Article on our book Hourglasses of the Past in Kunst und Auktionen
Discover some information on our exhibition and 400 pages book "Hourglasses of the Past" which occurred in October 2015 in our Paris gallery.
Collections
New objects
- Salt Cellar in vermeil made in Nuremberg circa 1550/1570
- Porcelain pipe representing Willem Frederick Karel Bischoff van Heemskerck.
- Large reduction compass signed Cadot in Paris 1738
- Antique gadget cane with automat system representing a monkey head
- Silver sundial signed by Le Febvre in Paris made circa 1680
- Brass surveyor's square in its case made in 1724 by Dominicus Lusuerg
- Ivory Memento Mori made in Japan in the second part of the 19th century
- Large 19th century round opium box in worked silver
- Antique cane with handle representing a Greyhound with silver monogram "MJ"
- Silver horizontal sundial made by Le Maire in Paris circa 1744
- Ivory and silver pipe made by Tiffany New York in 1890
- Portolan signed Peter Goos and Johannes van Keulen made in Amsterdam cicra 1660/1680
- Round brass sundial signed HYERONIMVS VVLPARIA . FA (ciebat) dated 1577
- Pair of terrestrial and celestial floor globes signed Cary London and dated 1816
- Meerschaum sculpture of the bust of Princess Sophie of Prussia
- Celestial globe signed Mattheus Seutter made in Augsburg circa 1710
- Large universal equinoctial ring signed George Adams dated 1773