Accession No

0360

Brief Description

surveying compass, by Nicholas Bion, French, c. 1700

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Bion, Nicholas

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass

Dimensions

length 141mm; breadth 141mm; height 32mm; compass diameter 118mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from Antique Art Galleries, London, on 03/08/1927.

Inscription

‘N Bion A Paris ‘ (on base)

Description Notes

surveying compass by Nicholas Bion, French, c. 1700.

Brass compass mounted on square plate with two fixed sights. Brass 32-point compass rose, degree scale divided 0 - 180 - 0 numbered by 10 subdivided to 1. Blued steel needle with arrow for north. Four holes in corners of plate (for attachment to instrument ?)

Condition good (one sight bent); complete

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