$3,081
17-inch Radius Mahogany Octant by George Adams, Fleet Street, London, with bone scale calibrated 0-90, index arm with brass read-out, locking thumb screw and bone vernier with unmarked divisions, sighting pinulla, mirror magnifier, shades, and maker's plaque on cross frame marked Made by G. Adams, Math.(l) Inft. (t) Maker to His Majesty. Fleet Street London . Brass end of index arm repaired, possibly restored, brass elements in old lacquer, mirrors discolored.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25