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9 3/4 inch Ebony Octant Plaskett Cardiff & London
Plaskett Cardiff & London, with sightingtube and peephole in box
Type of object:
Octant
Time period:
Britain rules the waves + France
Place:
Cardiff & london
Date:
1860
Maker / Author:
Plaskett Cardiff & London
Publisher / Printer:
Palskett
Dimensions:
30.4 cl, 11 inch radius. Box of 32.7 x 29.2 x 7.8 cm
Material:
Ebony and brass+ glass
Graduation:
0 - 105 °
Inscription:
Plaskett Cardiff. & .London
Provenance:
Bretagne
References:
Sextant of Greenwich p 156
Description
Ebony octant, signed , not dated. with peephole and sighting tube, without lenses. in dovetail box. With original pensil.
Plaskett was a horologist of the marine
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