EBONY "T" FRAME SEXTANT BY SPENCER BROWNING
Britain, Circa 1840
Inset ivory plaque on the cross support signed "Spencer - Browning & Co. London." Ebony "T" frame with inset ivory scale calibrated from 0-100 degrees, a brass radius arm with clamp and tangent screws, pencil with ivory handle, mirrors, filters and peep hole sight. Contained within the original shaped box with hinged lid and a trade label for Samuel Thaxter & Son, State Street, Boston.
Length 11". Arc width 10". Box height 4". Length 13". Width 11.75".
Provenance:
Thomaston Auctions, Thomaston, Maine, 2007.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

Overall good condition, missing 2 of the brass feet, the inset ivory note plaque and one filter.

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