26th Apr, 2019 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine
A Fine 18th Century Surveying Plane Table & Compass by Henry Gregory
English, c.1765, mahogany plane table, with folding boxwood protractor rule surround divided to 1/10th inch and 1/2 degree, with attached compass in octagonal mahogany frame with blued steel needle, printed paper rose with 32 named points, with silvered brass outer ring divided to one degree, rose signed H Gregory nearby India House London, table 42cm x 34cm, compass frame 15cm across
Sold for £1,920
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English, c.1765, mahogany plane table, with folding boxwood protractor rule surround divided to 1/10th inch and 1/2 degree, with attached compass in octagonal mahogany frame with blued steel needle, printed paper rose with 32 named points, with silvered brass outer ring divided to one degree, rose signed H Gregory nearby India House London, table 42cm x 34cm, compass frame 15cm across
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2019
