Brass compass with sundial pointer

Made:
1880-1910
Brass compass with sundial pointer, clamp to secure instrument

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Brass compass with sundial pointer, clamp to secure instrument
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Brass compass with sundial pointer, clamp to secure instrument, Chinese, 1880-1910 (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A193720
Materials:
brass and glass
Measurements:
length 97 mm
width 73 mm
sundial, pointer raised: depth 74 mm
type:
compasses
credit:
Glendining

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