John Crichton, London, circa 1860, contained in a mahogany box, the hinged cover with applied brass presentation plaque inscribed 'Greenwich Hospital School 1862 presented to William Sugden', mahogany mercury trough with bone fittings, turned boxwood mercury container (now empty) with bone funnel to top with threaded section to screw into mercury trough, inside the cover trade label of 'John Crichton, Manufacturer of Mathematical Opital and Nautical Instruments', the prismatic shaped oxidised brass glazed windshield inscribed 'Crichton, London and Greenwich Hospital School, 1862, presented to William Sugden', 20cm wide, 14cm deep, 13cm high.
John Crichton, London, circa 1860, contained in a mahogany box, the hinged cover with applied brass presentation plaque inscribed 'Greenwich Hospital School 1862 presented to William Sugden', mahogany mercury trough with bone fittings, turned boxwood mercury container (now empty) with bone funnel to top with threaded section to screw into mercury trough, inside the cover trade label of 'John Crichton, Manufacturer of Mathematical Opital and Nautical Instruments', the prismatic shaped oxidised brass glazed windshield inscribed 'Crichton, London and Greenwich Hospital School, 1862, presented to William Sugden', 20cm wide, 14cm deep, 13cm high.
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