Accession No

0669

Brief Description

bar pillar compass, c.1850

Origin

Maker

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel, iron); hide (leather); cloth (velvet, other)

Dimensions

case length 98mm; breadth 38mm; thickness 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Miss Edith Place, Chelsea, England on 04/03/1931.

Inscription

Description Notes

Very pale brass compass. Sector joint with steel plates, shanks bowed away from joint and hollow. Lengthening bars fit into hollow shafts of main piece. Ink bow (?) and pencil bow with iron points and any of the four points push-fitting into the hollow shafts to provide varying combinations.
Leather case with hook fastening and hinged lid.

Condition: fair (one lengthening bar stuck; box broken; 19-1-2000).

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