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19th Century Boxed Ships Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
19th century ships compass set into a dovetailed box with sliding lid. Brass bowl compass with
Category
1890s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Antique Brass Scottish Surveyor's Compass in Fitted Wooden Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
hands. The compass has two hinged hangles that fold down into the fitted walnut storage box.
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Box Compass
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique J.C Ulmer Co. Survey Transit & Compass In Original Mahogany Box
Located in New York, NY
Brass and steel survey transit and compass in the original mahogany box. Made by J.C Ulmer Co. Good
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass, Steel
Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass with Original Box by E. Vion Paris, Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Antique and rare magnetic surveying compass, brass with original wooden box, signed E. Vion Paris
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 12.61 in W 4 in D 4 in
19th Century Ships Compass From Amsterdam
Located in Norwell, MA
primitive dovetailed box. Circa 1880. With compass card from L.J. Harri, Amsterdam.
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1880s European Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
E.S. Ritchie & Söns Boston Brass Compass on Teak Socket
Located in Vienna, AT
box for compass, included. Measures: H. 106 cm. Ø. 31 cm.
Good original condition.
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1920s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Chrome Plated Brass Cross-Legged Reduction Compass
Located in Milan, IT
Cross-legged reduction compass, of chrome plated brass and steel, English manufacture from the end
Category
1890s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Silvertone Model VII Phonograph in Mahogany – 1920
Located in HÉRIC, FR
drop-leaf door with various moldings mounted on compasses.
The resonator box, decorated with scrolls
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Early 20th Century American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
is generally believed that the inspiration for the octagonal cases came from ship’s compass boxes
Category
19th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Box Compass
Materials
Shell
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
compass boxes.
Today, antique sailor's valentines remain highly prized and are eagerly sought. They are
Category
Late 19th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Box Compass
Materials
Shell, Mahogany
Turn of the Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
compass boxes.
Today, antique sailor's valentines remain highly prized and are eagerly sought. They are
Category
Early 1900s Bajan Folk Art Antique Box Compass
Materials
Wood
Compass Decorate and Polychrome Decorated Dome-Top Trinket Box Lancaster Pa
By Compass Decorator
Located in Allentown, PA
The Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Polychrome Decorated Dome-Top Trinket Box
Category
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Box Compass
Materials
Paint
Antique J.C. Ulmer Co. Survey Transit & Compass in Bergen & Sons Box
Located in Milan, OH
Introducing the Exquisite J.C. Ulmer & Co. Transit and Compass in Bergen & Sons Box
Discover a
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Early 1900s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Early 1900s Boxed Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Early 1900s boxed compass by Durkee. Stamped Serial No. S2246, dry compass card reads abbreviated
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Early 20th Century Antique Box Compass
19th Century Boxed Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Style: Boxed compass
Size: 9" x 9" x 6 1/2", dry compass card diameter: 5 1/2"
Category
19th Century Antique Box Compass
Mid-19th Century Boxed Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Mid-19th century boxed compass by Samuel Thaxter of Boston. Dry compass card, brass housing, fitted
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Mid-19th Century Antique Box Compass
Boxed Compass by Wilcox Crittenden
Located in Norwell, MA
Wilcox Crittenden boxed compass with brass gimbal and dry compass card mounted into a dovetailed
Category
19th Century Antique Box Compass
Antique Box Compass by Thaxter
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass gimballed compass fastened to dove-tailed wooden box by Thaxter and Son of Boston. Dry
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Box Compass
Nineteenth Century Boxed Compass by "Thaxter"
By Samuel Thaxter
Located in Norwell, MA
, Massachusetts. Fitted to a timber box with remnants of the original Thaxter label. This is circa 1880. Compass
Category
1880s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Hagger & Brother Yacht Boxed Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century ships compass by Hagger & Brother of Baltimore, Maryland. Seven inch brass bowl
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1850s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
19th Century Compass in Handmade Box
Located in New York, NY
Original antique compass mounted inside a mahogany box. Compass dates to the late 19th Century
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19th Century American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Metal
Brass Ships Compass, Circa 1880
Located in Norwell, MA
Late nineteenth century ships compass with gimbal mounted into a varnished wood box. Compass card
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1880s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Boat Compass by "Thaxter & Son"
By Samuel Thaxter
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century solid brass gimballed boat compass with varnished wood box. Compass card is
Category
1880s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Nautical Ship Compass Box in Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
EARLY 19TH C. NAUTICAL SHIP COMPASS BOX IN ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT. SIGNED "C,HOPNER" SAN FRANCISCO
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19th Century American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Pine
19th Century Compass Box, Measuring and Drawing Tools, England, circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
, rectangular wooden box with brass thread inlays.
Inside are numerous compasses with various attachments as
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 1.97 in W 9.06 in D 5.12 in
Antique 1890s Victorian Sterling Silver Compass Vesta Case
By Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English hallmarked sterling silver compass
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1890s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Box Compass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Inlaid Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Georgian compass star inlaid box, the ebony and boxwood star inlaid on a
Category
1780s English Antique Box Compass
Materials
Ebony, Holly, Mahogany
Victorian Sterling Silver Vesta Case, Compass
By A&J Zimmerman Ltd.
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive and rare antique, Victorian era sterling silver vesta case with an inset compass
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Box Compass
Inlaid walnut baroque box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely Baroque walnut box, the molded top with compass star inlay, the front and sides crossbanded
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Box Compass
Materials
Iron, Brass
Beautiful Compasses Mahogany Box, 1858
Located in Milan, IT
Beautiful compasses mahogany box, nickel-plated brass and bone instruments, interior in velvet and
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1850s British Antique Box Compass
Brass Yacht Compass in Mahogany Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass gimballed boat compass fitted to a dovetailed varnished box. This is a 19th century
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1880s North American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Brass Boat Compass in a Box 19th Century
Located in Norwell, MA
name of CC Hutchinson of Boston. The compass is fitted to an 8 sided varnished mahogany binnacle box
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1890s North American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Brass Topographic Compass Placed in Its Original Walnut Box
By Stoppani
Located in Milan, IT
) placed in its original walnut box, circa 1915. The compass consists of a magnetized needle free to rotate
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1910s Swiss Antique Box Compass
American Compass Placed in Its Original Box of Turned Brass
By S. Thaxter & Son
Located in Milan, IT
Dry compass placed in its original box of turned brass enclosed by a protective glass and complete
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1890s American Antique Box Compass
1900s Sestrel Antique Nautical Magnetic Compass in its Original Wooden Box
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic compass on universal joint in its original wooden box with slot lid, signed Sestrel in the
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Early 1900s British Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 5.12 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Topographic Compass Signed Keuffel and Esser, Mahogany Box, Mid-19th Century
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in Milan, IT
Topographic compass signed Keuffel & Esser New York, mid-19th century, with goniometric circle
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19th Century American Antique Box Compass
H 1.1 in W 3.74 in D 3.74 in
1900s Antique Magnetic Nautical Brass Liquid Sestrel Compass in Original Box
Located in Milan, IT
oak wood box with lid. Eight wind rose complete with protractor circle.
The compass is made up of a
Category
Early 1900s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 5.8 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
Compass in Its Original Turned Brass Box of the Mid-19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Dry compass placed in its original turned brass box with a protection glass. English manufacture of
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1850s British Antique Box Compass
Compass Used in Topography, Brass, in Its Original Mahogany Box with Slit Cover
By Chollet - Delamarre Paris 1
Located in Milan, IT
Compass used in topography for the alignment and positioning of theodolites. Brass compass placed
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1840s French Antique Box Compass
H 1.19 in W 7.49 in D 3.75 in
Dry Pocket Nautical Compass Placed in Its Original Box Made of Turned Brass
Located in Milan, IT
Small dry pocket nautical compass placed in its original box made of turned brass, complete with
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1860s British Antique Box Compass
Nautical Compass in Its Original Oak Box Signed Iver C. Weilbach & C. Copenhagen
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical compass of brass and glass mounted on a universal joint and placed in its original oak box
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 4.53 in W 6.11 in D 6.11 in
Riggs and Brothers of Philadelphia Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Boxed mariners compass from the mid-19th century with wood bowl, dry card, from maker Riggs and
Category
1860s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Wood
Boston Compass by F.W. Lincoln Jr
Located in Norwell, MA
box. Brass bowl compass with nice decorative compass card.
Overall dimensions: Weight is 4 pounds. 6
Category
1880s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Vintage Gimbal-Mounted Compass by Wilcox, Crittenden & Co.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, Connecticut. The brass compass is beautifully constructed and fitted in its original wooden lidded box. The
Category
1880s American Late Victorian Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Dry Magnetic Compass Signed J. S. Stockholm, Early 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
compass card. Box measures cm 17 x 17 x H 11.5. Shipping insured by Lloyd's London; it is available our
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Box Compass
Materials
Wood
Magnetic Compass Signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel, Early 20th Century
Located in Milan, IT
in the early 20th century. Complete with original oak wood box with brass hinges, compass height with
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 12.21 in W 5.71 in D 5.91 in
18th Century Gilt Brass and Silver Pocket or Miniature Sundial Compass with Case
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
variation of a few degrees west. The base plate, resting on the bottom of the compass box, has a hinged
Category
18th Century Antique Box Compass
Materials
Silver, Brass
H 1.97 in W 1.97 in D 0.48 in
1850 Vintage Drawing Instruments Set sold by Papeterie Henri Eloy in Peronne
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant box of compasses made in the mid-19th century. Wooden box with brass hinges, complete with
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1850s French Antique Box Compass
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 1.97 in W 9.93 in D 6.5 in
19th Century English Brass Pocket Box Compass
Located in Stamford, CT
Two English brass pocket box compasses, both with handcrafted cases. The larger with beveled and
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Antique Box Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique nautical box dry card compass. Box is 5 x 5 x 4. Compass face diameter is 3".
Category
19th Century Antique Box Compass
Vintage Box Compass, English, Oak, Brass, Gimbal, Maritime, Navigation, Aid
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage box compass. An English, oak and brass gimbal maritime navigation aid, dating to
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Early 20th Century English Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 5.71 in W 8.08 in D 8.08 in
Circa 1840, Boat Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
sluiding lid. Waved finish on old timber box. This is as early as small boxed compass as one should ever
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1840s American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Watercolor of a Sailor Boy Holding a Compass
Located in Nantucket, MA
blue midshipman's suit, holding a boxed compass in one hand and a coiled line over one shoulder. The
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Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Box Compass
Materials
Paper
E S Ritchie Boxed Ships Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Boxed boat compass by E.S.Ritchie and sold by T.S. and J.D. Negus. Serial number 80625. Compass is
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1890s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Ship's Compass
Located in Pasadena, CA
Early 20th century "Boston Spherical" ship's compass in original mahogany fitted box. The compass
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
American Compass from the Early 1900s Brass with Wooden Box
Located in Milan, IT
original wooden box with slot cover and mounted on a walnut board. The compass consists of a cylindrical
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
Compass and Accessories Box Complete with Key, circa France, 1920
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming compass box complete with its key.
Wooden box marked on the inside "Compas Supérieurs
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Box Compass
Materials
Metal
Early 1900s Small Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Antique Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
original wooden box. Box size 12x12 h 8.5 cm. Compass diameter 7.5 cm. Excellent condition, fully
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Early 20th Century British Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 3.35 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool
Located in Milan, IT
condition. Diameter compass inche 5.35, Measure box inches 7.8x 7.5 h 6.4.
The compass consists of a
Category
1890s Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 6.4 in W 7.5 in D 7.8 in
1860 English Antique Brass Nautical Magnetic Dry Compass in Original Wooden Box
Located in Milan, IT
Dry compass in its original wooden box with slot lid. English manufacture from the second half of
Category
1860s British Antique Box Compass
Materials
Brass
H 5.32 in W 7.68 in D 7.68 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique box compass available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, every antique box compass was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique box compass — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique box compass bearing Georgian or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique box compass that is appealing in its simplicity, but Chollet - Delamarre Paris, Compass Decorator and Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd produced versions that are worth a look.
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