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Armoured medical corset for scoliosis, steel ribs and uprights, laced at the back. This type of corset is made of a plaster cast. The manufacturer’s name is engraved on the front. Signed “C. PEGE / ANGERS”, 1930-1940, cast ironwork and leather. The model is in very good condition with the footnote that it is mounted on a modern wrought iron support. Dimensions: Height of 37 cm, based on 56 cm. Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

01 Aug

Luer wooden cheek retractor, circa 1861

By Le Zograscope

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A very rare “cheek retractor” after the model invented by Luer around 1860-1861. Our model is made of wood and is not signed. Was it a demonstration model or were all retractors made of wood? We have not been able to find any other examples. According to the publications of the time, the cheek retractor was intended to “facilitate the exploration of the internal part of the cheeks and mouth”. This instrument, which does not seem to have had great success, Read More...

01 Aug

Aluminum and ebonite stethoscope, circa 1920

By Le Zograscope

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A heart stethoscope made of aluminum with a detachable ebonite plate. The instrument is French and dates from the 1910s-1920s. The stethoscope measures 15.3cm in length and the ebonite plate 6.3cm in diameter. Very good condition. Read More...

25 Jul

Silver Butterfield dial by Langlois, Paris in green shagreen case.

By Hansord Antiques

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A fine example of a silver Butterfield type sundial in the original green shagreen case. The finely engraved dial has Premier cadran (first dial) engraved with the city names and latitudes on the back. This is the only example I have seen in a green shagreen case with silver catches both still there. Piere Langlois was a very good maker and this dial dates to around 1740 Read More...

17 Jul

French Surveying Circle whole signed Gourdin à Paris C 1770 or Dutch Circle

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Whole Circle Or Dutch Circle Signed Gourdin In Paris C.1770″ Beautiful entire circle or Dutch geometry circle Pierre Gourdin active in 1771 and successor of Jean Baptiste Nicolas Bion, son of the famous manufacturer of scientific instruments Nicolas Bion Address: ‘Au Quart de Cercle’, Quai de l’Horloge 32. The entire circle was first described by Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) in 1533 in her work Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione. Equipped with a compass, this instrument would later be called a “Dutch Read More...

17 Jul

FRENCH CHART OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS

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SHIPPING BY FEDEX, DHL, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: michaelread060@gmail.com Read More...

15 Jun

French Delamarche geocentric armillary sphere

By Van Leest Antiques

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A French unsigned Delamarche geocentric armillary sphere, around 1800. These types of armillary spheres are also referred to as Ptolemaic and are made to the vision that the earth was the centre of the universe. The globe is made of a structure of wooden rings (armille) which are placed in horizontal positions to represent from north to south: the circle of the Northern Arctic Pole, the Tropic of Cancer, the equinoctial line or Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn and finally Read More...

14 Jun

Hourglass in straw marquetry made in France circa 1720

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Hourglass in straw marquetry with geometric decorations on the hexagonal bases and around the rim. Rounded side openings. One bubble glass flask with two bulbs, one with 2 bulbs. Joint in fabric covered with threads partially gilded, and sand in eggshell. Dimensions : height of 15 cm x diameter of 6.2 cm. France circa 1720. Read More...

11 Jun

Charming Surveying Graphometer Clerget Au Butterfield Paris C 1750

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Charming Surveying Graphometer signed Clerget Au Butterfield a Paris C 1750 A BRASS GRAPHOMETER, circa 1750 sign. CLERGET PARIS AU BUTTERFIELD. The protractor engraved with 2 grade scales 0-180. Central compass box with wind rose, directions, blued-steel needle and graduated around the edge. Base and alidades with upright sights, ball for ball-and-socket mounting, Dimensions 23 cm. GRAPHOMETER, Paris, um 1750. Sign. CLERGET PARIS AU BUTTERFIELD. Very lovely floral engraving . Read More...

08 Jun

Museum inclining Meridian finder and sundial invented by Julien Leroy signed By Jacques Lemaire 1746

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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A rare sundial invented by Julien Le Roy signed by Jacques Lemaire dated 1746. Julien Le Roy was Director of the French Société des Arts in the Early Eighteenth century He work closely with Jacques Lemaire. The sundial is engraved with the latitudes of twenty Europeans cities. Same model in The Greenwich Museum and in The Arts et Métiers Museum. See Daumas Scientific instruments of the 17Th and 18 Th Centuries and their makers. Read More...

03 Jun

An unusual brass clinometer/graphometer, France, early 19th century

By Le Zograscope

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A quite unusual brass French clinometer and/or graphometer with a double rotative balljoint. The instrument is not signed, just bearing by ink, the name “graphometer” on the alidade so the instrument is French from the early 19th century. The brass instrument can be used like a simple clinometer or like a graphometer. Very craft construction. Read More...

30 May

Eighteenth Century Surveying Sighting Level with two sight vanes in original case

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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This brass level has mainplate , mounted with twin sight vanes plus pinole sight. A central leveling tube fitted with liquid- filled clear glass vial. Same model described in detail by Nicolas Bion The level is cased in his original wood box Read More...