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Early 19th century brass surveyor's level with compass
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century brass surveyor's level with telescope, compass and spirit level. With
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Antique Early 19th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
By Troughton & Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London Sixteen inch extending telescope with
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Vineyard Setter's Compass, French, Brass, Surveyor's Instrument, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique vineyard setter's compass. A French, brass surveyor's instrument with mahogany
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Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

English or French Antique Brass Surveyor's Transit Theodolite, last quarter 19th
Located in Atlanta, GA
From Wikipedia: “A THEODOLITE is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. The traditional use ha...
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage Surveyor's Level, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Engineering, Circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage surveyor's level. An English, brass scientific instrument with enamelled finish
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Mid-20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Surveyor's Level, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Halden & Sons
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique surveyor's level. An English, brass scientific instrument by J. Halden & Sons of
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Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Brass Scottish Surveyor's Compass in Fitted Wooden Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique surveyor's compass originates from Scotland and dates to approximately 1880 and made
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Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

1900s Brass Bakelite Magnetic Topographer Compass Surveyor Measurement Instrumen
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographer compass from the early 1900s, brass and bakelite base; instrument consisting
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Antique Early 1900s European Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

1920s Carl Zeiss Brass Antique Theodolite Surveyor's Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Theodolite by Carl Zeiss Jena D.R.G.M. 1920s, light gray and black painted brass, internal
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Vintage 1920s German Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

UK 1870 Brass Topographic Level, Antique Surveyor Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Telescope topographic level of brass, it is an instrument consisting of a telescope fixed parallel
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Antique 1860s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Keuffel & Esser Co. Surveyor's Transit
Located in Savannah, GA
A 1912 Keuffel & Esser Co. railroad surveyor's transit. Includes outfitted mahogany case. All
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Vintage 1910s American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel

London 1940s Aluminium and Brass Antique Parallels For Surveyor's Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Parallels with sights made of aluminum and brass signed R. Watts & Son London 1940 MK II
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Vintage 1940s British Nautical Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

1870 Antique Burnished Brass W F Stanley Level Surveyor Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Topographic level signed W.F Stanley of burnished brass, from the second half of the 19th century
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Antique 1870s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
Located in Milan, IT
Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second
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Antique 1860s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young
Located in Norwich, GB
Oxidised surveyors level by Reid and Young Mounted on a circular base with threaded aperture or
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Vintage 1920s British Edwardian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Expandable Surveyor's Poles/Logging Measuring Stick c.1940-Price Per Piece
Located in San Francisco, CA
surveyor's poles and one logging measuring stick. The large metal and wood white surveyor's pole telescopes
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
Pocket compass for the RAF officers, signed F. Darton & Co London V n. 77824 1916 made of brass
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Vintage 1910s Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Surveyor's Level or Theodolite by W.F. Stanley, London, in Original Fitted Box
By W. F. Stanley
Located in Austin, TX
A fine working English surveyor's theodolite or transit instrument (aka a dumpy level or surveyors
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

1930s Wrist Military Compass in the Shape of a Watch Antique Surveyor Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wrist military compass in the shape of a watch in brass, bakelite and leather strap. English
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Vintage 1930s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bakelite

Danish 19th Century Brass Surveying or Level Tool on Tripod
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Surveyors tripod level tool from the late 19th century. The tripod is made of wood and the level is
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Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Folk Art Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Vintage French Brass Searchlight on Large Wooden Tripod, Floor Lamp
Located in Sofia, BG
20th century English vintage brass search lamp paired with a wooden antique surveyors tripod, to
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Mid-20th Century English Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Late Century Japanese Brass Searchlight & British Wooden Tripod, Floor Lamp
By Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A stunning vintage Japanese brass Search lamp paired with a wooden British antique surveyors tripod
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

1980's Tripod Lamp, Spanish Brass Mateo Miletich Projector & British Tripod
By Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
British antique surveyors tripod. All brass components have been stripped down and polished to a high
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Vintage 1980s Spanish Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

1980's Large Nautical Vintage Brass & Steel Lamp & British Antique Bronze Tripod
By Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A reclaimed vintage nautical brass and steel search light mounted onto a British antique surveyors
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Vintage 1980s English Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
retro-fitted to an antique surveyor’s tripod. Circa 1942 Weight: 32 lbs. Overall Dimensions: 54"H x 26
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Vintage 1940s North American Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
H 54 in W 26 in D 26 in
Jean Baptiste Van Lerberghe Theodolite - Circa 1700 to 1720
Located in Placerville, CA
features include the small full brass disc, the small sight vanes with very narrow slits, and the very
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Antique Early 18th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

20th Century English Theodolite by W.F. Stanley London in Original Wooden Box
By W. F. Stanley
Located in Sofia, BG
20th century English surveyor's theodolite or transit instrument of brass by W.F. Stanley (Optical
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Langlois Graphometer - Circa 1730
Located in Placerville, CA
early instruments in my opinion. In theory a surveyor could read angles to six minutes of a degree with
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Antique Early 18th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Wonderful Benjamin Pike & Sons (New York) Circa 1850 Theodolite
Located in Placerville, CA
British-like theodolites, and these American makers did not make very many of them. American surveyors
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

20th Century Big Desk in Wood with Cloth-Covered Top Attributed. Ico Parisi, 60s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Turin, Turin
Como, where in 1936 he graduated as a building surveyor and served an apprenticeship at the Terragni
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

A truly delightful miniature terrestrial pocket globe
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
. In the original case of black fish-skin with a brass hinge and two brass hook-and-eyelet closures
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Antique Mid-18th Century British Dutch Colonial Globes

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Other

Atlantian Continuum
By Terry Poulos
Located in Chicago, IL
brass transit surveyor. Antique brass car oiler. Antique iron padlock invoking "secrets and technology
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Unique Surveyors Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Unique surveyors floor lamp with all the brass surveyors instruments mounted on top. All original
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Early 20th Century French Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Unique Surveyors Floor Lamp
Unique Surveyors Floor Lamp
H 66 in W 25 in D 58 in
Surveyor Tripod by David White as Floor Lamp
Located in Madison, WI
Surveyor Tripod by David White has been made into an adjustable floor lamp professionally-wired
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Vintage 1970s American Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Converted Tripod Lamp
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
We sourced this early 20th century surveyors tripod from a shop in New Jersey in the US. We
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Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Converted Tripod Lamp
Converted Tripod Lamp
H 56.7 in W 25.99 in D 25.99 in
Duke of Leeds’ George III Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
. The gadrooned rim above two brass bands edged with beading and entrelac, with ram-mask-ring handles to
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Wine Coolers

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

English Dockyard Ship Model
Located in Cambridgeshire, GB
-the-line believed to be H.M.S St George, and probably modelled for the Surveyor of the Navy Sir Robert
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Antique Early 19th Century English Architectural Models

Materials

Glass, Wood

English Dockyard Ship Model
English Dockyard Ship Model
H 7.88 in W 15.75 in D 5.52 in
Early 18th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Cabinet on a Giltwood Stand
By James Moore
Located in London, Middlesex
brass hinges, opening to reveal a fitted interior of ten similarly richly decorated drawers around a
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Antique Early 18th Century English Chinoiserie Cabinets

Materials

Lacquer

Antique 19th Century English Brass Surveyor's Level, circa 1890-1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century English Brass Surveyor's Level signed J & W.E. Archbutt, London, circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century English Scientific Instruments

A Handsome English Brass Surveyor's Instrument Raised on a Mahogany Tripod Stand
By Halden & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome English brass surveyor's instrument raised on a mahogany tripod stand; stamped "Halden
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Antique French Nickel-Plated Brass Surveyor's Level 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and interesting decorative French nickel plated brass surveyors level, mid-19th
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Antique 1850s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Solid Brass Surveyors Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Solid brass, great quality table lamp. Looks like a surveyors instrument. 22” high.
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Early 2000s Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Solid Brass Surveyors Lamp
Solid Brass Surveyors Lamp
H 22 in W 6.5 in D 6 in
Octagonal Brass Surveyor Square Made in Italy in the Early 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Octagonal brass surveyor's square, complete with tip for tripod coupling that screws inside the
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Wood and Brass Surveyor's Transit Scope Tripod, c.1940
By Dietzgen
Located in San Francisco, CA
About These are original wood surveyor's transit scope tripod with solid brass accents. Contact
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Copper

English Brass And Mahogany Surveyors Wheel
Located in Essex, MA
Never owned one of these before. Nicely made with clock like precision and no apparent maker. Interesting conversation piece.
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1850 Italian Brass Square Measurement Surveyor Instrument, Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Brass square surveyor, Italian manufacture of the mid-19th century. Very good condition. Measures
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Antique 1850s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1870s Brass Clisigonimeter F. Miller Innsbruck Surveyor Measurement Instrumemt
Located in Milan, IT
Brass clisigonimeter with horizontal circle signed F. Miller Innsbruck n. 115 second half of the
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Antique 1870s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

20th Century English Surveyor's Transit Wood and Brass Original
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mid-20th century antique transit. All brass metal working. Has the makers name of Troughton
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Architectural Elements

Materials

Brass

Antique Surveyor's Theodolite, English, Brass Compass, Oak Case, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique surveyor's theodolite. An English, brass instrument in oak case by Troughton and
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Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Surveyors Transit, British, Antique, Brass with Wood Legs, Marked London
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An old Surveyor's Transit from London. All brass and mounted on wood legs. Signed Troughton & Sims
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Vintage 1940s English Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

OAK AND BRASS MOUNTED SURVEYOR'S TRIPOD LAMP WITH PLUMB BOB
Located in Essex, MA
Oak and brass mounted surveyors tripod with original brass hanging plum bob. High quality wood and
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Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Architect Surveyor Tripod Floor LAMP in Oak & Brass Engineering Repurposed
By Gurley Engineering Instruments
Located in Chula Vista, CA
and brass transit tripod surveyor attributed to W & L.E. Gurley Gurley Engineering Instruments. No
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Early 20th Century American Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vintage Sight Level, English, Brass, Handheld Surveyor's Instrument, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage sight level. An English, brass handheld surveyor's instrument, dating to the
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Early 20th Century European Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1870s Small Brass Theodolite Kelvin & James White Antique Surveyor's Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Small brass theodolite complete with original box and accessories signed Kelvin & James White Ltd
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Antique 1870s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1820s Rare Cittelli Milan Brass Wood Praetorian Tablet Antique Surveyor Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Very rare praetorian tablet in brass and wood signed Cittelli in Milan from the early 19th century
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Antique 1820s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

1890 Antique Brass Level Watts & Sond London Mahogany Box, Surveyor Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Telescope topographic level, made of brass with base with three leveling screws, from the end of
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Antique 1890s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Antique Brass USA Surveyor Measurement Instrument F.H Temple Boston
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope topographic level, signed firmato F.H Temple Maker Boston made in the second half
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Antique 1870s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Square Surveyor Signed H Morin
By H. Morin
Located in Milan, IT
Collimator brass square surveyor signed H Morin 11 Rue Dulong Paris made at the end of the 19th
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Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Square Surveyor Signed H Morin
Square Surveyor Signed H Morin
H 8.86 in Dm 2.56 in
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Brass Surveyor For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the brass surveyor you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A brass surveyor — often made from brass, metal and wood — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect brass surveyor — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A brass surveyor is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Industrial, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made brass surveyor over the years, but those crafted by Spencer, Browning & Co., Troughton & Simms London and Dietzgen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Brass Surveyor?

A brass surveyor can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,098, while the lowest priced sells for $295 and the highest can go for as much as $65,000.