Newell & Son Walnut Surveying Compass

Description:

Newell & Son Walnut Surveying Compass, Boston, c. 1795, 5-in. dia. dial with printed card marked in the center, Newell & Son, Makers, East End of Faneuil Hall, Boston and the engraver Callender scp., cardinal points in block letters, fleur-de-lis at North, silvered needle ring calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, blued steel hand, sighting vanes and wooden tripod collar, lg. 14 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Slight tear in card across the west-northwest quadrant, glass cracked, putty renewed.

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