Compass, with 3 inch plate

PART OF:: Sundial with separate compass. Brass gilt 8 5/8" by 7 1/2"

Made:: 1671-1730 in Germany

Compass, with 3 inch plate, by Godfried Weiss, German, 1671-1730.

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1880-34/2

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

type:: compasses (direction indicators)

credit:: Fulgence, Mons. (Paris)

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Compass, with 3 inch plate

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