AN EAST INDIA COMPANY PRIZE DRUM SEXTANT, 1857
signed under silver scale Elliott, 268 High Holborn, London, vernier arm with magnifier, pinhole sight and original Morocco case with silver plate to top, with presentation inscription to Gentleman Cadet Keith A. Jopp -- 3½in. (9cm.) overall; together with folder of research.

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Provenance: Colonel Keith Alexander Jopp (1838-1920) was born in Ootacamund, South India. He attended the East India Military Training College, Addiscombe, in 1856 and passed out in June 1857. In addition to the sextant, he was also awarded the Pollock Medal for the most distinguished cadet. In 1859, Jopp joined the Headquarters of the Bombay Engineers [renamed the Royal Engineers in the 1960s] as 2^nd Lieutenant. After 34 years of service and rising to the rank of Colonel by 1885, Jopp retired and settled in England permanently in 1891 and died in Thanet, Kent in the spring of 1920.

Condition Report

Good overall condition.

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