor Measurement Instrumen
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographer compass from the early 1900s, brass and bakelite base; instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking with its tip th...
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Early 1900s European Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Scientific wooden model of the architecture of a dairy farm, Italy of the 40s
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature scientific model (Scale 1/100) for educational use, entirely handmade, in painted wood, depicting an architectural project of a dairy farm, external views and the laborator...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Induction Coil or Sled Antique Scientific Instrument by Du Bois Reymond 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Induction coil by Du Bois Reymond, also known as Sled of the Du Bois Reymond system designed around 1870 during electrophysiology studies by Emil Du Boi...
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1870s Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Turtleshell hair comb-diadem, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tortoiseshell tiara comb for hair surmounted by an element decorated with tortoiseshell volutes. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Early 20th Century French Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Tortoise Shell

A land surveying square, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Octagonal brass land surveying square. Each side has a slot, which allows to aim the distance and evaluate 90 and 45 degrees when measuring the field. ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Women's Leather- Covered Bicycle Natural
By Bottega Conticelli
Located in Milan, IT
More than a method of transportation, this women's bicycle is a collector's item. Covered in hand sewn leather, it will make a striking impression no matter where you go. It can withstand all weather conditions due to its water-resistant, natural wax coating and acquires a unique patina over time. A matching, handwoven basket...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, Johann Michael Bergauer, Ante 1745
By Johann Michael Bergauer
Located in Milano, IT
Johann Michael Bergauer (Simonsfeld, 1676 - Innsbruck, 1745 circa) Mechanical equatorial sundial Signed: Michael Bergauer Insprugg? Innsbruck? Ante 1745 Gilded and silvered brass; glass. Measures: closed 1.29 x 3.50 x 4.92 in (33 x 89 x 125 mm); open 5.19 x 3.50 x 3.81 in (132 x 89 x 97 mm). Weight: the sundial 0.49 lb (224 g); the case 0, 20 lb (95 g) Original wooden case covered in brown leather. State of conservation: very good. It has some signs of use. The spring that allowed for the two parts of the instrument to remain open is missing (absent even in the comparative specimens kept in museums). The sundial is composed of two overlapping plates hinged together on the north edge. The base plate is octagonal and is supported by three turned legs. The upper face is gilded and a compass with a magnetic variation index has been inserted. The rest of the surface is occupied by a rich decoration of engraved scrolls, centered around the inscription “Michael Bergauer Insprugg”. A foldable oval support with a plumb-bob is attached with a hinge on the southern edge. On the reverse of the base plate a table of the latitudes of some European cities (expanded with the vertical writing “Meiland 40” on the edge and “Rome” deleted) and of Jerusalem has been engraved. A Cam marked for 0 °-70 ° is applied near the northern edge. This can be adjusted to change the inclination of the upper plate according to the latitude; originally a spring, now lost, made it possible to keep the two plates of the clock open. The second plate is round, has a toothed edge and measures 3.26 in (83 mm) in diameter: it is slightly smaller than the octagonal base which it rests upon and overlaps when the instrument is closed. The recto is gilded and there are three concentric graduated circles engraved on it: - the outermost is the equatorial hour dial, numbered I-XII, I-XII; - the second-one is that of days 1-30 of the lunar month and has “Aetas lunae” engraved on it; - the third, silvered, is a subsidiary hour dial, with double numbering 1-12; originally it could have been rotated. The engravings of the first two circles are enameled in red. In the center - on the polar axis - there is an alidade, at the end of which is associated the silvered minute dial. This, in turn, is welded, perpendicularly, to a small disc, also silvered, with a triangular gnomon. The plate, alidade and minute dial are connected to each other by toothed mechanisms. Below is the procedure for measuring the time: 1) Adjust the Cam under the base of the clock, based on the latitude of your location; 2) Place the watch on a flat surface using the plumb-bob and with the side closest to the compass facing south; 3) Keeping the instrument still, manually rotate the alidade until the shadow cast by the triangular gnomon on the small silvered disc falls on the line marked below it; 4) The hour and minutes can therefore be read on the hour and minute dials set on the alidade respectively. Johann Michael Bergauer, who sometimes only signs his works as Michael Bergauer, was born in Simonsfeld, north of Vienna. His apprenticeship as a watchmaker took place in Landshut and he probably worked as a laborer in Augsburg before becoming a watchmaker at the court of Karl Philipp von der Pfalz in Innsbruck in 1708. In the following years, his repeated attempts to obtain Innsbruck citizenship are documented and, in 1721, he is listed as a resident. In 1724 he was admitted to the guild of watchmakers, with which however he had continuous problems. In 1732 he presented a "masterpiece". This is the last reference to his business; he must have died before or in 1745 because in that year his widow appealed to the City Council. The mechanical sundial...
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1730s Austrian Baroque Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Blaupunkt Colorado 60's Plant
By Blaupunkt
Located in Milano, IT
System with power of 5 5 W. consisting of tube radio, and turntable in addition Bluetooth system (BT 5.3) that allows you to connect any kind of smartphones and tablets, all complete...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Official British aviation pocket compass signed E. KOEHN Geneva, 1915
Located in Milan, IT
British aviation officer's pocket compass signed E. KOEHN Geneva Switzerland V 1915 brass in the shape of an onion clock. The compass has a snap-lock cover with release button insid...
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1910s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Pisa Tower Box
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Compact, elegant, and functional, this captivating box set is an iconic board game that will be a timeless addition to a living room decor. The 54 pieces are crafted of Canaletto walnut accented with biege, white, and red lateral leather bands. The pieces neatly fit in a beige leather box, the contrast between the supple leather and the hard wood enhancing the set's visual sophistication. This one-of-a-kind set will be a spectacular addition to a games...
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pisa Tower Box
Pisa Tower Box
$2,415 / item
1930s Racing Car Black and Red Scale Model, Highly Detailed, Medium Size
Located in Milano, IT
Stunning contemporary reproduction of a vintage racing car from the 1930s. The streamlined body, exhaust pipes, wheels and dashboard are all faithfully reproduced and highly detailed...
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2010s European Art Deco Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome

1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy. Dimension: 2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches 7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

Walking stick, with painted miniature of St. Luke, Giulio Zanetti Italy 1860.
By Giulio Zanetti
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, silver knob in the shape of a milord worked in tourchon, with finely engraved and gilded parts. At the top of the knob, a miniature painted in e...
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1850s Italian Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Silver, Enamel

Radiophonograph 'RR 126' by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Brionvega
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Milano, IT
Iconico radiofonografo modello 'RR 126' disegnato dai fratelli Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni e prodotto a partire dal 1965 da Brionvega. Body and cases mad...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

Tabula Aurea Chessboard
By Giordano Viganò
Located in Milan, IT
This wooden chessboard features an edge covered in ebony wood and silver. The top is foldable and becomes a box that contains the pieces. The top layer of each piece is covered by si...
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Nautical compass on cardan joint signed La Filotecnica Milano from the early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical compass on gimbal made by Filotecnica Milano of the early 1900s. The compass consists of a copper and glass vessel; at the bottom, a metal stem is attached to which rests t...
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1910s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Copper

Italian Mid-Century Floor Electric White Metal and Plastic Popcorn Machine, 1960
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century floor electric white metal and plastic popcorn machine, 1960s Floor standing electric popcorn machine with square base in cream wh...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Engraved boxwood sun clock English manufacture mid-19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Engraved boxwood diptych sun clock with brass hinges and locking hooks, book-shaped, mid-19th-century English manufacture. The clock has an orientation compass inserted in the base w...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Pencil Aviation Drawing Depicting a Caudron G Wwi Aircraft by Riccardo Cavigioli
By Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil-drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Caudron G III, French production of 1914, equipped with a Le Rhone 80...
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1920s Italian Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere Charles-François Delamarche Paris, 1805-1810 Circa
By Charles Francois Delamarche
Located in Milano, IT
Charles-François Delamarche Ptolemaic armillary sphere Paris, circa 1805-1810 Wood and papier-mâché covered with printed and partly hand-coloured paper It measures 15.74” in height, ...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Wood

Bussola nautica da tasca in ottone, firmata 5m LANCERS COMPASS. Inghilterra 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola nautica da tasca in ottone, firmata 5m LANCERS COMPASS, manifattura inglese degli anni venti. La bussola è dotata di coperchio e di anello per la catenella. Rosa su carta a o...
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1920s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Bugatti 57 SC Atlantic Crystal Model Car, same as the Ralph Lauren Collection
Located in Milano, IT
The Bugatti 57SC is universally recognized as one of the most beautiful expressions of automotive design ever. Penned by Ettore Bugatti's son Jean and pro...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal

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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1780s Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1930s Art Deco Race Car Metal Model, Highly Detailed, Collectible Decorative
Located in Milano, IT
Decorative Model Car - Art Deco Race Car - Man Cave Collectible A highly detailed, extremely attractive model of a classic racecar, replica of the miniature-engine scale models used for "arena racing" in the 1930s, and especially at the New York World Fair of 1939. Crafted with a metal body and wooden chassis, the not-so-little car is an ideal decorative piece for any car enthusiast, and can find its spotlight on a coffee table, bookshelf, or in your special mancave. It has spoke wheels, functional steering and an opening bonnet that shows a faithful reproduction of the original engines fitted in yesteryears' racing models...
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2010s Dutch Art Deco Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stainless Steel

1950s Anatomical Teaching Model Of Normal Size Depicting A Hoolow Foot
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical teaching model of normal size depicting a hollow foot in section showing a strong accentuation of the plantar arch and how the foot rest is mainly on the forefoot and heel...
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1950s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

1890 Small Antique Nautical Brass Pelorus Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y
Located in Milan, IT
Antique small brass Pelorus, signed Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y., made in the late of the XIX century. It has a sight system with a compass card with eight winds and goniome...
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1890s American Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Fassamano French Tortoise antique Eyeglasses second half 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Fassamano (from the French face-a-main) eyeglasses with handle that turns into a case shaped like the lenses; dark tortoise eyeglasses, oval lenses...
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1860s French Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Caravaggesque Oil on Copper "Flagellation of Christ" Baroque Sicilian, 17th Cent
By (After) Caravaggio
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid 17th-century Italian painting by unknown artist, but certainly a follower of Caravaggio, relying on style and drawing. The painting has a very beautiful gilded wooden frame, with a subtle greek with spheres and an overlying rectangular frame with sinuous flowers on each corner, very elegant and beautiful. The painting depicts one of the most depicted religious scenes ever, the scourging of Christ, and is entirely done in oil on copper. The scourging of Jesus is an episode narrated in the Gospels (Mk15:15-16; Mt27:26-27; Lk23:16-26; Jn19:1-17[1]). Scourging is a flogging, particularly bloody, by means of sticks, rods or cat-o-nine-tails, the latter instrument consisting, in the Roman typology, of a short stick to which were secured several strings ending in metal claws, leads and bone splinters that caused tremendous lacerations and fractures to the tortured person. Chains are used in this scene, both to immobilize Jesus Christ and to flog him, as we can see in the upper right hand of the scourger. According to some personal research, it turned out that the actual scourging of Christ was mostly depicted at the column, while this Christ is on the ground, so presumably Christ here is scourged during the Way of the Cross at one of those stages where he fell. The painting has a very dark coloring, which is why this painting is believed to faithfully follow Caravaggio's style of dry, authoritarian brushstrokes. The painting shows a figure agonizing on the ground that continues to receive beatings and floggings of all kinds, representing Christ; his face is crucified in a loquacious expression of pain, he turns his eyes to heaven as if to invoke God, but at the same time those same eyes admonish the wickedness and arrogance inherent in humanity. Christ has one hand resting on the ground in the act of holding himself, while the other takes a completely unnatural stance against the barren ground. His body appears hardened to wanting to parry the blows, his legs are curled up on his knees as he takes kicks from the soldier above him. Christ is depicted pinned down from the neck with a very large and strong black iron bolt held by the other soldier. The soldier on the right in the foreground wears a one-shoulder tunic with an orange tunic and blue pants. On his feet he wears gray shoes, at his waist he has a belt with an iron helmet...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Brass nautical compass signed DIRIGO Eugen M. Sherman Seattle USA 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical compass on gimbal signed DIRIGO Eugen M. Sherman Seattle USA 1920s, mounted on custom-made walnut and brass board. Eight-twenty rose complete with protractor circle. The com...
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1920s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Compass by hand magnetic sensing, signed Henry Browne & Son early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Compass by hand magnetic sensing, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel Made in England, No. 6162/B Barking & London early 1900s Height 25 cm - inches 9.8, compass diameter 10.5 ...
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Early 1900s Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Boatswain's whistle in brass and copper English manufacture of the 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
Boatswain's whistle made of brass and copper English manufacture of the 1920s, on the sides anchor. Length 13.x2.5x1.8 cm - inches 5.3x0.8x0.7. Good condition. This type of whistle i...
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1920s Vintage Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Cigar Box
By Giordano Viganò
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant cigar box in ebony Macassar wood, with its distinctive dark brown stripes, is decorated with horn accents around its perimeter. The lid is linke...
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2010s Italian Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ebony, Animal Skin, Wood

Cigar Box
Cigar Box
$15,583 / item
Spyglass round section brass and leather focus 3 extensions 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Round-section brass telescope with leather-covered handle and three-extension focus, complete with sunshade extension and dust cover tabs. English manufacture of the mid-19th centur...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Brass and leather round section telescope focusing at 3 extensions 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Round-section brass telescope with leather-covered handle and three-extension focus. English manufacture of the second half of the 19th century. Good condition, some signs of wear o...
Category

1870s Antique Milan - Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games

Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.

Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This

French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.

Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors

The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.

Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier

Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.

Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure

Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.

Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch

Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.

What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?

The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.

Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane

This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.

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