Three Compasses, including a brass surveyor's compass with a 4-in. silvered dial, needle ring calibrated 0-360, hinged sighting vanes with a ball-and-socket shaft; a brass and copper frame dip needle marked Pollard Co. Inc , in fitted box; and a brass-cased compass marked Brinton Compass Thos. J. Evans, Esq London 1862 . surveyors compass has surface rust on dial
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-12-01
Three Compasses, a surveyor's brass dip compass; a gimbaled boat compass with 3-inch dia. floating paper dial, on perspex plinth; and a brass pocket compass. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-03-24
Three Compasses, New York, a dry-card ship's compass by E. & G.W. Blunt, New York , on gimbaled mount, in stained wood case with sliding Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
Three Pocket Compasses, the earliest by Negelein , with hand-colored sixteen-point illuminated paper dial, an arrow marking magnetic variation at 18 degrees NNW, blued-steel needle Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-03-24
Five W. & L.E. Gurley Field Compasses, Troy, New York, three plastic-cased examples, two with engraved lids reading in red "Gurley," and two magnetic hand-held Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-04-12
Eleven Calipers and Compasses, 19th century, steel inside/outside calipers, some figural examples, one marked "HBJ 1855 Norristown PA.," three brass and steel compasses, and a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-04-20
Nine Military Compasses, three dated "1964," one dated "1965," one dated "1966," one dated "1975," and three dated "1978." Estimate $100-200 Items may have wear Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-03-18
Three Boxed and Gimbaled Compasses, largest marked "AJKJ," one marked "Star Pathfinder," smallest unmarked, wd. to 8 1/2 in. Estimate $400-600 Items may have wear Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-10-16
Three Cased W. & L.E. Gurley Pocket Compasses, all housed in wooden fitted boxes, two with paper labels. Provenance: William H. Skerritt. Estimate $150-250 one Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-10-11
Three Iron Compasses or Dividers, Europe, 18th/19th century, one with a heart-shaped screw, one with the wing terminating in a serpent's head, and one with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-04-20
Three Pocket Compasses, late 19th and early 20th century, all with folding sights and silvered engraved dials, including a mahogany-cased example with an engraved scale Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-04-20
