10-inch Ebony Octant

Description:

10-inch Ebony Octant, 19th century, engraved bone scale reading 0-105, brass index arm with thumbscrew lock down, and vernier scale from 0-20, brass sighting scope, sighting pinnula, mirror magnifiers, sun shades, and an unmarked cross-arm boss.
Estimate $20-200


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