Lot Essay
G.Adams is recorded as operating from 60 Fleet Street towards the end of the eighteenth century (1772-1795) and Henry Hughes from 1840 (-1845) from Union Terrace address
Details
A late 18th-Century dry card compass signed G. Adams N.60, Fleet Street, London
the 6in. (15cm.) dia replacement compass card signed H. Hughes, Union Terrace, Commercial Rd. London suspended in a gimballed brass bowl, painted white on the inside, red on the exterior, the brass outer ring signed by Adams and numbered 2732, the whole mounted in a green painted period wood box with loose lid, the box -- 10¾ x 10¾ x 6in. (27 x 27 x 15cm.)
See illustration
the 6in. (15cm.) dia replacement compass card signed H. Hughes, Union Terrace, Commercial Rd. London suspended in a gimballed brass bowl, painted white on the inside, red on the exterior, the brass outer ring signed by Adams and numbered 2732, the whole mounted in a green painted period wood box with loose lid, the box -- 10¾ x 10¾ x 6in. (27 x 27 x 15cm.)
See illustration
Literature
Clifton, G: Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, Zwemmer 1995