Cane, England, circa 1890. Handle in garnet and mounted silver. © Galerie Delalande Paris

Provenance: Private collection, UK.

G. M. Seutter (1678-1756), Pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, Augsburg, 1710. Old coloured table globes, they are both mounted on wooden eccentric colored stands for a special order from Italy. Diameter each 20.3 cm (8 in.) © Galerie Delalande Paris

Two globes fabricated by G. M. Seutter, a eighteenth-century publisher, cartographer and engraver. The terrestrial globe bears in red the île de Fer meridian, reference of the time until 1792 and a cartouche 'Globus Terrestris jux la recentissimas observation et navigationes perissimor : Geograpch. aécuritissime delineato. cura et sirmtibu Matth. Seutteri Chaleogr. August'. The celestial globe mentions in cartouche 'Globus Coeslestis in quo omnes Alterismi accurate delineati cura et m.pensis Matthaei Seutteri Chalcogr. August'. It also bears a scale of magnitudes from 1 to 6.

Provenance: Private collection, Europe.

Scientific instruments, 16th & 17th century sundials, 17th century dividers, 17th century hourglasses, a 17th century astrolabe, 18th century microscopes, 18th century telescopes, ring dials, marine chronometers, etc. © Galerie Delalande Paris

A standing mechanical universal equinoctial ring dial, Circa 1760. Giltered and silvered steel. Height 40.6 cm (16 in.). Signed 'Heath & Wing, Strand, London' © Galerie Delalande Paris

Over 100 names of cities all over the world are engraved with their latitude on the meridian ring which is supported by pillars above a rack-and-pinion-geared horizontal circle that surrounds a magnetic compass equipped with a pair of bubble levels and adjustable by screws. Pivoting to brackets fixed to the ring, a bar, with declination scale, months and zodiac, bears a hole through which the sunlight can fall on the hour scale, giving then the local solar time.

Provenance: Private collection, Europe.

Literature: Thomas Heath was a leading London maker who trained notable apprentices, the last one being Tycho Wing whom he took into partnership with, in 1753.

Islamic Celestial Globe (Lahore). Dated '1035 H', or 1625/1626 AD. Brass. Signed 'Qa^im Muhammad (ibn Isa ibn Allahdad Asturlabi Lahuru Humayuni). © Galerie Delalande Paris

Globe made of brass using the 'cire perdue' (lost wax) technique with one round plug missing at the equator between the constellations of the Eagle and the Snake. The 48 constellations are present, well engraved and named. The positions of the 1018 stars are indicated by inlaid silver points. The size of the silver points is proportional to the magnitude (brightness) of the stars.Tilt of the Ecliptic: 23.5°. The Equator’s circle is divided into degrees and numbered by 5°. The Ecliptic is divided into 12 parts of 30°, graduated from 5 to 5°, with the names of the 12 signs of the zodiac and their representation. The circle and the zodiacal belt are indicated. The large circles passing through the beginning of the signs of the zodiac as well as the poles of the ecliptic and their circles are engraved. Presence of the 28 Lunar mansions with their names. Presence of two holes near the poles for fixing the globe on a support and for the rotation. 

Provenance: Private collection, France; collection Alain Brieux; collection Bahari (Tehran).

Literature: Emilie Savage-Smith Islamicate Celestial Globes, edited by the Smithsonian, exh. cat., p. 224, no. 12, ill. 36, p.92.

Cane, England, circa 1900. Rock crystal, engine turned enameled, gold and silver handle representing a duck © Galerie Delalande Paris

Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Travelling hourglass, France, circa 1620-1630. Silver. Height 6.7 cm (2.6 in.). Diameter 2.8 cm (1.1 in.) © Galerie Delalande Paris

Precious travel hourglass in silver made of two openwork cylinders pivoting into one another and allowing the opening and closing of windows revealing the flask. The outer part is made of silver filigree. The inner cylinder is formed of a solid silver sheet with partially erased hallmarks. Inside is a flask made of two cylindrical bulbs in slightly smoked 'bubbled' glass and filled with a very fine lead sand of about 50 microns. The bulbs are joined by wax covered with a beige fabric and bound over with a silvery thread.

Provenance: Private collection, France.

Literature: A similar hourglass is reproduced in photo in our book Hourglasses of the Past, p. 95

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