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An 18th-Century surveying compass,
signed on the printed paper card Dibolt a Strasbourg, the needle with agate cap, the engraved circle with sub-divisions, the compass card secured with two mother-of-pearl rosettes, mounted in a walnut case with sliding cover and brass pull -- 5in. (14cm.) wide

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