A POCKET COMPASS SUNDIAL, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740
unsigned, 3in. paper-covered mica card with sealing wax balancing, suspended in brass bowl with removable pierced dial and folding gnomon and threaded brass lid with compass rose glued within -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter; together with a Continental printed paper and fruitwood type with domed glass cover; and an early 19th Century prismatic sighting compass, the arsenic card signed Gilbert Patent London, with two shades and derelict leather case
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Condition Report
Brass compass circa 1740: card now unbalanced, but responds to a magnet, evidence of old polish in hours; fruitwood: mould attack internally, loose glass; unresponsive, probably rusted; Gilbert: good overall condition but card clamp defective, case has no lid and is greatly repaired with ?duck tape, and renewed stitching.

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