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拍品 257
A fine late 18th-Century silver and brass Butterfield-type compass,
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GBP 2,820
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A fine late 18th-Century silver and brass Butterfield-type compass,
signed on the underside Bizot AParis, with folding brass gnomon with lion's head index and graduations 40°-60°, the silver baseplate with hours 4-12, 1-8 for latitudes 40°, 45° and 49°, the glazed compass box with brass retaining ring, blued-iron needle and the base engraved with initials S, OR, M and OC, the underside with finely engraved signature and the latitudes of six French cities, contained in the original red plush-lined and leather-covered octagonal wooden case, with a brass hook and eye -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) wide
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signed on the underside Bizot AParis, with folding brass gnomon with lion's head index and graduations 40°-60°, the silver baseplate with hours 4-12, 1-8 for latitudes 40°, 45° and 49°, the glazed compass box with brass retaining ring, blued-iron needle and the base engraved with initials S, OR, M and OC, the underside with finely engraved signature and the latitudes of six French cities, contained in the original red plush-lined and leather-covered octagonal wooden case, with a brass hook and eye -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration
A fine late 18th-Century silver and brass Butterfield-type compass,
signed on the underside Bizot AParis, with folding brass gnomon with lion's head index and graduations 40°-60°, the silver baseplate with hours 4-12, 1-8 for latitudes 40°, 45° and 49°, the glazed compass box with brass retaining ring, blued-iron needle and the base engraved with initials S, OR, M and OC, the underside with finely engraved signature and the latitudes of six French cities, contained in the original red plush-lined and leather-covered octagonal wooden case, with a brass hook and eye -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration
signed on the underside Bizot AParis, with folding brass gnomon with lion's head index and graduations 40°-60°, the silver baseplate with hours 4-12, 1-8 for latitudes 40°, 45° and 49°, the glazed compass box with brass retaining ring, blued-iron needle and the base engraved with initials S, OR, M and OC, the underside with finely engraved signature and the latitudes of six French cities, contained in the original red plush-lined and leather-covered octagonal wooden case, with a brass hook and eye -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration
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