Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2248Location: BoltonDate / Time: September 11, 2004 12:00PM
Description:
Cherrywood Surveyor's Compass, with 6-inch diameter printed compass card divided 0-90 in four quadrants, fleur-de-lis credited Wightman Sculp to North, scrolls to East, needle on brass lifting arm, two carved sight vanes and metal staff-mount, wd. 17 in., (glass cracked)
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Note: Thomas Wightman was an English engraver of compass cards for John Trundy (1774-1802) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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