Category: Featured

Significant Shipwrecked Mariners Society Award
Aneroid, Barographs, Barometers, Conservation, Featured, History of Aneroid Barometers, Restoration, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | April 16, 2023
Significant Shipwrecked Mariners Society Award
Generally when these instruments are given as presentations it’s to a retired partner from a law firm or the winner of some golfing extravaganza - these additions add nothing to the value or interest in the piece, indeed in most instances the plates are removed, the holes filled and a part of ignominious history gently forgotten. The Shipwrecked Fishermen and...
The Wonderful Conclusion to the Story of John Campbell's Exceptional Model Steam Engine
Featured, Media Mentions, Technology | February 18, 2020
The Wonderful Conclusion to the Story of John Campbell’s Exceptional Model Steam Engine

We’re delighted that the amazing Campbell model steam engine has been featured in the Antiques Trade Gazette special publication “Sixty Objects, Sixty Stories”, a review of 2019 highlights from the magazine.

Vavasseur Scientific Instruments Featured in "Homes & Antiques" Magazine
Featured, Media Mentions, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | January 8, 2019
Vavasseur Scientific Instruments Featured in “Homes & Antiques” Magazine

We’re thrilled that several of our antique scientific instruments have been showcased in the February 2019 edition of “Homes & Antiques” magazine as part of its “Look to the Stars” feature.     Barothermograph c1925   Spencer Browning Sextant c1870 Negretti & Zambra Gyroscope c1865