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An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass

Schätzpreis
20.000 £ - 30.000 £
ca. 39.631 $ - 59.446 $
Zuschlagspreis:
24.500 £
ca. 48.548 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400

An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass

Schätzpreis
20.000 £ - 30.000 £
ca. 39.631 $ - 59.446 $
Zuschlagspreis:
24.500 £
ca. 48.548 $
Beschreibung:

An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass
BY MANOEL FERREIRA, 1755
An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass by Manoel Ferreira, 1755 A highly decorative mariner's azimuth compass on gimbals in a mahogany case rotatable on a circular platform. Signed to the center of the compass card Manoel Ferreire Portugal a fes em Lisboa no Anno de 1755 . The compass box: 10 x 10 x 6¼in., framed glass lid with cross-strings, the octagonal interior decorated with red, blue, green yellow and gold painted floral patterns, two of the panels with glass windows with vertical threads on the inner faces, the brass pivot to the centre with five punched points in the shape of a cross, with a second pivot on a brass weight, an arm beneath the pivot attached to a brass screw and thread on the outside of the box, enabling the card to be raised, on the exterior two brass alidades rotate on pivots above the windows, marked O and L , a brass handle pulls on a padded pin which stabilizes the compass card, a lead disc and balancing weight to the underneath of the box. The obverse of the compass card: the card of 8¼in. (211mm.) diameter, with a thirty-two-point compass rose, highly decorated in red, blue, green, yellow and gold paint, with the crowned arms of Portugal as the North pointer and additional foliage to the East pointer, divided 0°-90°-0°-90° , numbered by 10°, an outer scale subdivided to 5° and numbered for 5°s, a further scale alternately coloured for 1°; on the Eastern and Western sectors run two vertical scales from [65°]- 0° -[65°], numbered by 10°, subdivided to 5°, alternately coloured every 1°, tapering from 61°-65°, the exterior side of the scales numbered for 5°s. The reverse of the compass card: with six concentric circles, marked N and S either side of the steel needle, the ends flared and pointed, the North end marked with an incised 'N', the central brass bearing with glass inset, the card inscribed S.B. Haas L. a em 6 de Nov. b r o de 1821=23 and in another hand Em 9 de Dezembro de 1825 , red and black sealing-wax counterbalances. The main case: with brass gimbals, two decorative brass handles, two viewing windows, one with sliding cover and brass handle, attached on the base to a circular wooden disc of diameter 14¼in., resting on three rollers. 14¼ x 14¼ x 9¼in. (36.5 x 36.5 x 23.5cm.)

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400
Auktion:
Datum:
23.04.2008
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
23 April 2008, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass
BY MANOEL FERREIRA, 1755
An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass by Manoel Ferreira, 1755 A highly decorative mariner's azimuth compass on gimbals in a mahogany case rotatable on a circular platform. Signed to the center of the compass card Manoel Ferreire Portugal a fes em Lisboa no Anno de 1755 . The compass box: 10 x 10 x 6¼in., framed glass lid with cross-strings, the octagonal interior decorated with red, blue, green yellow and gold painted floral patterns, two of the panels with glass windows with vertical threads on the inner faces, the brass pivot to the centre with five punched points in the shape of a cross, with a second pivot on a brass weight, an arm beneath the pivot attached to a brass screw and thread on the outside of the box, enabling the card to be raised, on the exterior two brass alidades rotate on pivots above the windows, marked O and L , a brass handle pulls on a padded pin which stabilizes the compass card, a lead disc and balancing weight to the underneath of the box. The obverse of the compass card: the card of 8¼in. (211mm.) diameter, with a thirty-two-point compass rose, highly decorated in red, blue, green, yellow and gold paint, with the crowned arms of Portugal as the North pointer and additional foliage to the East pointer, divided 0°-90°-0°-90° , numbered by 10°, an outer scale subdivided to 5° and numbered for 5°s, a further scale alternately coloured for 1°; on the Eastern and Western sectors run two vertical scales from [65°]- 0° -[65°], numbered by 10°, subdivided to 5°, alternately coloured every 1°, tapering from 61°-65°, the exterior side of the scales numbered for 5°s. The reverse of the compass card: with six concentric circles, marked N and S either side of the steel needle, the ends flared and pointed, the North end marked with an incised 'N', the central brass bearing with glass inset, the card inscribed S.B. Haas L. a em 6 de Nov. b r o de 1821=23 and in another hand Em 9 de Dezembro de 1825 , red and black sealing-wax counterbalances. The main case: with brass gimbals, two decorative brass handles, two viewing windows, one with sliding cover and brass handle, attached on the base to a circular wooden disc of diameter 14¼in., resting on three rollers. 14¼ x 14¼ x 9¼in. (36.5 x 36.5 x 23.5cm.)

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400
Auktion:
Datum:
23.04.2008
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
23 April 2008, London, South Kensington
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