A LACQUERED BRASS DRUM SEXTANT BY G. & C. DIXEY, CIRCA 1830
of typical form, signed above the silvered scale G. & C. Dixey / Opticians to the King, 3 New Bond St., London, and contained within original stitched leather travelling case -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter

George and Charles Dixey worked from this address between 1825 and 1838.

Condition Report
silvered scale tarnished, in good mechanical order with good lacquer in evidence; possibly missing a sighting tube - pin hole in place but loop behind suggests one may have been there originally; leather case securing strap missing.

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