Artist/Maker
Kehew, John
Title
Boxed compass
DateCirca 1850
Mediumbrass, wood
Dimensions5 × 6 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (12.7 × 16.8 × 17.1 cm)
Object number1992.48
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA dry card boxed brass boat compass in a mahogany box with a sliding lid. The dry card is printed with ornate fleur-de-lys and graduated geographic headings. The compass is gimbal mounted in a wood box with a brass bowl and gimbal assembly.On View
Not on view
Kehew, John
C.R. Sherman & Co.
Sherman, Charles R.
C.H. Taber & Co.
F.W. Lincoln Jr. & Co. of Boston (1839-1883)
