JOHN HAND, PHILADELPHIA
细节
An 8½ Inch Gimbled Compass
John Hand, Philadelphia
the compass is blakened casement with original card showing points and degrees and the bezel is marked 75/75, with original dampening liquid, together with an early John Lilley & Sons., dry card compass in a black and brass casement and a spare compass card. Included in this lot are a pair of compensating platforms marked numbers 602 and 905, a wood stave binnacle probably made for the U.S. Navy, painted grey with a copper hood and lamp and an artificial horizon.
56½ x 15 in. (143.5 x 38.1 cm.), binnacle and smaller
8½ in. (21.6 cm.), diameter, compass (6)
John Hand, Philadelphia
the compass is blakened casement with original card showing points and degrees and the bezel is marked 75/75, with original dampening liquid, together with an early John Lilley & Sons., dry card compass in a black and brass casement and a spare compass card. Included in this lot are a pair of compensating platforms marked numbers 602 and 905, a wood stave binnacle probably made for the U.S. Navy, painted grey with a copper hood and lamp and an artificial horizon.
56½ x 15 in. (143.5 x 38.1 cm.), binnacle and smaller
8½ in. (21.6 cm.), diameter, compass (6)
来源
From the Collection of John Hand
拍场告示
Also included in this lot is a mahogany binnacle with a dual hinged top and cutouts for compensating balls and a lower cabinet door.