Accession No

3703

Brief Description

brass framed quintant, by Henri-Prudence Gambey, French, 2/4 19th Century

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Gambey, Henri-Prudence

Class

navigation

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal; brass; silver; oxidized brass; glass; wood

Dimensions

Radius 180mm, index arm 230mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, New York, USA, 01/09/1988.

Inscription

‘Gambey à Paris ‘ (on scale)
‘USC & GS NO. 92’ (on scale)

Description Notes

Brass framed sextant with lattice-type frame. Adjustable index mirror with four shades, horizon glass with three shades, telescope mount with lateral adjustment with knurled screw. One screw-in brass telescopes, with three screw-in eyepieces. Brass index arm with clamp and long tangent screw. Reading glass on subsidiary arm. Silvered scale divided [5] - 0 - [150], numbered by 10 graduated to 10´. Wooden handle fits in brass mount. Three brass feet. Keystone wooden box with brass hinges, hook fasteners and lock (no key).

Condition fair; incomplete (missing eyepiece)

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