Sold for:
$3,525
$3,525
Brass Surveyors Compass By Thomas Greenough, Boston, 18th century, with engraved compass rose with floral center, signed Thomas Greenough Boston Fecit , outer ring divided 0-90 x 4, blued-steel needle, numbered vanes (1 and 2), cover and butterfly screw for the mount, in carved-out field case with fruitwood Gunter's rule in lid, the instrument 11 3/4 in. long. (old repair with brass to the rule).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-10-27
