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ANTIQUE #SA1224690

Sextant On Stand By Spencer Browning & Co

£4,250    $5,758    €5,007
Sextant on counterweight stand by Spencer Browning & Co, London, circa 1860.
 
Serial number 4855.
 
Brass triple circle pattern frame, 6 inch radius. inlaid silver scale from 0° to 150° subdivided by 10 arcminutes.
 
Arc engraved: 4855 Spencer Browning & Co. London
 
Silver vernier to 10".
 
Sextant mounted on rare brass stand with two counterweights and adjustable feet. Height: 37 cm.
 
 
For a similar sextant stand see: W.F.J. Morzer Bruyns’, ‘Sextants at Greenwich’, Page 296.
 
NMM Greenwich, ID: NAV1129
 
 
Spencer Browning & Co. London.
 
Mathematical instrument maker and Opticians, 1840 – 1870.
 
Traded at 66 Wapping (1840), 111 Minories (1840-70), 6 Vine St. (1848-70) & 6 America Square (1852), London, England.
 
Succeeded by Browning & Co.
 
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1224690
Dateline of this antique is 1860
Antique ID: SA1224690
Item: Sextant On Stand By Spencer Browning & Co - (reference SA1224690)
Buying direct from seller: Hatchwell Antiques
£4,250



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