• Home>
  • Catalogue
    • (Page 23)

Archives

20 Oct

Maritime: Superb early-19th-Century Sail Maker’s Seam Rubber

By
Comments Off on Maritime: Superb early-19th-Century Sail Maker’s Seam Rubber
“Museum quality” is a term used much too casually in the antiques business but what we have here certainly qualifies for that accolade.   The images show a  very fine early 19th-century carved ebony seam rubber , the top and sides of the handle with  expressive faces. The owner’s monogram (“R.W.”) is on the rubbing blade. Rubbers of this type were used for flattening seams on sails in preparation for sewing. This rubber was acquired in  The Netherlands some Read More...
22 Sep

Förster’s Diaphragm by H.E. Holst of Copenhagen

By
Comments Off on Förster’s Diaphragm by H.E. Holst of Copenhagen
Förster’s Diaphragm by  H.E. Holst of Copenhagen.  Read More...
14 Jun

DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN’S SOLAR MICROSCOPE, 1781

By
Comments Off on DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN’S SOLAR MICROSCOPE, 1781
DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN’S SOLAR MICROSCOPE, 1781   “Descrizione ed uso di un microscopio solare per gli oggetti opachi di Beniamino Martin”   From: Scelta di Opuscoli Interessanti tradotti in varie lingue, Vol. X (Milan, 1781), in-4° (25cms) 317-322, 1 large folding plate (32×28.5cms) with the solar microscope (in section) and enlargement of worms. Bound in modern boards.   A rare pamphlet illustrating in each part the construction of the Benjamin Martin’s solar microscope.     Read More...
13 May

H. van Roonhuyse, heel-konstige Aanmerkingen, 1663

By
Comments Off on H. van Roonhuyse, heel-konstige Aanmerkingen, 1663
Hendrick van Roonhuyse – Remarks on Medicine and Surgery – Published in Amsterdam, by the widow of Theunis Jacobsz. Lootsman, on ‘t Water, in the Loots-man, Anno 1663 – Bound in parchment, size 16 x 10 x 4 cm, 3 volumes in 1 binding. Part 1: 157 pages with 5 engravings (4 full page, including 1 frontispiece) with index, 1st edition Part 2: pages 159 to 258, the Art of Healing and Surgery, second part with index. Part 3: Read More...
11 Dec

An extremely rare and antique Italian straitjacket

By
Comments Off on An extremely rare and antique Italian straitjacket
An extremely rare and antique (early 1900’s) straitjacket from the Italian asylum “San Salvi”, in Florence. Established in 1890 the San Salvi has been closed in 1978. Thejacket is in perfect condition, numbered “34” (some pics of almost identical jackets from an Italian museum) Read More...
24 Aug

Beautiful 19th century Italian Surveyors compass signed “Verno fece Milano 1811”

By
Comments Off on Beautiful 19th century Italian Surveyors compass signed “Verno fece Milano 1811”
Beautiful 19th century  Italian  Surveyors  compass  signed  “Verno fece Milano 1811”  I was not able to find information about this Italian maker.This kind of compass is part of the instrument called : “Pretorian table after one of its presumed inventors, Johannes Praetorius (1537-1616). Composed of a horizontal table mounted on a tripod and fitted with a compass, shadow square, scale of degrees, and alidade. The user could plot the position angles of the sighted locations directly onto a sheet Read More...
© 2025 Fleaglass. All Rights Reserved.