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Inventory Number 11423


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11423

Subject
Navigation
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
M A
Physical material
Wood
ivory
Object type
Compass
Dimensions
Diameter: 134mm Height: 22mm Weight: 0.15kg
Inventory No
11423

Description

Disc of turned wood with engraved ivory numbered dial and inlaid flower decoration. There are two number ranges around the rim of the disc; the outer range is 1-24 and the internal range is 1-12 in two halves. There are two central holes, one with an inscribed ivory base, the other without.