liquid compass

INSTRUMENTS - COMPASSES - LIQUID
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
USA, MA, Boston
overall: 8 3/4 in x 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.

Boxed gimballed, 4 inch, liquid compass from a Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31 design. Compass is marked "E.S. RITCHIE & SONS BOSTON" and bears serial number 63035. Card is marked "RITCHIE, BOSTON U.S.A." One bronze gimbal mount bears the number 393, possibly a Herreshoff Mfg. Co. number. Box has handle and remains of latch mechanism, both of brass.

UNIDENTIFIED Bar Harbor 31
1984.3