Accession No

2329

Brief Description

pantagraph by W & S Jones, c.1800

Origin

30 Holborn; London; England

Maker

W & S Jones

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); ivory; wood

Dimensions

box length 780mm; breadth 165mm; height 110mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotherby's, London; lot 161, 21/10/1977.

Inscription

‘W & S Jones 30 Holborn London’ (short ungraduated rule)

Description Notes

Brass; four rules jointed together in pairs. Shorter pair jointed to longer pair in centre. Joints by brass pins. Turned brass feet below all four joints and ends of long rules with ivory castors. Two rules graduated with scales of proportions: 1-2; 11-12; 10-11; 9-10; 8-9; 7-8; 6-7; 5-6; 4-5; 3-4; 2-3; 1-3 to 1-12. Two brass sliders with knurled brass clamps and pencil holders with clamps. Pointer holder with clamp. Pulleys.
Weighted base; copper pointer; pencil holder and cup for weighting pencil with groove on edge for lifting pencil. Brass ruler (?) graduated 18 - 0 - [90] by 10 to 1 with pivoted clamp (?function). Fitted wooden box

Condition good

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