22nd Oct, 2008 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association)
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[M] AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY WOOD AND BRASS ROYAL...
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY WOOD AND BRASS ROYAL NAVY BOAT 'CHETWYND-PATENT' COMPASS BY DENT
with 4in. diameter card signed Kelvin Bottomley in liquid-filled bowl signed and numbered E. Dent & Co. Ltd, London No. 54360. Mounted within oak box of issue with candle lamp and accessories, numbered `3534'
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
In 1890 the Royal Navy invited four compass manufacturers to compete for the tender to produce a new design of boat compass that would be suitable for both steam and sailing vessels. Tested aboard H.M.S. Vernon, the example produced by Dent (and known as Boats Compass Pattern 20) won the day and, apart from a slight reduction in card size, was used until after the Great War. The example offered here is post 1907 when the card size was reduced by ½in.
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
with 4in. diameter card signed Kelvin Bottomley in liquid-filled bowl signed and numbered E. Dent & Co. Ltd, London No. 54360. Mounted within oak box of issue with candle lamp and accessories, numbered `3534'
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
In 1890 the Royal Navy invited four compass manufacturers to compete for the tender to produce a new design of boat compass that would be suitable for both steam and sailing vessels. Tested aboard H.M.S. Vernon, the example produced by Dent (and known as Boats Compass Pattern 20) won the day and, apart from a slight reduction in card size, was used until after the Great War. The example offered here is post 1907 when the card size was reduced by ½in.
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY WOOD AND BRASS ROYAL NAVY BOAT 'CHETWYND-PATENT' COMPASS BY DENT
with 4in. diameter card signed Kelvin Bottomley in liquid-filled bowl signed and numbered E. Dent & Co. Ltd, London No. 54360. Mounted within oak box of issue with candle lamp and accessories, numbered `3534'
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
In 1890 the Royal Navy invited four compass manufacturers to compete for the tender to produce a new design of boat compass that would be suitable for both steam and sailing vessels. Tested aboard H.M.S. Vernon, the example produced by Dent (and known as Boats Compass Pattern 20) won the day and, apart from a slight reduction in card size, was used until after the Great War. The example offered here is post 1907 when the card size was reduced by ½in.
with 4in. diameter card signed Kelvin Bottomley in liquid-filled bowl signed and numbered E. Dent & Co. Ltd, London No. 54360. Mounted within oak box of issue with candle lamp and accessories, numbered `3534'
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
In 1890 the Royal Navy invited four compass manufacturers to compete for the tender to produce a new design of boat compass that would be suitable for both steam and sailing vessels. Tested aboard H.M.S. Vernon, the example produced by Dent (and known as Boats Compass Pattern 20) won the day and, apart from a slight reduction in card size, was used until after the Great War. The example offered here is post 1907 when the card size was reduced by ½in.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association), 22nd Oct, 2008
