An early 19th Century ebony and brass octant, (slight damage), signed on an ivory plaque on the cross-piece HARRIS & CO. LONDON inset ivory scale dividing 5 - 0 - 107, brass index arm, four shades to index mirror, three shades to horizon mirror, one non-inverting telescope -- 9½in. (23.5cm.) index arm radius

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An early 19th Century ebony and brass octant, (slight damage), signed on an ivory plaque on the cross-piece HARRIS & CO. LONDON inset ivory scale dividing 5 - 0 - 107, brass index arm, four shades to index mirror, three shades to horizon mirror, one non-inverting telescope -- 9½in. (23.5cm.) index arm radius

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