Pocket Compass by George Leighton Whitehouse, Dover, New Hampshire, circa 1850, with 2 1/4-inch printed dial divided in four quadrants but without cardinal points, steel needle and mahogany case and lid, 2 3/4 in. square. For a biography of Whitehouse, see the makers of Surveying Instruments in America Since 1700 Vol. II, by Charles Smart.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-05-03
Surveyor's Vernier Compass by George Leighton Whitehouse, Dover, New Hampshire, with 5 1/2-inch diameter compass card divided 0-90 in four quadrants, brass needle clamp, mahogany Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-09-11
Mahogany Plane Table Surveyor's Compass by George Adams, London, with 4 1/4-inch dia. paper dial divided every degree of full-circle, 32-point compass rose forming the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Vernier Pocket Compass by W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, N.Y., with 4 1/4-inch silvered dial, engraved star at North, East and West points reversed, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Surveyor's Compass By George Heisley, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, the silvered dial signed G. J. Heisley, Harrisburg , with engraved star at north, the brass Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-10-27
Brass-cased Aneroid Barometer by E. Kendall and a Pocket Barometer by George Rossiter, New Lebanon, New York, the first with 4-in. dia. paper dial marked Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-04-28
Rare Mahogany Surveyor's with Compass Card by George Adams, with engraved brass needle ring and 4 1/4-inch compass card both divided 0-360 , two sets Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
Brass and ivory pocket compass/thermometer and barometer by J.H. Steward, London, 2 1/2" dia., together with an English cased pocket barometer, retailed by A.S. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2010-01-16
Silver Pocket Sundial by Michael Butterfield, Paris, late 17th century, the octagonal plate signed at the base of the adjustable bird-shaped hinged gnomon "Butterfield Paris," Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-04-20
Silver Pocket Watch with George Washington Portrait Miniature, probably France, c. 1790, key-wind silver pair case pocket watch, with verge fusee movement, enameled porcelain dial Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
Silver Pocket Sundial by Michael Butterfield, Paris, late 17th century, the octagonal plate signed at the base of the adjustable bird-shaped hinged gnomon "Butterfield Paris," Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-04-20
