Sold for:
$674
$674
Newell & Son Walnut Surveying Compass, Boston, c. 1795, 5-in. dia. dial with printed card marked in the center, Newell & Son, Makers, East End of Faneuil Hall, Boston and the engraver Callender scp. , cardinal points in block letters, fleur-de-lis at North, silvered needle ring calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, blued steel hand, sighting vanes and wooden tripod collar, lg. 14 in. Slight tear in card across the west-northwest quadrant, glass cracked, putty renewed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
