Portable ship's compass with illumination by spring candle lantern

Made:
1875-1890 in London
maker:
E Dent & Company Limited
Portable liquid ship's compass with illumination by spring

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Portable liquid ship's compass with illumination by spring
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Portable liquid ship's compass with illumination by spring candle lantern, used on the battleship the HMS 'Cornwallis' (1901), by E Dent and Son, London, c.1880

Details

Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1960-114
Materials:
steel (metal), metal (unknown), wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 350 mm x 350 mm x 245 mm,
type:
compass (direction indicator)
credit:
purchased