- Subject
- Compasses
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Spencer & Co.
- Provenance
- Purchased.
- Primary inscriptions
- "SPENCER & Cc. No. 66 WAPPING London" [printed on compass card].
- Object type
- Compass
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 67mm Depth: 27mm
- Inventory No
- 38892
- Accession Number
- 1976-10
Description
Brass case with push-fit lid, with compass card pivotting on a pin. The card is black with white compass rose, calibrated in quarters, with 32 points of the compass of which North and East are decorated.
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