Magnetic Compass, by Spencer & Co., London, Early 19th Century | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 38892 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | London England United Kingdom Europe |
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| Accession Number: | 1976-10 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Brass case with push-fit lid, with compass card pivotting on a pin. The card is black with white compass rose, calibrated in quarters, with 32 points of the compass of which North and East are decorated. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | "SPENCER & Cc. No. 66 WAPPING London" [printed on compass card]. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Purchased. | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Copper alloy glass paper magnetite | ||||||||||
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