502: A COLLECTION OF 19TH C. POCKET COMPASSES

The wood and brass examples as shown with silvered metal and paper dials including one with graphics that are hand colored wood engravings.
Sizes range from 1.5 to 2.75 x 3 inches.
Very good condition as shown noting normal evidence of age and use, the glass lens appears to have been re-set on the wood example.
Provenance: The estate of a collector active in Historical Re-enactment, Surveying the Frontier, Scientific Instruments. Lewis and Clark.
$175 - $250