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Turned Ivory Barrel Case containing Compass Needle, 19th Century

Inventory Number 45464

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45464

Subject
Compasses
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned.
Physical material
Ivory
steel and brass.
Object type
Compass
Dimensions
Height: 76mm
Inventory No
45464

Description

Turned thick-walled ivory barrel case containing a smallblued steel magnetic compass needle [of a diptych or other type of sundial].

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