A rare early 19th-Century fruitwood surveying compass, the coloured engraved paper dial inscribed THAXTER MAKER Head of Long Wharf State Street BOSTON, the plain blued-needle with brass cap, with engraved brass horizontal circle, the limb with twin sights (possibly replacements) and divided compass cover, the limb 14in.s (35.5cm.) long; a wood framed plain table graphometer compass with divided protractor scale 8 3/8ins. (21.2cm.) wide; and a "Vermont" pattern wooden surveying level 16½in. (41.9cm.) long. See illustration - part lot (3)
A rare early 19th-Century fruitwood surveying compass, the coloured engraved paper dial inscribed THAXTER MAKER Head of Long Wharf State Street BOSTON, the plain blued-needle with brass cap, with engraved brass horizontal circle, the limb with twin sights (possibly replacements) and divided compass cover, the limb 14in.s (35.5cm.) long; a wood framed plain table graphometer compass with divided protractor scale 8 3/8ins. (21.2cm.) wide; and a "Vermont" pattern wooden surveying level 16½in. (41.9cm.) long. See illustration - part lot (3)
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