liquid compass

INSTRUMENTS - COMPASSES - LIQUID
Kelvin & Wilfred O. White Co.
USA: Massachusetts: Boston; USA: New York: New York
before 1949
overall: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 in.

Gimballed liquid boat compass in mahogany case, marked "KELVIN WHITE BOSTON" on rim, serial #A1275. Brass plate on front of box reads: "KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO./ NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS/ 90 STATE STREET, BOSTON/ 68 WATER STREET, NEW YORK". Engraved silver plaque on lid reads: "STORM TRYSAIL CLUB/ MEMORIAL DAY RACE 1949./ SECOND PRIZE CLASS B/ WON BY/ DOLPHIN". DOLPHIN (aux. sloop, bu. 1914, Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; W.B. & M.H. Lockwood, owners)

1985.34