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Sextant made by Ainsley, South Shields and Cardiff (and case)

sextant and case

INSTRUMENTS - SEXTANTS
T. L. Ainsley Ltd.
Great Britain, Wales, Cardiff
radius 7-5/16 in.; case 10-3/4 x 9-7/8 x 5 in.

Brass spectacle-pattern frame sextant in mahogany box-jointed case with brass fittings. Sextant has a silver inlaid scale, marked Ainsley S° Shields & Cardiff. Case label reads: "Samuel Thaxter & Son ... 125 State St., Boston / and T.S. & J.D. NEGUS / NAUTICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS / 140 WATER ST. NEW YORK / W-390". Case: 10 3/4" x 9 7/8" x 5"


1968.155