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Octant, English manufacture, circa 1780
octant
INSTRUMENTS - OCTANTSEngland
Circa 1780
Octant, ebony frame, ivory arc 95 deg., ivory vernier scale; has sun shade glasses. No maker's name. English manufacture, dated circa 1780 [Ref: Willem Morzer Bruyns, July 2006.] Stamped on the scale a ‘non-foul anchor’, without initials.
1955.1193