Surveyor's Brass Vernier Compass by J. T. & E.M. Edwards, Chicago, Illinois, with 5-inch silvered dial, fleur-de-lis at North, foliate-engraved ring enclosing the blued-steel needle with clamp, the needle ring divided 0-90 in four quadrants, on baluster-shaped limb with vernier and two vials, lg. 14 1/2 in., with staff mount and cap, (glass broken, lacking sights).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Surveyor's Brass Vernier Compass by H. Pfister, the 5 1/2-inch dia. blackened brass dial with silvered border, paint-filled engravings H. Pfister, Cincinnati, O. , fleur-de-lis Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
Early Mahogany and Brass Surveyor's Vernier Compass by Benjamin Hanks, with 6-inch dia. engraved paper card, large fleur-de-lis at North, thirty-two small fleur-de-lis at the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Brass Surveyor's Vernier Compass by Wyllys Avery, with 5 1/2-inch dia. silvered dial signed in banner Wyllys Avery , eight-pointed hatched rose with thistle-like fleur-de-lis Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Brass Surveying Vernier Compass by Brown and Hunt, New York, 5 1/2 in. dia. silvered brass engraved dial signed Brown & Hunt, New York , Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
Brass Surveyor's Vernier Compass by W. E. Young, Philadelphia, with 5-inch dial engraved W.E. Young, Philadelphia, Maker , silvered needle ring divided 0-90-0 in four Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
Surveyor's Vernier Compass by George Leighton Whitehouse, Dover, New Hampshire, with 5 1/2-inch diameter compass card divided 0-90 in four quadrants, brass needle clamp, mahogany Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-09-11
Surveyor's Vernier Compass by Hagger, Baltimore, with mellow lacquered brass, 5 1/2-inch dial with fleur-de-lis and inside vernier with tangent-screw adjustment at North, East and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Brass Solar Compass by W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York, the brass instrument with Burt's solar attachment, horizontal circle read by opposing verniers, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Brass Plotting Compass by Gilkerson & Mcall, London, c. 1825-30, a 6 in. dia. geared circle with thumbscrew vernier adjustment and calibrated on an inset Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
Surveyor's Bras Vernier Compass by Aloe, with 4 3/4-inch silvered dial engraved A. Aloe, Maker, St. Louis, MO , fleur-de-lis at North, East and West Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
