Accession No

0710

Brief Description

Three-legged compasses, c.1775.

Origin

Maker

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1775

Latest Date

1775

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel)

Dimensions

length 505mm; breadth 55mm; thickness 25mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court on 02/03/1933.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass with inlet steel points. Sector joint. Upper part of shanks shaped. Lower part of shanks is a triangular section. Third steel leg in clamped socket and sector joint, pivoted onto main hinge.

Condition good; some rusting to steel points.

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