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Octant and case

octant and case

INSTRUMENTS - OCTANTS
Bliss & Company; DeMory Gray & Adler, W. D.; Spencer Browning & Co.
England, London
LOA 11-1/4 in.; box 13 x 12-1/8 x 3 x 11-3/8 x 4 in.

Octant, ebony frame, inlaid ivory nameplate "Spencer . Browning & Co. London", brass limb, ivory vernier, ivory scale graduated -2 deg to 107 deg, adjustable index mirror, 3 movable shades, horizon glass, sight vane with cover, stamped initials on ivory scale "SBR", 1 brass telescope, in mahogany keystone case; paper label in lid "JOHN BLISS & CO.,/ 128 FRONT ST., ..."; another label "DeMORY GRAY & W. D. ADLER,/ Successors to GEO. C. A. BAKER,/ .../ No. 62 South Street,/ New York./ ..." corner of lid broken, writing plaque from back missing, part of frame chipped on back.


1958.1331