Accession No

6857

Brief Description

sector, by Chapotot, French, late 17th or early 18th Century

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Chapotot

Class

calculating

Earliest Date

1670

Latest Date

1721

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

163mm (width) 3mm (height) 25mm (depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

CHAPOTOT A PARIS

Description Notes

Six and a half inch brass sector with decorated hinge and internal scroll piece.

Obverse carries scales: ‘les Cordes’ and ‘les Solides’; ‘Les Metaux’ by symbol. Fully opened, "calibres des pieces". Inscription "CHAPOTOT A PARIS".

Reverse carries scales: ‘Les parties Egales’; ‘les plans’; ‘les Poligones". Fully opened, "poids des boulets".

Complete.

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