- 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS SURVEYORS’
COMPASS19th Century French brass surveyors’ compass. Finely engraved with a rule and scale on bottom plate. Centered with a silver plate and engraved compass, signed "Rochette,...
[more like this] - TWO FINE REGENCY GLOBES ON MAHOGANY
STANDS, BY WILLIAM AND THOMAS M. BARDINEach with a cartouche, Sir Joseph Banks, Bart K.B., President of the Royal Society, this New British Terrestrial Globe...1807; The Rev....
[more like this] - DELURE A PARIS CASED BRASS SUNDIAL &
COMPASS Mid-18th c. French Made Leather Cased Octagonal Pocket Sundial, by Jean Baptiste Nicolas Delure (1695-1766), Paris, with engraved Roman numeral sundial scale, engraved...
[more like this] - GERMAN GILT BRASS UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL
COMPASS German gilt brass universal equinoctial compass, 18th century, the elaborately cased sundial, having a modified octagonal form dial with an engraved scrolling leaf...
[more like this] - NAUTICAL COMPASS & SURVEYOR'S STATION
POINTER 20th century; Wilcox & Crittenden binnacle type compass in wood box case, compass, 7 in. Diam., case, 5 1/4 in. H., 8 1/2 in. Sq., with engraved brass presentation...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE LARGE CHATELAINE W/ FIVE CHAINS,
SEWING, COMPASS, CHARMS, SHIEBLERAn antique belt chatelaine with five chains and a variety of attachments. It has a largebelt clip that is silver plated with afloral motif....
[more like this] - SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT - KY TIENSCH & STANCLIFFTiensch
and Stancliff, Louisville Kentucky brass surveyor's transit level compass on stand, steel dial with engraved name "Tiensch & Stancliff Louisville Ky", engraved fleur-de-lis...
[more like this] - JOHN DAVIS'S BRASS SURVEYOR COMPASS
AND SCALEBrass surveyor compass and Gunter's Scale used by John Davis to survey Davidson County (Nashville) in the late 1700s. Brass Compass with engraved eight-point dial,...
[more like this] - A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY CARY'S NEW
TERRESTRIAL AND CE... TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL 18" GLOBES ON STANDS, BY JOHN AND WILLIAM CARY, STRAND, LONDON, 1816, the terrestrial globe with circular printed cartouche...
[more like this] - WHALEMAN MADE PANBONE DESK SET, CIRCA
1850SWhaleman Made Panbone Desk Set, circa 1850s, carved antique whalebone sperm whale with scrimshawed bark, applied whale teeth with pen holders flanking an amber india...
[more like this] - RARE AND IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY BOXED
MARINER'S COMPASS BY PEDRO FREIRE LISBON, 1789 EXTERIOR BOX HEIGHT 10". WIDTH 14.5". DEPTH 14.5". MARINER'S COMPASS BY PEDRO FREIRE, Lisbon, 1789, Signed and dated at the...
[more like this] - LARGE AND WELL-PRESERVED WOOD BOWL COMPASS
AMERICA, CIRCA 1840 BOWL DIAMETER 8"., America, Circa 1840, Signed on the 6-inch engraved paper compass card "John J. Murray, 23 South Street New York.". Agate pivot and...
[more like this] - BENJAMIN COLE BOXED COMPASS LONDON,
18TH CENTURY BOX HEIGHT 1". WIDTH 5.75". DEPTH 5.75". BEZEL DIAMETER 5".BENJAMIN COLE BOXED COMPASS, London, 18th Century, Engraved card signed at center of compass rose...
[more like this] - * POLYCHROME ENGRAVED WHALEBONE BUSK
BY DAVID LAZARUS NANTUCKET, CONTEMPORARY LENGTH 13". BY DAVID LAZARUS, Nantucket, Contemporary, Depicts six colorful vignettes separated by geometric borders. Vignettes...
[more like this] - PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLY
SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
[more like this] - * ENGRAVED WHALEBONE POCKET COMPASS
20TH CENTURY HEIGHT CLOSED 1". LENGTH 3.5"., 20th Century, Top of hinged lid depicts a rope-like border surrounding "Chapotota Paris 1792" above a fleur-de-lis and compass...
[more like this] - * ENGRAVED WHALEBONE POCKET COMPASS
20TH CENTURY HEIGHT CLOSED 1". LENGTH 3.5"., 20th Century, Top of hinged lid depicts a scene of an American-flagged ship in stormy seas within a rope-like border. Interior...
[more like this] - ENGRAVED SURVEYOR'S BRASS COMPASS IN
BOX W. and L.E. Gurley, Trot, NY, circa 1875, with folding vanes and two levels; brass, the compass compartment silvered and delicately engraved, 5 5/8 in. Diam.; in an oblong...
[more like this] - ENGRAVED SURVEYOR'S BRASS COMPASS IN
BOX No maker's name evident, 2nd half 19th century, with folding vanes and a pair of levels; brass, the compass dial silvered, with niello engraving, 5 1/4 in. diam.; in a...
[more like this] - LIGNUM VITAE COMMEMORATIVE COMPASSRare
English Lignum Vitae Anglo-Egyptian War Commemorative Compass , 1882, solid barrel-form, incised detail, inset with compass, silver plate engraved "CONDOR/versus/MARABOUT/July...
[more like this] - ENGLISH BRASS UNIVERSAL COMPASS SUNDIALEnglish
Brass Universal Compass Sundial , 19th c., hinged chapter ring engraved "Troughton & Simms/LONDON", 3 1/4 inch silvered dial engraved with compass rose; two levels, needle...
[more like this] - A KIESELSTEIN BUCKLE, TIFFANY & CO.
COMPASS & MORE 1.) Sterling silver 1985 Kieselstein equestrian buckle, 4.25 in., 2.) Sterling silver 2001 Tiffany & Co. compass, personally engraved, 3.) Sterling silver cuff...
[more like this] - U.S. NAVY SUN AZIMUTH COMPASS BY G.W.
BLUNT CIRCA 1820 COMPASS DIAMETER 9". BOX HEIGHT 10". WIDTH 12". DEPTH 12". BLUNT, Circa 1820, An early and rare compass fitted to take sun azimuth bearings. Signed on the...
[more like this] - RARE MENDENHALL, LANCASTER #3 SURVEYOR'S
COMPASSca. 18th century- Revolutionary War era; post top compass with two brass tombstone arch top L mount lineal sight on brass arms, the compass with 5 3/8" dial with decorative...
[more like this] - 3 SMALL PRIMITIVESca. early 18th-early
20th century; unsigned traveler's brass engraved compass sun dial in wooden hinged lid compact, fine English/French brass sundial with hinge-up indicator that has small engraved...
[more like this] - STEUBEN GLASS 'MARINERS' BOWL, SIDNEY
WAUGH Rare Wheel Engraved 'Mariners Bowl' large signed, Steuben mythical carved Intaglio decorated with a central design of a compass, framed at each cardinal point with an...
[more like this] - CASED SURVEYOR’S COMPASS LATE 18TH/EARLY
19TH CENTURY CASE HEIGHT 7.5”. WIDTH 10.5”. DEPTH 10.5”.CASED SURVEYOR'S COMPASS, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, Engraved "J.E. Hand Phila PA". Brass dial and gimbal....
[more like this] - ARABIC BRASS POCKET COMPASS 19TH CENTURY
CASE 3.25” X 2.25”.ARABIC BRASS POCKET COMPASS, 19th Century, Both sides of case engraved. Dimensions: Case 3.25" x 2.25"....
[more like this] - A COLLECTION OF FOUR ENGLISH SUNDIALS
AND A BAROMETER Late 19th to mid 20th century, including an aneroid barometer with round dial within a polished gray hardstone, stand (7 in.); the tallest of columnar form...
[more like this] - TWO ANTIQUE BRASS COMPASS / SUNDIAL
INSTRUMENTS The first is late 19th century, probably English, the equinoctial compass features a hinged chapter ring with Roman numerals and a collapsible gnomon, there is...
[more like this] - LUCAS JANSZ WAGHENAER, THE SEA COASTES
OF THE LANDES OF POYCTOU AND BORDEAUX ... 1588, HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING, MAP: 12 3/4 X 19 1/2 IN. (32.4 X 49.5 CM.), FRAME: 23 1/2 X 30 1/2 IN. (59.7 X 77.5 CM.)LUCAS JANSZ...
[more like this] - EQUINOCTIAL COMPASS SUNDIAL, JOHANN
SCHRETTEGGER
18TH CENTURY the octagonal dial with engraved floral and scroll decoration enclosing the compass, mounted with hinged hour ring, gnomon and latitude arc, contained...
[more like this] - NAVIGATIONAL LOT CONSISTING OF COMPASS,
SEXTANT,and spy glass. To include: a boxed Swiss compass, 20th C., made in Berne, Switzerland, A. Stoppani & Co., fitted wooden case, overall good condition, case measures...
[more like this] - German Gilt Brass Pocket Sundial Compass
18th century signed IR on the hour ring with hinged gnomon over hand coloured engraved paper compass rose all under screw down ring turned lid with coin edge 2.5" (diameter)...
[more like this] - POWDER HORN. American early 19th century.
Small horn with engraved compass designs a knife and ''John Rude 1804''. 8''l....
[more like this] - Rare and important John Hooe Surveyor's
Compass by Goldsmith Chandlee Winchester Virginia circa 1790 inscribed on the face in an engraved banner G. CHANDLEE W. and JOHN HOOE. This Goldsmith Chandlee Surveyor's Compass...
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