Accession No

6700

Brief Description

triangular quadrant, tentatively attributed to John Browne, English, c. 1673

Origin

England

Maker

Browne, John [tentative attribution]

Class

navigation

Earliest Date

1661

Latest Date

1673

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal

Dimensions

32.5 cm closed

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Charles Miller, 25 Blythe Road, London, W14 0PD on 30/04/2019. Auction title: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments and Art ('Hesperus'). Lot no.224.

Inscription

Description Notes

Seventeenth Century Triangular Quadrant, English, c.1661.

Large Seventeenth Century wooden folding combination rule/sector. Unsigned and calibrated overall with measure, sector and perpetual calendar dated 1673.

Made of darkened wood and hinged with metal (brass?). One end of the rule is markedly darker than the rest, almost black in colour.

Possibly by John Browne?

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