Lovely monocle- type single lens with ear hook. Acquired with understanding that frame is gold although there are no makers marks or gold marks. Home tests for gold were positive but karat not known.

 

ANTIQUE SURGICAL TOOL INSTRUMENT BY "SHARP AND SMITH Chicago" Don't know a lot of history behind this, but I can't find a record of Smith and Sharp in Chicago after 1888. Similar items on ebay are pri

 

Kim J. Nazzi - antiquaire - Rue de Rollebeek 36 - 1000 BruxellesBELGIUM sells :A very rare, WET DRUG JAR or so called "CHEVRETTE", made of porcelain with a hand-painted floral decoration. To the back

 

Handsome first-edition 1908 biography of the Wizard of Menlo Park Francis Arthur Jones: Thomas Alva Edison: Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life. First American edition. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Compa

 

French Faience Saint Damien Apothecary Bottle Jar This seems to be an old French or Swiss, late 18th/early 19th century, polychrome tin-glazed earthenware, hand-painted with figure of Saint Damian ("S

 

UP FOR BID IS A VINTAGE 1920"S RENULIFE VIOLET RAY GENERATOR. WHAT YOU SEE IN PHOTO"S COME"S IN THIS AUCTION. I PLUG IT IN TO WALL AND IT DIDN"T WORK. SWITCH AND DIAL SEEM"S TO WORK. CASE IS SOLID BUT

 

The three ebony and brass parallel rules are 15in long, 12in long, and a 6in. The 12in one is stamped Windsor and Newton, the other two do not carry a makers mark. The rules show some wear comensurate

 

Original brass Handled 3 steel bladed fleam, makers stamp to handle, length 11cm, circa 19th century. Not sure if blade missing (see photo) otherwise Good Condition. Postage Royal Mail £3.50 Worldwid

 

Key to the Steel Square by A.W. Woods, complete with black leatherette case, circular slide rule, and instruction manual. Originally copyrighted in 1902, this is the eighth edition which was printed i

 

Vintage Star Pathfinder Compass This is very old and never used. Left in the box for some 70 + years. You won't find another this good. I believe it can light up with the power wires Need more picture