11-03-200511-03-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2314
November 3, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Surveyor's Compass

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$323$275
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2314Location: BoltonDate / Time: November 03, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Surveyor's Compass, France, late 18th or early 19th Century, the 4-inch diameter paper card signed Lemmel Eleve et Successeur de M. Canivet, a Paris, hand-tinted and engraved with red, white and blue of the French tricoleur, the rose with scrolling foliate design in the cardinal points, the circumference scale divided 0-90 in four quadrants and the needle ring 0-360, with blued-steel needle with agate hub and steel lifting-arm, in mahogany case with 6 1/4-inch lg. rectangular elevation sight, sliding lid with indistinct ink signature, and base with triple slide-on mounts, wd. 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

Surveyor , Paris, France, steel lifting-arm, blued-steel needle