A 19th-Century brass surveying compass, the silvered dial signed S. Thaxter & Son. Boston., engraved with flowers, the blued-iron edge-bar needle with jewelled cap and clamp, the scale divided in 4 quadrants, the shaped limb with level, cross-bubble, twin sights and universal ball socket staff mounting, and trade label for F.W. Lincoln Jr & Co. 126 Commercial St. Boston, in fitted mahogany case - 12½in. (31.7cm.) wide.