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A fine early 19th Century oxidised brass double-frame sextant
signed on the arc Troughton London and numbered 624, with silvered scale, seven shades, mirrors, adjustable telescope mounting, vernier with tangent screw adjustment and magnifier with shield, index arm, 10in. (25.4cm.) radius, with ebony handle and four (of five) telescopes and two pairs of dividers, and Solomons & Co trade label, in mahogany case -- 13¼in. (33.7cm.) wide
signed on the arc Troughton London and numbered 624, with silvered scale, seven shades, mirrors, adjustable telescope mounting, vernier with tangent screw adjustment and magnifier with shield, index arm, 10in. (25.4cm.) radius, with ebony handle and four (of five) telescopes and two pairs of dividers, and Solomons & Co trade label, in mahogany case -- 13¼in. (33.7cm.) wide