A fine early 19th-century silvered and lacquered-brass universal equinoctial compass dial., signed on the hour ring EBSWORTH Fleet St. London, engraved IIII-IIX-VIII on the upper surface the inner edge similarly engraved, with spring-loaded bar-gnomon, the folding latitude are engraved ) -80 , the silvered compass dial with edge-bar needle on jewelled pivot with clamp and two levels, the horizontal calender dial., in brass security case 7¼in. (18.4cm.) wide

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A fine early 19th-century silvered and lacquered-brass universal equinoctial compass dial., signed on the hour ring EBSWORTH Fleet St. London, engraved IIII-IIX-VIII on the upper surface the inner edge similarly engraved, with spring-loaded bar-gnomon, the folding latitude are engraved ) -80 , the silvered compass dial with edge-bar needle on jewelled pivot with clamp and two levels, the horizontal calender dial., in brass security case 7¼in. (18.4cm.) wide
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