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Case for a Sextant, by Janet Taylor, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 95562


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.95562

Subject
Navigation
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by W. R. Baldwin-Wiseman
Physical material
Wood
Metal
Paper
Bone(?)
Object type
Sextant
Inventory No
95562
Accession Number
1947-?

Description

Curved triangular box with two hook fasteners on the side and a maker's label inside the lid. With a key with an oval bow and a four toothed bit attached to a bone(?) keyring.