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Two Iron-bladed Timber Tools
Lot: 539Sold for: $37$30Two Iron-bladed Timber Tools, 19th century, used for removal of bark, lg. 20 to 24 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...
French Truffle Adze or Axe
Lot: 540Sold for: $492$400French Truffle Adze or Axe, 18th/19th century, wrought iron blade with fruitwood handle, lg. 25 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...
Two 19th Century Block Planes
Lot: 541Sold for: $461$375Two 19th Century Block Planes, Stanley type 1 #110 Non-Adjustable Block Plane, and an unmarked plane, lg. 7 1/2 in. more ...
19th Century Rounding-up Tool and a Bench Vise
Lot: 542Sold for: $369$30019th Century Rounding-up Tool and a Bench Vise, brass and steel rounding-up tool with a 6-in. spoked wheel mounted to a mahogany base, and an iron vise with rotating jaw that is guided along a more ...
Salesman's Sample or Patent Model of a Moldboard Plow
Lot: 543Sold for: $677$550Salesman's Sample or Patent Model of a Moldboard Plow, 19th/20th century, cast iron and bentwood frame, lg. 28 in. more ...
Swedish Field Telegraph Attributed to L.M. Ericsson
Lot: 544Sold for: $523$425Swedish Field Telegraph Attributed to L.M. Ericsson, c. 1900, three-ply mahogany base with brass plates, and glass housing surrounding the key-wind spring barrel mechanism, dual coils, bell, and more ...
Paint-decorated Nautical-themed Chest of Drawers
Lot: 545Sold for: $523$425Paint-decorated Nautical-themed Chest of Drawers, 19th and 20th century, fully decorated chest of two over three drawers, ht. 32, wd. 36, dp. 16 1/2 in. more ...
Pair of Thomas Lamb Bentwood Steamer Chairs
Lot: 546Sold for: $308$250Pair of Thomas Lamb Bentwood Steamer Chairs, Canada, 20th century, with original canvas cushions, and assembly directions, wd. 29 in. more ...
Brass Porthole Occasional Table
Lot: 547Sold for: $277$225Brass Porthole Occasional Table, 20th century, 23-in. dia. porthole attached to a laminated and turned mahogany base, ht. 22 in. more ...
Laminated Half-hull Model
Lot: 548Sold for: $1,169$950Laminated Half-hull Model, 19th century, 50-in. model mounted to a green painted edge molded board, paper label on back reads in part: "Waterline Bench Model/Four Masted Schooner," with more ...
Dr. Louis Auzoux Full Body Medical Teaching Model
Lot: 549Sold for: $11,070$9,000Dr. Louis Auzoux Full Body Medical Teaching Model, France, c. 1847, papier-mâché anatomical model of a full figure, designed to be dismantled and reassembled, showing internal anatomy with labeled more ...
Auzoux Papier-mache Anatomical Model of a Heart
Lot: 550Sold for: $615$500Auzoux Papier-mache Anatomical Model of a Heart, Paris, 20th century, paint-decorated model with numbered components of the heart to correspond with a study chart, ht. 9 in. more ...
Paint-decorated Two-part Composition Anatomical Head
Lot: 551Sold for: $677$550Paint-decorated Two-part Composition Anatomical Head, c. 1900, two-part teaching tool showing the structure and musculature of the human head, mounted to a black-painted base, ht. 12 in. more ...
19th Century Plaster Phrenology Bust
Lot: 552Sold for: $1,968$1,60019th Century Plaster Phrenology Bust, delicately rendered life-size painted plaster bust with incised divisions of the cranium, each section labeled with numerals, base reading "Phrenology," ht. 13 more ...
Josef Leiter Ophthalmo Phantome Head
Lot: 553Sold for: $3,075$2,500Josef Leiter Ophthalmo Phantome Head, Vienna, Austria, first quarter 20th century, Bakelite "Phantom" head with coil spring eyes with adjustment screws mounted to a steel bracket for tilt adjustment more ...
L.N. Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head
Lot: 554Sold for: $800$650L.N. Fowler Ceramic Phrenology Head, London, England, 19th century, cranium divided by ink lines into areas representing the sentiments, with maker's title on the front and his inscription on the more ...
Carved Wood Phrenology Head
Lot: 555Sold for: $5,535$4,500Carved Wood Phrenology Head, New England, life-size painted and carved wood bust with incised labeled regions of the cranium, eyes painted brown, and mounted to a mahogany cove-molded base, ht. 12 more ...
Hand-painted Cross-section Model of a Head
Lot: 556Sold for: $800$650Hand-painted Cross-section Model of a Head, Wilh. Schluter/Naturwissenschaftliches/Hae--a. Saale, life-size plaster head with cross sections of the brain, spinal cord, and sinuses, mounted to an more ...
Rubber Anatomical Model of a Heart
Lot: 557Sold for: $1,353$1,100Rubber Anatomical Model of a Heart, early 20th century, dyed and painted model with hinged portions and numbered components, mounted to a turned wood stand, ht. 14 in. Note: Rear of the heart is more ...
Dr. Louis Auzoux Medical Teaching Model of a Head
Lot: 558Sold for: $2,460$2,000Dr. Louis Auzoux Medical Teaching Model of a Head, France, mid-19th century, papier-mâché anatomical model designed to be dismantled and reassembled, showing internal anatomy with labeled parts, more ...
Charles Pickman Ceramic Phrenology Bust
Lot: 559Sold for: $2,583$2,100Charles Pickman Ceramic Phrenology Bust, Seville, Spain, c. 1850, life-size bust with labeled regions of the cranium reading in Spanish, marked "Cubi, del Picazo esculturo/Cartuja Sevilla," ht. 15 more ...
C.F.H. Heineman Lacquered Brass Craniometer
Lot: 560Sold for: $12,300$10,000C.F.H. Heineman Lacquered Brass Craniometer, Braunschweig, Germany, late 19th century, central weighted turned brass column engraved on the bottom as above, with opposing 11-in. dia. horizontal and more ...
Naturalist-type Microscope
Lot: 561Sold for: $369$300Naturalist-type Microscope, 19th century, turned brass shaft with wooden handle, and specimen holder, housed in the original leather-wrapped case, lg. 5 in. more ...
Two Entomological Simple Microscopes
Lot: 562Sold for: $615$500Two Entomological Simple Microscopes, England, 18th/19th century, one with hinged arms with a channel bar that carries the movable spike/forceps, the compass-type microscope with black/white stage, more ...
Rare No. 1 Waterhouse "Museum Microscope,"
Lot: 563Sold for: $523$425Rare No. 1 Waterhouse "Museum Microscope," W. Watson & Sons Ltd. monocular microscope with brass plaque on base reading "No. 1 Waterhouse Museum Microscope/W. Watson & Sons Ltd./313 High Holborn, more ...
Charles Chevalier Universal Achromatic Microscope
Lot: 564UnsoldCharles Chevalier Universal Achromatic Microscope, c. 1840, with horizontal main tube, square pillar with stage platform for accepting either of the two stages, one with X/Y adjustments, and more ...
19th Century Stanley Portable Slide-making Kit
Lot: 565Sold for: $369$30019th Century Stanley Portable Slide-making Kit, Bridge Street, London, fitted mahogany case with hinged lid and front panel, damascened brass table, mahogany and brass turntable with plaque reading more ...
Simple Dissecting Microscope
Lot: 566Sold for: $277$225Simple Dissecting Microscope, F.E. Becker & Co., Hatton Wall, London, 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with a 5 1/2-in. dia. stage and inset black glass rack-and-pinion eyepiece adjustment, more ...
Collection of 19th/20th Century Microscope Slides
Lot: 567Sold for: $338$275Collection of 19th/20th Century Microscope Slides, slide preparation kits, slide cases, and slides. more ...
Excelsior Pocket and Dissecting Microscope
Lot: 568Sold for: $615$500Excelsior Pocket and Dissecting Microscope, 19th century, wooden case with sliding lid in which the pillar folds up to accept the lenses, and stage, mirror housed in case bottom, and two dissecting more ...
Portable 19th Century Slide-making Kit
Lot: 569Sold for: $461$375Portable 19th Century Slide-making Kit, England, fitted mahogany case with hinged lid and lower spring-operated drawer, mahogany and brass turntable, six boxwood-topped bottles, and accessories, ht. more ...
Two Simple Case-mounted Microscopes
Lot: 570Sold for: $338$275Two Simple Case-mounted Microscopes, England, lacquered brass scopes with round pillars, rack-and-pinion adjustable stages, and gimbaled mirrors, both mounted to mahogany boxes, ht. 9 in. when more ...
Three Early Insectoscope Microscopes
Lot: 571Sold for: $246$200Three Early Insectoscope Microscopes, one with a stationary lens, one with a screw-mount lens, and the other with manual adjustment lens, dia. 1 1/2 to 2 in. more ...
Three Naturalist's Magnifiers
Lot: 572Sold for: $369$300Three Naturalist's Magnifiers, 19th century, lacquered brass frames with adjustable threaded eyepieces, one with wheels, 1-in. dia. lenses. more ...
Quekett-type Dissecting Portable Microscope
Lot: 573Sold for: $677$550Quekett-type Dissecting Portable Microscope, 19th century, damascened surface with two hold-downs, dovetailed pillar attachment with, rack-and-pinion X/Y focusing, and mirror below, table ht. 3 3/4 more ...
Three Simple Field Microscopes
Lot: 574Sold for: $369$300Three Simple Field Microscopes, unmarked lacquered brass instruments, each with circular base with hinged folding pillars, mirrors, and square stages, two with their original velvet-lined cases, ht. more ...
Eight Early Magnifier Scopes
Lot: 575Sold for: $308$250Eight Early Magnifier Scopes, brass-cased instruments with manual lens adjustments, ht. 1 to 5 in. more ...
Henry Crouch Lacquered Brass Binocular Microscope and Compendium
Lot: 576Sold for: $923$750Henry Crouch Lacquered Brass Binocular Microscope and Compendium, London, second half 19th century, tubes signed in script "H & W Crouch/Regents Canal Dock London/151," eyepieces with rackwork more ...
Two 19th Century Botanical Microscopes
Lot: 577Sold for: $400$325Two 19th Century Botanical Microscopes, lacquered brass instruments, both with adjustable square pillars, rack-and-pinion stages, one mounted to a circular screw base, the other a collapsible more ...
Two Multifaceted Kaleidoscope Viewers
Lot: 578Sold for: $62$50Two Multifaceted Kaleidoscope Viewers, probably England, 19th century, a turned boxwood example with 1 1/4-in. dia. objective, and a faceted exterior brass example, ht. 1 1/4 and 2 1/2 in. more ...
Three Acorn-type Microscopes
Lot: 579Sold for: $1,046$850Three Acorn-type Microscopes, 18th/19th century, two brass examples with screw-mount bodies, one complete with small round lens, prick, and interior magnifier, the other lacking lens, and prick, more ...
Gould-type Field Microscope
Lot: 580Sold for: $338$275Gould-type Field Microscope, Cary, London, 19th century, blue velvet-lined mahogany box with screw mount attached to front edge for receiving the rackwork pillar signed "Cary London," three-lens more ...
Carl Zeiss Jena Pocket Microscope
Lot: 581Sold for: $369$300Carl Zeiss Jena Pocket Microscope, retailed by Devaux, opticians, chrome-plated scope marked as above, with three interchangeable eyepieces that lock onto the adjustable pillar, base with a 1 more ...
J.A. de Luc-type Hygrometer
Lot: 582Sold for: $215$175J.A. de Luc-type Hygrometer, 19th century, brass frame with silvered engraved circular scale reading 0-100, with spring, pointer, and pulley, housed in the original velvet-lined sharkskin case, lg. more ...
Two French 19th Century Hygrometers
Lot: 583Sold for: $123$100Two French 19th Century Hygrometers, a silvered brass example with needle lock down, signed "Hygrometer Selon Saufsave/Rue de Jardinet No. 2 Paris," with thermometer -20-60; the other signed more ...
Two French Hygrometers
Lot: 584Sold for: $62$50Two French Hygrometers, a cased and signed "L. Golaz a Paris" hygrometer with silvered scale, and one in wood and brass, both with scales 0-100, lg. 9 1/2 and 11 in. more ...
J.M. Bryson Cased Hygrometer
Lot: 585Sold for: $123$100J.M. Bryson Cased Hygrometer, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19th century, double silvered scale reading as above, brass mounting bracket screwed to the 2 1/2-in. dia. turned brass base, housed in the more ...
F. Meyers & Co. Brass Balance Scale
Lot: 586Sold for: $154$125F. Meyers & Co. Brass Balance Scale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century, turned brass column with arm engraved "F. Meyers/Phila.," with two 8-in. pans, ht. 24 in. more ...
Curta Type I Calculator
Lot: 587Sold for: $738$600Curta Type I Calculator, no. 46460, eight digits for data entry or "setting slides," six-digit revolution counter, eleven-digit result counter, bottom marked in part "Made in Liechtenstein by more ...
Three Pocket Compasses
Lot: 588Sold for: $246$200Three Pocket Compasses, late 19th and early 20th century, all with folding sights and silvered engraved dials, including a mahogany-cased example with an engraved scale on bottom, and rotating more ...
Cary Clinometer or Sighting Scope
Lot: 589Sold for: $215$175Cary Clinometer or Sighting Scope, London, 19th century, lacquered brass hinged bubble level mounted to an arch with scale from 0-90, lg. 5 in. more ...
Two Diminutive 19th Century Demonstration Radius Needles
Lot: 590Sold for: $123$100Two Diminutive 19th Century Demonstration Radius Needles, both with lacquered brass base, silvered engraved wheels, and pointers, one in its original velvet-lined case, ht. 4 in. more ...
Four De Lisle's Reflecting Clinometers
Lot: 591Sold for: $123$100Four De Lisle's Reflecting Clinometers, 19th and 20th century, one miniature lacquered brass example signed "Baker/London," housed in the original velvet-lined case, and another marked "Palmer," more ...
Two Combination Clinometer/Compass Instruments and a Field Compass
Lot: 592Sold for: $246$200Two Combination Clinometer/Compass Instruments and a Field Compass, 19th/20th century, an unsigned 3-in. dia. cased clinometer, and a 2 1/2-in. dia. Stanley example, with a 2 1/2-in. silvered more ...
Miniature Electric Model
Lot: 593Sold for: $615$500Miniature Electric Model, late 19th century, 5-in. lg. model with geared rear wheels, central steel conductive wheel, and dual wrapped coils. more ...
Two Diminutive Stationary Model Engines
Lot: 594Sold for: $308$250Two Diminutive Stationary Model Engines, 3-in. dia. flywheel with coiled brass piston housings, and a stem model marked on base "Erster Dieselmotor Der welt/Gebaut 1897 von der Maschinenfabrik more ...
E. Bourdon Cased Manometer
Lot: 595Sold for: $369$300E. Bourdon Cased Manometer, 74 Faubourg de Temple, Paris, 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with silvered dial under the domed glass reading "Manometer Metallique De E. Bourdon Brevete," with more ...
Two 19th Century Melloni Thermopiles
Lot: 596Sold for: $215$175Two 19th Century Melloni Thermopiles, unmarked, lacquered brass instruments, one with a hinged column and cover, ht. 8 in. more ...
Two Clinometers
Lot: 597Sold for: $185$150Two Clinometers, an unmarked lacquered brass instrument with folding sights, bubble level, and rack-and-pinion horizontal adjustment, and a hinged anodized brass instrument marked "Queen & Co. more ...
Two Lacquered Brass Westphal Apparatuses
Lot: 598Sold for: $111$90Two Lacquered Brass Westphal Apparatuses, unsigned instruments with weighted scale arm and central pillar, one with colorless glass tube and sinker weight, ht. 8 in. more ...
Magdeburg-style Hemisphere
Lot: 599Sold for: $246$200Magdeburg-style Hemisphere, France, 19th century, turned lacquered brass hemisphere, with stopcock engraved "Chinoe(?) 8 R. Berthollet Paris," ht. 8 in. more ...
S. Plossl & Co. Heliostat
Lot: 600Sold for: $2,829$2,300S. Plossl & Co. Heliostat, Vienna, 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with mirror, vertical 2 1/4-in. dia. silvered scale divided 0-180-0, three point adjustable feet mounted to base marked more ...
Two Lacquered Brass Clinometers
Lot: 601Sold for: $154$125Two Lacquered Brass Clinometers, France, 19th century, teardrop-shaped instruments with folding sighting vanes, the smaller engraved "Bellieni a Nancy," the larger with engraved scales on top plate more ...
Two Watkins Exposure Meters
Lot: 602Sold for: $123$100Two Watkins Exposure Meters, early 20th century, one in lacquered brass, engraved on end cap "Watkins Exposure Meter/Patent/R. Fields & Co./Birmingham," the other in chrome-plate engraved "Watkins more ...
Declination and Inclination Demonstration Needle
Lot: 603Sold for: $215$175Declination and Inclination Demonstration Needle, 19th century, 5-in. dia. hinged silvered scale with central compass needle above the geared adjustment knob that rotates the central pillar with more ...
Negretti & Zambra Crystal Goniometers
Lot: 604Sold for: $5,228$4,250Negretti & Zambra Crystal Goniometers, London, with crystal mounting arm, 4-in. dia. brass disc with engraved outer edge scale engraved as above, mounted to a mahogany base, ht. 7 in. more ...
Two Improved Galvanometers
Lot: 605Sold for: $308$250Two Improved Galvanometers, England, 19th century, each with turned mahogany base, adjustable feet, suspended needles above the dials, and coils, both with colorless glass domes, one marked on base more ...
Unmarked 19th Century Sighting Instrument
Lot: 606Sold for: $308$250Unmarked 19th Century Sighting Instrument, probably England, triangular base with central bubble level, vertical half circle scale divided 0-90, pivoting sighting arm rides along scale with vernier more ...
19th Century Diminutive Brass Circumferentor
Lot: 607Sold for: $1,169$95019th Century Diminutive Brass Circumferentor, France, 6-in. dia. spoked frame with outer engraved scale marked 0-360, inner scale divided in four quadrants, four stationary vanes, center compass more ...
19th Century Lacquered Brass Altazimuth Theodolite
Lot: 608Sold for: $492$40019th Century Lacquered Brass Altazimuth Theodolite, probably England, 10-in. scope above the pierced central hinged frame with scale divided 0-80 on one side and multiple scales on the other, with more ...
19th Century Diminutive Lacquered Brass Spectroscope
Lot: 609Sold for: $400$32519th Century Diminutive Lacquered Brass Spectroscope, Laurent Succ'r do Soleil, 21 Rue di L'oden, Paris, 4-in. dia. horizontal scale engraved as above, stationary scope, and a rotating scope, and more ...
Goldschid-form Pocket Barometer
Lot: 610UnsoldGoldschid-form Pocket Barometer, Switzerland, late 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with inset thermometer, and engraved "Th. Usteri-Reinacher/Zurich/No. 1859" on the rotating silvered scale more ...
Smeeth's Transit Protractor and a Quadrant
Lot: 611Sold for: $369$300Smeeth's Transit Protractor and a Quadrant, protractor arm marked "Smeeth's Transit Protractor/Mark I/Sole Makers/Negretti & Zambra/London," with folding sights, trough level, scale, and mirror; the more ...
19th Century Sound Siren and Fire Piston Instruments
Lot: 612Sold for: $215$17519th Century Sound Siren and Fire Piston Instruments, A.L. Robbins Co., Chicago, Illinois, mounted brass siren with engraved dual dials on the upper plate, and pierced sound rotating disc, with more ...
Two 19th Century Quadrant Needles
Lot: 613Sold for: $123$100Two 19th Century Quadrant Needles, Europe, unmarked, lacquered brass tri-foot instrument with squat central pillar, engraved scale divided 60-90-60 with iron needle, and a cast iron decorated base more ...
Three 19th Century Demonstration Apparatuses
Lot: 614Sold for: $338$275Three 19th Century Demonstration Apparatuses, all lacquered brass instruments, one engraved "E. Ducrete a Paris," with two shut-off valves and viewing window, ht. 9 to 10 in. more ...
Wheatstone's Photometer by Secretan
Lot: 615Sold for: $246$200Wheatstone's Photometer by Secretan, Paris, 19th century, 1 3/4-in. dia. lacquered brass drum with geared reduction linkage, engraved on side in script "Secretan a Paris," with hand-crank below, more ...
Elliott Bros. Diminutive Demonstration Gyroscope
Lot: 616Sold for: $554$450Elliott Bros. Diminutive Demonstration Gyroscope, London, 19th century, oval baseplate engraved as above, central weighted gimbaled ring with engraved scale divided 0-40-0 with knife-edge at the more ...
18th Century French Electrometer
Lot: 617Sold for: $246$20018th Century French Electrometer, brass-mounted colorless glass bottle with suspended straw indicators, etched scale on face of bottle, ht. 5 1/2 in. Literature: A similar example is found in more ...
Two 19th Century Gauges
Lot: 618Sold for: $369$300Two 19th Century Gauges, Netherlands and London, a 4 1/2-in. lacquered brass quadrant with engraved scale divided 0-40-0, blued needle, engraved "T. Van Pelt/Breda," with two steel edges; the second more ...
Schmalcalder Patent Dip Circle and an Unmarked Prismatic Compass
Lot: 619Sold for: $615$500Schmalcalder Patent Dip Circle and an Unmarked Prismatic Compass, London, 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with 6-in. sight with fine adjustment knobs, and sunshades, bubble level, 3-in. more ...
19th Century Lacquered-brass Surveyor's Sight
Lot: 620Sold for: $123$10019th Century Lacquered-brass Surveyor's Sight, drum-shaped body with silvered scale, sight with balance weight suspended from the end plate cover with wood handle, two viewing windows, lower more ...
Three 19th Century Pocket Range Finders
Lot: 621UnsoldThree 19th Century Pocket Range Finders, two Weldon finders in brass cases, one engraved "Weldon Range Finder Patent" with rotating center sight, the other engraved "Weldon Range Finder" on one side more ...
Two 19th Century Lacquered Brass Instruments
Lot: 622Sold for: $461$375Two 19th Century Lacquered Brass Instruments, German angle finder with radius scale from 0-50, adjustable bubble level with vernier end, engraved on front plate and rear plate reads "W. more ...
Two Demonstration Gyroscopes
Lot: 623Sold for: $861$700Two Demonstration Gyroscopes, 19th century, lacquered brass instruments, one engraved at base "T. Cooke & Sons/York & London," with gimbaled outer rings and horizontal central disc, the other a 5 more ...
Seven 19th Century Spectroscopes
Lot: 624Sold for: $738$600Seven 19th Century Spectroscopes, London, lacquered brass instruments, five marked "John Browning," two with stands, an unmarked one, and a R. & J. Beck "Thorp's D.V. Diffraction Spectroscope," five more ...
Norremberg Polariscope
Lot: 625Sold for: $461$375Norremberg Polariscope, 19th century, lacquered brass frame with two pillars and two rings, each with engraved scales, center ring with rotating clear glass disc, and rotating rectangular frame more ...
Cary Telescoping Paraffin Lamp
Lot: 626Sold for: $215$175Cary Telescoping Paraffin Lamp, lacquered brass four-draw screw-mount, and collapsible scope marked "Cary London" above the pierced or vented lamp, ht. closed 7 1/2 in. more ...
Two Laboratory Lamps
Lot: 627Sold for: $338$275Two Laboratory Lamps, 19th century, mahogany-cased paraffin lamp, and a German manufactured gas lamp, ht. 13 1/2 and 15 in. more ...
Two 19th Century Hypsometers
Lot: 628Sold for: $185$150Two 19th Century Hypsometers, England, one marked "L. Casella/Makers to the Admiralty & Ordnance/London" with two-draw scope, the other unmarked with three-draw scope, both with collapsible tri-foot more ...