Dry card compass

dry card compass

INSTRUMENTS - COMPASSES - DRY CARD
Merrill, Robert & Sons
USA, NY, New York
circa 1840
0 x 0 x 0

Dry card compass made by Robert Merrill, NY, on gimbals with wooden frame painted green. Box has sliding cover. Compass comes from old whaling ship c.1840-1860.

UNIDENTIFIED whaling ship
1964.1256