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A SET OF SIX SCRIMSHAWED IVORY RULES
ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each calibrated and marked on the obverse "W. Lye.1," "W.Lye.2," "W.Lye.2.5," "W.Lye.3," "W.Lye.3.5," and "W.Lye.4," the reverse of each marked "Troughton London,"; together with a tripartite tongue-in-groove sliding rule with each section calibrated and joined at the ends by a pinned brass mount--10 3/8in. length, 1in. wide the largest (7)
ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each calibrated and marked on the obverse "W. Lye.1," "W.Lye.2," "W.Lye.2.5," "W.Lye.3," "W.Lye.3.5," and "W.Lye.4," the reverse of each marked "Troughton London,"; together with a tripartite tongue-in-groove sliding rule with each section calibrated and joined at the ends by a pinned brass mount--10 3/8in. length, 1in. wide the largest (7)
Provenance
Arthur Davidson, Ltd., London, 1977