Sold for:
$14,760
$14,760
E. S. Ritchie U.S.S. Constellation Ship's Binnacle, U.S. Navy Yard, California, c. 1868, octagonal brass tapered hood with five glass panels, finial ring plate engraved U.S. Navy Yard California , sits atop the mahogany octagonal paneled box housing the 7 1/2-in. gimbaled wet-card compass marked E.S. Ritchie Boston , patent dates 1862, 1863, 1866, and 1868 on the outer ring, bulbous ring-turned center pedestal resting on the brass-wrapped undulating triangular base, ht. 52 in. Provenance: The collection of the Valley Forge Historical Society. Note: On loan to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, from 1954 to 1988.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
