£2,600
Ø A RARE BRASS-MOUNTED IVORY FOLDING SECTOR BY THOMAS TUTTELL (FL. 1695-1702)
signed on the foliate engraved hinge Tuttell Charing + London: Fecit, with foot measurements (when open) for 'Eng, French, Ams and Rhy'; sectorial and linear scales -- 6¾in. (17cm.) closed; 12¾in. (32.5cm.) open; IDN supplied
Thomas Tuttell (1674-1702) was a mathematical and scientific instrument maker and hydrographer to the King. He flourished in the late 1600s/early 1700s, with two known London addresses: the Royal Exchange, Cornhill and at the Kings Arms & Globe, Charing Cross. For a similar sector by Tuttell, cf. M. Hambly, Drawing Instruments 1580-1980, London, 1988, p. 187, fig. 169.
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