Antique Violin with Case Europe Early XX Century - Europe Early 1900s

Scotland, Early XX Century

Barograph Wilson & Sharp Edinburgh.

"Franciscu"

Gilded brass leveling square signed "Franciscu".

Italy, Mid XX Century ca

Galloni Dental Technician Parallelometer.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900, 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Gilded brass monocular with extensible bosy; the end is enamelled and decorated with gilded phitomorphic gyrals.

Germany Early 1900s

German-made violin marketed in Italy by Antonio Monzino. Dealer label inside. Coeval bow and case.

Italy, first half of the twentieth century

Scandalli 96 Bass Accordion. Contemporary case.

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

Italy, Mid '900 ca

Distiller, scientific laboratory instrument presented in a coeval beech wood case.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Brass alidade for a praetorian tablet, consisting of a flat rod, called a ruler, at the ends of which two pinnules with a pin for locking are hinged. Contained in an original leather and suede case on the inside.

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

"Canivet a Paris"

Level and square set with golden brass wire, signed “Canivet a Paris”. On the instrument there are also the inscriptions “6 p de France / Nelle Mesure”.

"Butterfield a Paris"

Leveller set square with plumb line, in gilded brass, signed “Butterfield a Paris”; there also is the inscription "pouces de Roy". Michael Butterfield (1635-1724) was an English watchmaker who moved to Paris around 1663, where he worked at the royal court and was appointed engineer by Louis XIV. He opened a shop of precision instruments, and specialized, in particular, in the production of sundials. Among his main customers is the Tsar Peter the Great, who also visited the workshop in 1717.