WEIGHTS, SCALES, & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

China, Ch'ing Dynasty, Kuang-Hsu Period, c. 1875 AD. a fine brass lock and key, in- cised on top with floral scene with a reclining leopard in ...

China, Ch'ing Dynasty, Kuang-Hsu Period, c. 1875 AD. a fine brass lock and key, in- cised on top with floral scene with a reclining hare0in cen...

Burma, c. 1895, a tattoo maker's tattooing needle. The top silver handle depicts the tattooer kneeling atop a demon totem style. The frog-bodie...

Persia, 17th century AD. a small brass combination lock which still works. H:32 mm. with hasp. Rare!    $175

Persia, 17th century AD. a fine brass lock and key in the form of a soldier on guard duty. He holds a sword and shield. A separate key when properly

Persia, c. 17th century AD. a fine steel dental wrench for extracting teeth. The instrument operates like. a wrench. The bottom handle has a butt pom

England, c. 1890, wood ring sizer with knobbed turned handle. The shaft with nineteen incised concentric circles are guides to the various ring sizes

Maurice Dauymas, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers, B. T. Batsford, London, 1972, first edition with dj. 4to...

Donald and Joan Gear, EARTH TO HEAVEN, The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of the Burmese Empires, Silkworm Books, Chiang Mei, 1990, Soft Cover. $40

Robert T. Gunther, The Astrolabes of the World, Oxford, 1932, 2 volumes. Hard bound original set from the library of Jake Zeitlin. The best and most