07-29-200607-29-2006
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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July 29, 2006 10:00 AMCalender
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Brass Surveyor's Vernier Compass by Wyllys Avery

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$4,994$4,250
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM

Description:

Brass Surveyor's Vernier Compass by Wyllys Avery, with 5 1/2-inch dia. silvered dial signed in banner Wyllys Avery, eight-pointed hatched rose with thistle-like fleur-de-lis at North, engine-turned hub and ring with compass points engraved in script, pierced blued-steel needle with central brass clamp operated from the underside, needle ring divided by individual degrees 0-90 in four quadrants, engine-turned bezel, vernier 30-0-30 adjusted by milled screw on the shaped limb, vial, socket and screw-on brass sights, ht. 8 1/2 x lg. 15 in., (older polish),in fitted brown-painted wood case containing part of a survey of "Willard Albee's 20 Acre Lot."
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Keywords

blued-steel needle