In addition to the Gallery in Milan, opened in 1999, Antik Arte & Scienza has also had a channel for online sales: on this site it is possible to buy, in fact, nautical antiques, astronomical instruments, globes and antique world maps, antique compasses, measuring instruments, vintage medical instruments and related to natural history. We know how it is important to offer secure and easy on-line purchases and therefore we have decided to offer free shipping and free insurance. All objects have an accurate and safe packaging, and when necessary also a padded wooden box made to measure. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London, and you have 28 days to change your mind and return the bought items (see our general selling conditions for more information about return methods).
1612954878Code 618 Planets platePlate of the distance of the planets “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by F.J. Huntington in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York". The plate shows the orbit of the Moon and the various distances of the planets from the Sun, as well as a small table of the orbits and ellipticals of the primary planets. Good condition, non-coeval frame, some stains and some small cracks. With frame 81.8 x 49.8 cm - 32.2x16.4 inches, thickness 1.5 cm - 0.59 inches.
1621863259Code 6973 Star globeRussian-made star globe from the 1950s, used in navigation for nautical orientation. Complete with graduated celestial meridian cages for calculating arcs in star-based night navigation. In its original wooden box. 25x24.5x26.5 cm - 9.84x9.64x10.43 inches. Very good condition.
1626441995Code 7028 Vintage compassMagnetic compass for nautical detection, of brass, signed Cruchon & Emons Berne n. 67770 of 1918 made for the U.S. Engineer Corps. It is a small compass, diameter 5.3 cm - 2 inches, height 1.8 cm - 0.7 inches; typically used in recreational sailing, therefore on boats less subject to magnetic deviation. It can also be held in the hand and therefore away from the magnetic fields of the boat. It is equipped with a sighting system with sight and an eight-wind goniometric compass card to measure the angle between the line of sight and the north indicated by the magnetic needle. Complete with compass card block. Excellent condition, fully functional.
1626439365Code 7006 Antique sextantBurnished brass sextant signed HEATH & C Ltd New Heltham London SE9, manufacturer of scientific instruments founded in 1845 and active until 1937. HEZZANITH Endless Tangent Screw Autometic Clamp Patent model from the early 1900s, complete with lenses and placed in the its beautiful original box of mahogany wood complete with hinges, closing hooks and brass handle. Flap and vernier of silver, handle of ebony, 3 colored glasses for the fixed mirror and 4 for the mobile one, three telescopes, one of which is long, key for registration, vernier graduated from 0 to 150 °, index and mirror horizon. A label placed inside the lid informs that the instrument was overhauled on 1 January 1932. Box cm 28x26.5 h 14 - inches 11x10.43 h 5.5. Excellent condition, fully functional and complete with base for support made of wood and brass on measure.
14620121181734Code PR52 Racing yacht SibbickOriginal project of racing yacht by C. Sibbick; it is a boat 35.57 feet long with 628 square feet sail area. This boat has a mast very gone down by the bows. Early 1900s. Cm 130x0.2x45 (h) - inches 51.18x0.078x17.71 (h).
1617186590Code 6934 Pond modelPond model made in the early 1900s of a yacht used to navigate lakes. Original masts, rigging and sails, beautiful wooden hull with original paint, leaded keel and rudder, original custom made wooden support. Good condition, some tears in the sails. Length 65 cm - 25.59 inches, height 82 cm - 32.28 inches, width 10.5 cm - 4.13 inches.
1627650519Code 7042 Antique propellerWalnut multilayer lamellar propeller with brass side reinforcements and hub with 6 holes, mounted on FIAT A 50 aircraft engine, for Caproni Ca 100 single-engine two-seater biplane produced from 1928 to 1932, airplane known as Caproncino. 209x13.5x21 cm - 82.28x5.3x8.26 inches. Very good condition and restoration very well done.
The following references are engraved in the wood on the propeller:
SALA 23 37
MM 019642
Z 6
GAR 26 10
2337
RO 5 BIS
FIAT A 50
DIAM 208
PASS 1 70
DIS 5308
1626092694Code 6985 Land-surveyor squaringLand-surveyor squaring of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second half of the 19th century, complete with original walnut box. It is a topographic instrument consisting of a cylindrical brass box, on which eight sights are practiced, which are used to trace alignments at 45 ° or multiples of 45 °. The graduated square is used for the detection or formation on the ground of alignments at any angle. It consists of two coaxial metal cylinders of which the one below is fixed and is provided, on the upper edge, with a centesimal graduation; the upper cylinder, also called alidade, rotates around a vertical axis. The alidade is equipped with four sights or slots and on the lower edge it is equipped with a reading vernier which represents the indicator in the readings of the graduation of the fixed part. Box size 11x19 h 11 cm - 4.33x7.48 h 4.33 inches.
1623160734Code 624A Large barometerRare large Torricellian mercury barometer complete with signed clock signed J. Walden Jersey Warranted dating from around 1810-1820. Mahogany wood case and finely worked mahogany burl with double threaded edges of cedar and ebony. Large dial of silver-plated brass finely engraved with meteorological indications, double hand, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the trend of atmospheric pressure, the second one, operated by a marine ivory knob placed under the large dial, acts as a reading vernier to check the variation of atmospheric pressure over time. Pendulum clock with 7-day charge, overhauled and fully functional, partially repainted enamel hour dial, in some places the color has yellowed, blued steel hands. Mercury thermometer with double temperature scale in silver-plated brass calibrated from 10 ° to 130 ° degrees Fahrenheit and -10 ° + 50 ° degrees centigrade, enclosed inside a removable box with arched glass. Hygrometer placed at the top and level for the correct positioning of the instrument on the wall in silver-plated brass placed at the base with the name of the manufacturer engraved. In excellent condition, fully functional. Height 129 cm - 50.78 inches, width 36 cm - 14.17 inches, thickness 10 cm - 3.93 inches.
1622100329Code 6852 Vintage sphygmomanometerMedium model sphygmomanometer, it is a blood pressure meter invented by Dr. Recklinghaussen. The instrument is in its original Bakelite box. German manufacture of the 1930s. Good condition, the rubber parts have hardened over time. Box size cm 25.5x15.5 h 7 - inches 10x6.10 h 2.7.
5777Code 577A7 Zoological plateZoological didactic plate Pl 61, colored lithograph on cardboard from 1925 depicting molluscs. Dybdhals Zoologiske Plancher Kristiania lithografiske aktielbolag. Made by H Aschehoug & Co, one of the most important Norwegian publishing houses founded in 1872. Good condition, spots and bad edges. 75x59,5 cm.
Do you provide an authenticity certificate/expertise?
Of course! The legislative decree n. 42/2004 stipulates that who sells works of art or historical and archaeological items has the obligation to deliver to the purchaser the documents attesting to the authenticity of the object, or at least to submit the documents relating to the probable attribution and origin. Antik Arte & Scienza provides an expertise (as warranty) that contains a description, period and assignment or the author, if known, of the item.
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What are the shipping terms and the delivery schedule?
Shipping by DHL or UPS is free (but if we are shipping to a country non-EU remember that any taxes and customs duties are on your expense), and items will be sent just after receiving of payment. Italy: delivering on the average in 24 h.
Europe: delivering on the average in 2/3 weekdays.
Other countries: delivering on the average in 5 weekdays; custom duties charged to the buyer.
Is shipping insured?
Of course! Free insurance by Lloyd's London that covers almost all destinations.
If I change my mind, can I return the item?
Of course! (see our general terms for more information).
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