Lot Essay
John Crighton is recorded as a manufacturer of Mathematical, Optical and Nautical Instruments of 112 Leadenhall Street, London.
Details
A fine mid 19th-Century artificial horizon, boxwood mercury container with bone ivory funnel, mahogany mercury trough, oxidised brass prism-shaped windshield, signed Crighton London with the trade label on inside lid of the mahogany carrying box, presentation plaque inset in top inscribed GREENWICH HOSPITAL SCHOOL1862 Presented to William Sugden