THORNTON COLLECTION: INSTRUMENTS & PARAPHERNALIA
Wednesday, 30 June - Tuesday, 6 July 2021
SEXTANT IN MAHOGANY CASE, MARKED ON THE ARC 'W.H. WEBSTER, GRIMSBY' ...
Realised: $680 plus premium
Lot Details
7½-inch radius brass sextant; circa 1900; rosewood handle; polished brass and inlaid ivory scale from -5º to 120º; ivory vernier divided 0-20; milled screw adjuster and clamp; 3 shades (green/ amber/ red); 2 horizon shades (green/ red); fitted in square mahogany box with two screw in scopes.
