Accession No

6831

Brief Description

backstaff, fake

Origin

Maker

Class

navigation

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass)

Dimensions

580mm (width), 900mm (depth), 80mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract July 2025. Purchased by a private individual from an American dealer c. 2000

Inscription

Description Notes

Backstaff, fake.

Backstaff with wooden limbs, arcs and braces, and brass plates. Arcs are fitted with dark wooden ends, brass plates and vanes. The larger arc has a decorative carved wooden end. Longest limb is also fitted with a vane at its end. 60˚ arc is divided 0 - 60˚ by 5˚. 30˚ arc is divided 30˚ by 5˚.

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