Scandalli Accordeon Italy XX Century - Italy, first half of the twentieth century

Paolo Soprani Bakelite Accordion 120 Bass

Paolo Soprani accordion, 120 bass in bakelite with a decor which imitates the mother-of-pearl.

Telescope Diopter Brass Italy XX Century

Italy, Early XX Century

Early 20th century brass telescope diopter. Alidade composed of a flat rod, called rule, at the ends of which two pinnulae rise hinged; equipped with metric scale, compass, spirit level and distance metric collimator telescope.

Mechanical Harpoon Towing Log Brass Porcelain ENgland 19th Century

T. WALKER'S Patent HARPOON SHIP LOG A.2.

Mechanical harpoon towing log/"Harpoon towing log" model A2, made of brass and porcelain, without stabiliser, fitted with three dials on the porcelain panel, of which the first records miles up to 100, the second records units up to 10 miles, the third records quarter miles. The four rotor blades are stamped with the anchor motif and the initials T.W. The design details and features suggest a production date around 1880.

Telescope Diopter Brass Europe XIX-XX Century

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Telescope diopter made of brass, composed of a movable graduated ruler, small compass with wind rose on the base, distance collimator telescope, vertical graduated circle and spirit level placed on the top of the telescope.

Brass Microscope England 19th Century

“F. W. Morgan Optician Manchester”

Brass microscope signed on de base "F.W. Morgan Optical Manchester".

Vintage Scandalli Accordion 34/75 Bakelite Italy 1950s

Italy, 1950s

Bakelite accordion 34 keys and 75 bass with leather strap. Metal manufacturer's mark on the front.

Antique Heliocentric Planetarium Europe XIX Century

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Planetarium consisting of a gilded brass base, equipped with seven brass arms, on which the wooden planets are grafted, accompanied by their satellites; the larger solar globe is in ivory. The planetarium can be placed in the first half of the nineteenth century, that is, before the discovery of Neptune (1846) and its identification as the eighth planet.

Sextant Brass Europe XX Century

Sextant with brass frame, vernier with adjustment screw, three colored filters for the fixed mirror and three for the mobile one, aiming telescope.

Antique Barograph Wilson & Sharp Edinburgh Early '900s Wood

Scotland, Early XX Century

Barograph Wilson & Sharp Edinburgh.

Stanley London Geodesy Graphometer With Compass London 20th Century

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Brass geodesy graphometer, signed "Stanley London", with compass whose bottom is engraved with a compass rose indicating the 4 cardinal points and a broken bubble level. It has an inverted double diopter, as a goal for the fixed reference point, in the lower part. Another movable diopter with reading nonius in the fixed goniometer, the latter having a scale from 0 to 180° and from 180° to 0, indicated from 10° to 10°, semi-circular shape. Contained in a walnut box.

Galloni Dental Technician Parallelometer Mid XX Century Iron Brass

Italy, Mid XX Century ca

Galloni Dental Technician Parallelometer.

Brass and Mahogany Sextant England 19th Century

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Sextant with brass frame, vernier with adjusting screw and microscope for reading, three coloured filters for the fixed mirror, four for the mobile mirror. Marked "P. & G. Mattei Cardiff".