£150 - £200
AN ENGLISH BRASS AND EBONY OCTANT, SPENCER BROWNING & RUST, LONDON, C1800 with divided ivory arc, vernier and name tablet, on three feet, 35cm l, oak box
Vernier incomplete, vernier scale cracked, frame, brass and ivory in good condition and basically complete and entirely original, silvering on mirrors mostly lost. The three glass coloured filters original and undamaged. Instrument stiff in operation from long having been displayed as a wall piece, not cleaned or restored, the wooden box probably original but repaired and black painted at later date, the interior retaining two 19th c fragmentary printed trade labels
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
24% inc VAT*
Online and Autobids:
25.8% inc VAT*
