£480
Ø A 13½IN. RADIUS OCTANT BY BRADFORD LONDON, CIRCA 1800
the ivory scale marks for Ramsden's engine and divided to 100°, maker's plate signed as per title, threaded bone-capped pencil, brass index arm, pinhole sights, removable shades and note plate, contained within stepped keystone case, the lid painted with a male portrait and an architectural scene, and internally with a portrait of a lady and a fire, possibly the owner and his wife and the Bridgwater canal -- 17in. (43cm.) long; IDN: X31PV6C9
The Nurse shipping family of Bridgwater, Somerset and thence by descent to Lewis James (Jim) Nurse MBE (1928 - 2018).
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