Sold for:
$646
$646
Brass Surveyor's Compass by Amsler, engraved on silvered 3 1/2-inch dia. dial C.T. Amsler, Philadelphia , with needle ring divided 0-90° in four quadrants, East and West points reversed, blued-steel needle with agate hub and lifter operated from the bezel rim, green-lacquered limb with two vials, and screw-on straight-topped sight vanes, lg. 12 in., (one glass vial broken, the other missing, but with two contemporary replacements included), in dovetailed mahogany case with label in lid Amsler & Wirz, Importers and Manufacturers of Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments, 211 Chestnut St., Northeast Corner of Seventh, Philadelphia .
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-03-24
