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A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY 11½IN. RADIUS EBONY, BRASS AND IVORY VERNIER SEXTANT BY W & S JONES
with double 'T' frame, inset ivory scale divided by Ramsden to 135°, signed on the index arm W & S, JONES, 30 Holborn London, main sighting tube with rotary shade eye-piece, together with two further sighting tubes, seven shades, two mirrors and rosewood handle, all contained within a fitted oak keystone box with securing hooks and lock -- 14½ x 15½in. (30 x 39.5cm.)
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with double 'T' frame, inset ivory scale divided by Ramsden to 135°, signed on the index arm W & S, JONES, 30 Holborn London, main sighting tube with rotary shade eye-piece, together with two further sighting tubes, seven shades, two mirrors and rosewood handle, all contained within a fitted oak keystone box with securing hooks and lock -- 14½ x 15½in. (30 x 39.5cm.)
See illustration
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