Accession No

0345

Brief Description

set of drawing instruments, by Adams, English, c. 1775

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1775

Latest Date

1775

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver, steel); fishskin (rayskin); ivory; cloth (velvet)

Dimensions

case length 127 mm; breadth 38 mm; thickness 16 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from Antique Art Galleries, London, on 30/11/1927.

Inscription

‘ADAMS * LONDON’ (rule)

Description Notes

Green shagreen (rayskin) and silver clip case with ivory scale and silver compass point with alternative attachments. Ivory rule divided in whole inches, 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 inches with scale of chords [0] - 90˚, by 10˚ to 1˚. Verso with diagonal scale dividing 1/4 inches into 1/100s.
Silver compass with long hinge joint and steel tip socket for attachment to silver hinged pencil bows (pencil point missing) and steel compass point (ink bow (?)) (? not part of original set).
(One piece stuck in case (no piece stuck in case; 2-2-2000), other piece missing?).

Condition: fair; incomplete (one piece missing).

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