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Sextant made by W. Gerrard, Liverpool, England
sextant
INSTRUMENTS - SEXTANTSGerrard, W.
England, Liverpool
overall: 4 x 9 1/4 x 10 in.
Brass tulip-pattern frame sextant; reinforced index arm, wooden handle; engraved "W. Garrard, Liverpool Maker to the Royal Navy"; silver scale graduated -5 to +133 ; swing magnifier, silver vernier, tangent screw, adjustable index mirror, 4 square shades, horizon glass, 3 circular shades, sight vane for telescopes (see 1992.88.14-15); pencil notations on back; came in case 1992.88.16 but not original to it. Trade label for Frederic Lincoln Jr. & Co, Boston.
1992.88.13