Brass Plain Surveyor's Compass by Benjamin Pike

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Brass Plain Surveyor's Compass by Benjamin Pike, with 4 1/2-inch dia. silvered dial engraved B. Pike & Sons, 166 Broadway, New York, Warranted, fleur-de-lis at North, foliate-engraved riband, East and West points reversed, blued-steel needle with brass lifter and agate hub, silvered needle ring crisply divided 0-90° in four quadrants, baluster-form limb, and screw-on sights, lg. 14 1/2 in., in fitted mahogany case with plumb bob and retailer's label of Chas C. Hutchison, Nautical & Surveying Instruments, Charts, Books, 152 State St., Boston.
Estimate $800-1,200

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