Accession No

1177

Brief Description

folding square, by Michael Butterfield, French, 1700 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Butterfield, Michael

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

folded length 168 mm; breadth 18 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, University of Cambridge (now Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) in 1953.

Inscription

‘Butterfield AParis’
‘Echelle Demy pied du Rhin’ (on one arm)
‘Demy pied de Roy’ (on other arm)

Description Notes

Brass square with diagonal hinge. One limb pierced for plumb-bob with notch, window and line. Graduated [0] - 6 by 1 and [0] - 1 only to 12 by 3 to 1. Also [0] - 100 by 10 and 0 - 10 only by 5 to 1.
Horizontal limb graduated [0] - 70 by 10 and 0 - 10 only by 5 to 1. Also [0] - 6 by 1 and 5 - 6 only to 12 by 3 to 1. Round hole at end of this arm.
Small brass peg on inside, and corresponding hole fit together when folded.

Condition: fair.

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