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Early 1900s French Brass Compass

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Early 20th Century Moroccan Serving Bowl - Ebony, Inlaid Bone, Silver Coins
Located in Vineyard Haven, MA
pounded to obscurity, the coins date this item from the early to mid-1900s and have had a border tapped
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Decorative Bowls

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Bone, Ebony

Small Brass Travel Compass with Lid of the Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
manufacture of the early 1900s, for the English market (on the back we read Made in France). Excellent
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Early 20th Century French Scientific Instruments

1900s French Manufacture Antique Pocket Magnetic Compass Made of Turned Brass
Located in Milan, IT
chromed brass, complete with needle block for calculating horizontal angles. French manufacture, early
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Antique Early 1900s French Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Rare Brass Air Balloon Compass, France, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Rare brass air balloon compass complete with goniometric circle, needle block and transparent
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Antique Early 1900s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

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