Milan Architectural Models

Miniature Wunderkammer Grand Tour architectural model, entirely handmade, in balsa wood and brass, depicting the Tower of Pisa. The bells made of brass are inserted in the final part...

The exclusivity of this collectible walking stick is guaranteed thanks to its stunning sterling silver handle resembling the head of a great Dane. Also available in a brown variant u...

Masterfully handcrafted using artisanal methods, this exclusive walking stick boasts a stunning handgrip in sterling silver shaped like an owl's head rich in meticulous details. Comp...

Shipped in an elegant signature gift box, this exquisite walking stick is characterized by a lavish sterling silver handgrip in the shape of a cat's head that was meticulously inlaid...

A unique addition to a luxurious cane collection, this walking stick features a handgrip made with the antique lost-wax casting technique in sterling s...

Expertly crafted of sterling silver using the lost-wax casting method, this cane's elegant handgrip (around 300 gr. in weight) is fashioned in the shape of a greyhound's slender silh...

This exclusive walking stick is a striking collectible item distinguished by a sterling silver handle (around 150 gr in weight) in the shape of a running puma that is exquisitely cra...

Very rare praetorian tablet in brass and wood signed Cittelli in Milan from the early 19th century. Instrument for tracing and topographical surveying...

Brass clisigonimeter with horizontal circle signed F. Miller Innsbruck n. 115 second half of the 19th century. Complete with accessories and original wooden box. Box size 21 x 19 x 7 cm - 8.2 x 7.5 x 2.8 inches. Excellent condition, fully functional. Topography studies instruments, surveying techniques, calculus and plans to represent graphically in scale a part of the Earth surface on a map, indicating its details like streets, rivers, buildings, cultivations… Topography is one of the most antique...

Brass telescope topographic level, signed firmato F.H Temple Maker Boston made in the second half of the nineteenth century, in original patina and in excellent condition, fully func...

Topographic level signed La Filotecnica Ing. A. Salmoiraghi Milano N. 19971 of burnished brass, from 1930s. In excellent condition and complete with original wood box with brass hinges, accessories and closing hooks. The instrument consists of a telescope, one level, and three adjustment screws. Box size 33 x 18,5 x 21 inches 13 x 7.3 x 8.2. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London. After having stayed and worked in different locations, in Piedmont, in Paris and Florence, Ignazio Porro (1801-1875), well-known scientist, professor of optics, inventor and precursor in the field of wide-angle lenses, settled in Milan and began teaching at Polytechnic. In Milan in 1865 he also founded a school-workshop specialized in the construction of topographic instruments together with Alessandro Duroni, pioneer of Italian photography, with the name of Filotecnica. On the death of Duroni, in 1871, Angelo Salmoiraghi, a pupil of Porro, already a very young soldier during the third war of independence against the Austrians, entered into society with his master and in 1877, after the Porro's death he bought the factory, which took the name of La Filotecnica Ing. A. Salmoiraghi, expanding its product range, producing mathematical instruments for drawing, astronomy, meteorology and navigation; the company builds, among other things, the first Italian sewing machine. During the First World War, it supplied war instruments...

Telescope diopter for praetorian tablet signed Secretan Paris n. 3733 from the early 1900s. Praetorian Tablet: the name derives from Pretorius, a professor in Altdorf, who conceived it in 1590. Used to trace medium and small scale maps, as it allows you to draw in detail and with contour lines in view of the terrain. Missing from the line. Measure cm 20,5 x 10 x 16 – inches 8.15 x 4 x 5.9 Secretan was a manufacturer of scientific instruments founded in Paris in 1845 by the Swiss mathematician Marc Secretan (1804-1867). Topography studies instruments, surveying techniques, calculus and plans to represent graphically in scale a part of the Earth surface on a map, indicating its details like streets, rivers, buildings, cultivations… Topography is one of the most antique science...