ONLINE ONLY ESTATE COLLECTABLE AUCTION
Thursday, 22 - Tuesday, 27 April 2021
19thC BRASS & STELL THREE LEGGED COMPASS 11.5cm
Estimate $60 - $120
Realised: $110 plus premium
Lot Details
Rare. Also called a spherical compass or globe compass; was used to transfer onto a chart the positions of places on a terrestrial or celestial globe; by measuring the distance of three points. It could also be used to reproduce a drawing or a geographical chart on the same scale. Provenance: The H.N.E Sheppard Estate Collection.
