£400 - £600
A DRY CARD COMPASS BY SPENCER, BROWNING AND RUST, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
the 5¾in. diameter card signed as per title and laid to mica disc with newspaper lining with wax balancing and steel bar secured with brass pivot, mounted in hand peened brass bowl with lead ballast and gimbal mounted within wooden box with sliding lid -- 9in. (23cm.) wide
Card time-stained, torn in two places and reapplied to disk, newspaper lining lifting and steel bar rusting.
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