Accession No

1193

Brief Description

compass dial, English, c.1800

Origin

England

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel (?)); paper; glass

Dimensions

diameter 56 mm; thickness 16 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Turned brass case with screw-top lid. In the lid an engraved paper wind rose with 32 named points. Pierced brass dial plate divided IIII - XII, I - VII (I - VIII; 31-1-2000), numbered by I, divided to 15 minutes. Folding gnomon for 50˚ N. Below dial an engraved paper compass card with 16-point rose, fleur-de-lis for North and 32 lettered points.

Condition: fair; incomplete? (compass needle missing?).

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