Accession No

0661

Brief Description

single-handed dividers, 17th century

Origin

Maker

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1600

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron)

Dimensions

overall length 194mm; breadth when closed 44mm; thickness 8mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Antique Art Galleries, Grafton Street, London, England, on 31/12/1930.

Inscription

Description Notes

Iron; semicircular tapering shanks. Pivoted hinge; waved finger grips, one single and one double; zig-zag decoration on top of shanks.

Condition good; complete

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