Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Brass and Ivory Sextant by D. Eggert & Son, New York, with 8-in. limb with vernier and thumb-screw adjustment, inset bone scale and marked U.S. Navy 13126, sun shades, telescope attachments, wooden handle and walnut keystone box with printed paper label marked Nautical Instrument, D. Eggert & Son, 239 Pearl Street, New York.
Estimate $400-600
lacquered brass discolored, one rod foot off the instrument but with the lot.