Accession No

2960

Brief Description

sounding sextant, by H. Hughes and Son Ltd., English, 1925 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

H. Hughes and Son Ltd.

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; fishskin (shagreen); wood (ebony, mahogany)

Dimensions

box length 342mm; breadth 302mm; height 165mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Phillips Salerooms, London, England; lot 116, 20/04/1983.

Inscription

‘H. HUGHES & SON LTD LONDON.
32881’

Description Notes

Sounding sextant, by H. Hughes & Son, English, 1925 (c).

Brass frame; circular index mirror; horizon mirror; telescope with black shagreen body and screw focus clamped by knurled screw; ebony eyepiece; index arm with clamp and slow motion screw reading glass above vernier; gilded (?) scale divided 150-(5) by 10˚ to 30’ and by vernier to 1’; mahogany (?) handle (recent replacement?); fitted wooden box with Admiralty ‘Certificate of serviceability’.

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