An early 19th Century mahogany Waywiser signed on the silvered dial, W.Watkins St. James's Street London, the dial divided in Links, Yards, Poles, Furlongs and Miles, with the central dial divided I-XII interposed with furlong markers with ratio 8:1, with glazed cover, two blued steel hands, the six spoke wheel with iron rim 31¾in.diam, on later mahogany display stand

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An early 19th Century mahogany Waywiser signed on the silvered dial, W.Watkins St. James's Street London, the dial divided in Links, Yards, Poles, Furlongs and Miles, with the central dial divided I-XII interposed with furlong markers with ratio 8:1, with glazed cover, two blued steel hands, the six spoke wheel with iron rim 31¾in.diam, on later mahogany display stand

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Provenance Earl of Stradbroke, Henham Hall, Suffolk
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