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Auction archive: Lot number 159

An 18th-Century brass-cased compass

Auction 09.12.1999
9 Dec 1999
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$484 - US$645
Price realised:
£402
ca. US$648
Auction archive: Lot number 159

An 18th-Century brass-cased compass

Auction 09.12.1999
9 Dec 1999
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$484 - US$645
Price realised:
£402
ca. US$648
Beschreibung:

An 18th-Century brass-cased compass, with printed and coloured paper card, blued-iron needle with brass cap -- 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) dia. ; a mahogany-cased pocket compass, the printed paper card with blued-iron needle, brass cap and gilt north and south points -- 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) wide ; an oxidised-brass box sextant signed Elliott Brothers, London , with silvered scale, the drum-shaped cover forming the base, engraved Ram Henn No. 172 ; and a miniature atlas of the British Empire, being a reproduction from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's doll house, by Edward Stanford London See Illustration (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 159
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An 18th-Century brass-cased compass, with printed and coloured paper card, blued-iron needle with brass cap -- 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) dia. ; a mahogany-cased pocket compass, the printed paper card with blued-iron needle, brass cap and gilt north and south points -- 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) wide ; an oxidised-brass box sextant signed Elliott Brothers, London , with silvered scale, the drum-shaped cover forming the base, engraved Ram Henn No. 172 ; and a miniature atlas of the British Empire, being a reproduction from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's doll house, by Edward Stanford London See Illustration (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 159
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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