- Subject
- Calculation
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Bequeathed by Mrs A. M. Billmeir.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Butterfield / AParis"
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Sector
- Dimensions
- Height: 4mm Width: 174mm Depth: 32mm
- Inventory No
- 35871
- Accession Number
- 1973-11/9
Description
Relatively crude engraving suggests this is one of the ?late 18th century instruments which used Butterfield's name, presumably as a mark of quality.
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