A FINE 4IN. RADIUS SURVEYING SEXTANT BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, PRESENTED TO GENTLEMAN CADET WILLIAM E. WARRAND BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, JUNE 1849

the lacquered brass diamond-pattern frame signed on the arc as per title and the inset silvered scale divided to 160°, vernier with magnifier, mirrors, four shades, threaded ebony handle, contained within fitted keystone box of issue with tubes and filters, the lid with presentation plate inscribed to Warrand, from the Court of Directors for the East India Company -- 8¼in. (21cm.) diam

Condition Report

Fine and very original condition, good lacquer to frame and strong scale; presumably pillar support was separate as no obvious missing spaces in case, so may have been an option declined by this officer?

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