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Telltale Compass Joseph Sewill
Late 19 th Sewill Liverpool-Glasgow-London Tell-Tale Compass, North and East nicely elaborated
Type of object:
Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf
Time period:
Britain rules the waves + France
Place:
Liverpool- Glasgow-London
Date:
1890
Maker / Author:
Joseph Sewill Liverpool-Glasgow- London Makers to the royal navy
Publisher / Printer:
idem
Dimensions:
16 cm diameter compass; total 20 cm diameter, 14 cm hight
Material:
Brass glass paper
Graduation:
360
Inscription:
Sewill Liverpool-Glasgow- London Makers to the royal navy
Provenance:
Maritime Art Gallery
References:
Description
Tell-tale compass to be hang above the bed of the captain
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