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A ship's hour glass.
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns. The invention of the hourglass is attributed to an 8th-century monk in Chartres, France, with the marine sandglass appearing as early as the 14th century. In earlier examples, the bulbs were connected with a material such as putty or hardened wax, bound in leather, linen or string. From about 1720, the two bulbs were welded together over a brass bead...
$2.000

Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : Germany
Date : ca. 1750
Currus Veliferi Illmi. Pr. Mauritii Nassouvii. (Prince Maurits' sailing-carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. )
Prince Maurits' sailing carriages had been designed by Simon Stevin. The Prince, always accessible to new inventions of his old instructor, could not please the foreign ambassadors more than by inviting them for a ride in his carriage. The big sailing-carriage could seat 28 persons and could reach a speed of seven miles per hour. Land sailing : The Chinese had "wind-driven carriages" since the 6th century AD, during the Liang Dynasty, and eventually mounted masts and sails on large wheelbarrows....
$1.800

Maker : BLAEU, J.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1649
The Royal Naval review at Spithead, June 26th, 1897. In Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
A very decorative and large chromolithographed plate showing a line up of international vessels at Spithead, June 26th, 1897 In Honour of her Majesty Queen Victoria'a Diamond Jubilee. Below names of all International and British vessels giving presence on that day.
$750

Maker : JOGHNSON & LOGAN
Place : Portsea
Date : ca. 1897
Groeninga MDLXXIII. [Groningen]
RECTO: A panoramic view of the city of Groningen dated 1573.VERSO: a woodcut of a cow, a bull and their calf.Taken from Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the "Cosmographia Universalis". The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster had numerous editions in different languages including Latin, French (translated by François de Belleforest), Italian, English, and even Czech. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after his death. The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popu...
$60

Maker : MUNSTER, S.
Place : Basle, ca. 1564
Date : 1564
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Maker : COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place : Antwerp
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