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A mid 19th-Century dry card compass by Lilley & Reynolds Ltd
the 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter compass card within a white-painted gimballed bowl heavily constructed in brass and suspended within an open bottomed oak case with brass handles, a label inside inscibed 'Polly Armstrong'; Captn Foster, 10/6; the compass -- 8¼in. (21cm.) dia; the case -- 12½in. (32cm.) square
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the 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter compass card within a white-painted gimballed bowl heavily constructed in brass and suspended within an open bottomed oak case with brass handles, a label inside inscibed 'Polly Armstrong'; Captn Foster, 10/6; the compass -- 8¼in. (21cm.) dia; the case -- 12½in. (32cm.) square
See illustration