A LATE 18TH-CENTURY SURVEYING COMPASS AND LEVEL BY W. & S. JONES, LONDON
constructed in lacquered brass, with 4¼in. silvered dial signed W. & S. Jones, 30 Holborn, London, with needle clamp, liquid-filled level mounted on Y-frame over with 24¾in. telescope with rack and pinion fine focus, the whole mounted on socket for tripod assembly and contained within original fitted mahogany box -- 6½ x 26in. (16.5 x 66cm.); together with a circular protractor by the same maker contained in fitted box with trade label for Husbands of Melbourne and period owner's inscription underneath inscribed ...Blond
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Condition Report
Lacquer largely missing from telescope tube except for draw. Section compartment fittings missing from box. Protractor in good original condition, typical wear to lacquer etc. Securing hooks missing from box.

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