- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Edward J. Dent
- Provenance
- Presented by the Oxford Optical Company.
- Primary inscriptions
- "E. I. DENT / LONDON" and "PATENTEE" on the hour scale; "1576" scratched on the base and "P" punched; "1576" written on inside of box lid
- Physical material
- Brass
- Dimensions
- Height: 100mm Width: 110mm Depth: 108mm
- Inventory No
- 47140
- Accession Number
- 1954-12
Description
Square base with trough compass (with clamp), three feet (one levelling), one bubble level and inclined axis for prism rotating against a scale from 9 to 3 o'clock.
Lacquered and silvered brass
