Accession No

5174

Brief Description

cased set of drawing instruments, by Richard Glynne, English, first quarter 18th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Glynne, Richard

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1707

Latest Date

1730

Inscription Date

Material

fishskin (shagreen); metal (brass, steel)

Dimensions

length of case 76mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, USA from 16/07/1997.

Inscription

inside the lid of the case
‘R. Glynne Fecit’

Description Notes

Signed inside the case lid on pierced and engraved brass placque with urn and foliate decor ‘R. Glynne Fecit’. The case is leather rectangular with brass edging at the base, top and opening. Contained in the fishskin case are a brass protractor, parallel ruler and inking pen. The brass protractor is 41mm in radius, with a maximum overall length of 60mm to the end of a fan shaped alidade. The alidade is marked 20 to 60 in interval of 10. The parallel rule has bevelled blades of steel and a scissor hinge of brass, shaped and engraved, including central roses front and back. The inking pen has a scriber point in the handle. These are three original instruments to the case, all others (9) are missing and the object was purchased as such.

Condition good; incomplete (9 instruments missing)

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