Accession No

3775

Brief Description

large semicircle protractor, by Cary, English, late 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cary

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

box length 490mm; breadth 282mm; height 48mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, London, England; lot 185, 29/09/1988.

Inscription

‘H.O. 33
Cary, London’

Description Notes

Large semicircle protractor by Cary, English, late 19th C, with Hydrographic Office mark.

Large brass protractor in fitted box with green felt padding pieces. Graduates scale 0o-180o and 180o-0o, in half-degrees. Marked with Hydrographic Office mark “H.O. [arrow] 33”.

Yellow label in lid ‘Repaired and adjusted by W.F. Stanley & Co. Ltd’. Label dated 26-10-1906.

Condition good; complete.

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