An 18th-Century brass-cased compass,
An 18th-Century brass-cased compass,

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An 18th-Century brass-cased compass,
with printed and coloured paper card, blued-iron needle with brass cap -- 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) dia.; a mahogany-cased pocket compass, the printed paper card with blued-iron needle, brass cap and gilt north and south points -- 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) wide; an oxidised-brass box sextant signed Elliott Brothers, London, with silvered scale, the drum-shaped cover forming the base, engraved Ram Henn No. 172; and a miniature atlas of the British Empire, being a reproduction from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's doll house, by Edward Stanford London

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