Jul 6, 2024
Walking Elephant Automaton by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1900 Starting bid: € 900 | Estimate: € 1.500 – 2.000 With painted leather-covered papier-mâché body, missing tusks, glass eyes, red wool blanket, articulated legs and trunk, stop/start lever and open-spring...
Jul 6, 2024
Copernican Armillary Sphere with Central Orrery, c. 1850 Starting bid: € 1.800 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 France, brass and iron, on an ebonised base, French engraved rings with the signs of the zodiac and months, with central brass solar sphere, three-train...
Jul 6, 2024
Copernican Armillary Sphere with Central Orrery, c. 1820 Starting bid: € 1.800 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 France, brass and wood, with on an ebonised base, horizontal and vertical wooden rings, inscribed in French with “Colure des Equinoxes”,...
Jul 5, 2024
Branley Quadrant Electrometer, 1878 Starting bid: € 1.800 | Estimate: € 3.000 – 5.000 Consisting of a fine metal wire, a very light aluminum foil disc between four fixed brass sectors, a small mirror attached to the bottom of the suspended sector and a brass...
Jul 5, 2024
Bright’s Bell Acoustic Telegraph Sounder, 1855 Starting bid: € 1.800 | Estimate: € 3.000 – 5.000 Invented by Charles Bright, with 2 sounders, galvanometer and double relays, in mahogany superstructure, 15 x 10 x 13 in. -Note: This type of device was used...
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