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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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage wooden and brass ship's compass with side weights, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Vintage old ship's compass, in solid wood and gilded brass, dome with internal compass and colored
Category
20th Century Italian Nautical Objects
Materials
Walnut
Antique Keuffel & Esser Co 141547 Surveyors Compass in Case w Wooden Tripod Base
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Keuffel & Esser Co 141547 Surveyors Compass in Case with Adjustable Wooden Tripod Base
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Sundials
Materials
Metal
H 10.5 in W 20 in D 6.25 in
Late 20th Century Italian Wooden Mosaic with Compass Roses Top Coffee Table
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
A stunning conversation piece for almost any living room. This coffe table top made with a mix of cherry, walnut, maple and ash wood framed with beech wood (size: 125 x 125 x 5 H cm....
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
H 14.57 in W 55.52 in D 55.52 in
Danish Art Deco World Globe with Compass on a Wooden Base, Heimdal No. 34
Located in Esbjerg, DK
suspended in a numbered brass frame on an Art Deco/architectural stylized wooden base with built-in compass
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by Beringer
By David Beringer
Located in Bilzen, BE
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden sundial with compass, of German
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
A Royal Air Force P11 Aircraft Compass No. 11242 D
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden box The P11 Compass was used in the Spitfire and
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by German Beringer
By David Beringer
Located in Milano, MI
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden boxwood sundial with compass, of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Earth globe from 1930 Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Earth globe from 1930 Germany black wooden base with small compass, original
Category
Vintage 1930s Globes
Materials
Wood
Terrestrial Globe Erd Globus - 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
natural wooden base with a compass
Globe in superb condition. No pock some traces of wear but really
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Globes
Materials
Paper
An English POCKET GLOBE with dial for time zones
By Newton and Son
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
ungraduated, half-meridian arc, sitting atop a wooden stand with an inset compass, the front dial gives the
Category
Antique 1830s British Other Globes
Materials
Mahogany
Amazing Chest, Italy, late 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
. Sides framed by geometric wooden inlays. Front with compass opening. Upper surface and front opening not
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Gothic Blanket Chests
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Chairs, France, circa 1950
By Marcel Gascoin
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
other a multicolored striped fabric.
Wooden structure (beech), compass feet.
Modern / Scandinavian
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech
Large 24 Piece Antique Mechanical Drafting Set & Original Fitted Metal Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
wooden rulers and various compasses and dividers of differing sizes and configurations. The set comes in
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 1.75 in W 12.75 in D 4.5 in
Children's Club Chair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
wooden compass feet, its hull trimmed with brown leather look are in very good state of conservation.
Category
Antique 1650s French Armchairs
Materials
Faux Leather
20th Century Bizzarre Composition of Bullets
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Bizzarre composition of compasses bullets in wooden and glass case. England early XXth Century.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Nautical Wooden Compass Course Heading Instrument
Located in Nantucket, MA
An old school nautical instrument used on the bridge of the ship. A wooden body with wood turning
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
wooden compass.
Category
Vintage 1910s Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
1915s Magnetic Pocket Compass Short & Mason Antique Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Vintage 1910s Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
1917s Verner's Pattern Small Brass Nautical Compass Supplied English Officers
Located in Milan, IT
Prismatic bearing bush in brass; it is a small compass, signed F-L N. 109166 produced in 1917
Category
Vintage 1910s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1900s Antique Magnetic Nautical Brass Liquid Sestrel Compass in Original Box
Located in Milan, IT
on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 5.8 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
1900s Brass Magnetic Compass Signed Sestrel Antique Maritime Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 4.8 in W 4.8 in D 7.4 in
Nautical Ship Wooden Box Compass
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a nautical ship compass enclosed in a square wooden box. Inside the box there is kind of a
Category
20th Century Unknown Industrial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Small Brass Antique Telescope with Leather-Covered Handle
Located in Milan, IT
"bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Antique 1870s French Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Spanish Brass Compass on Wooden Board, 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Brass nautical compass on universal joint mounted on wooden board. Spanish manufacture of the 1940s
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
American Compass Early 1900s, Brass on Wooden Base
Located in Milan, IT
, mounted on a wooden and brass base made to measure 20 x 9 cm, height 13.5 cm, compass diameter 13 cm. Good
Category
Vintage 1910s American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Brass Nautical Compass on a Wooden Board, Early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical liquid compass, brass, on universal joint mounted on wooden board. English manufacture of
Category
Early 20th Century British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Topographic Compass, Wooden and Brass, of the Late 19th Century
By W. & L.E. Gurley
Located in Milan, IT
Topographic compass, wooden and brass, signed W. & L. E. Gurley Troy USA of the late 19th century
Category
Antique 1880s American Scientific Instruments
Nautical Compass by Kelvin & Hugheson Wooden Base End of the 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
a wooden board. The compass is made up of a cylindrical brass container, on the bottom of which a
Category
Vintage 1940s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 5.12 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Brass and Glass Nautical Compass on Oak Wooden Board, London, 1860
Located in Milan, IT
second half of the 19th century and mounted on oak wooden board. The compass consists of a brass and
Category
Antique 1860s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1930s Vintage Nautical Indian Brass Magnetic Compass Mounted on Wooden Board
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical liquid compass, brass, on universal joint signed Kezar India made in the 1930s mounted on
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 5.12 in W 9.06 in D 5.52 in
Salmoiraghi Compass Made of Brass in the Early 1900s on Wooden Base
By Filotecnica Salmoiraghi Milano
Located in Milan, IT
Liquid compass on universal joint made by La Filotecnica Milano Ing. A. Salmoiraghi in the early
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1940 U.S. Navy Magnetic Nautical Compass Wooden Board by Lionel Corporation NY
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic compass on universal joint mounted on a wooden board. The compass was produced in 1940 by
Category
Vintage 1940s American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 4.45 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
1940 U.S. Navy Magnetic Nautical Compass Wooden Board by Lionel Corporation NY
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic compass on universal joint mounted on a wooden board. The compass was produced in 1940 by
Category
Vintage 1940s American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 4.45 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Sestrel Aeronautical Magnetic Compass Signed H B & S Ltd London on Wooden Base
Located in Milan, IT
and glass, mounted on a wooden board. Excellent condition, fully functional. Compass diameter 13 cm
Category
Vintage 1930s British Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
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
Antique 19th Century Nautical Objects
Brass Compass First Half of the 19th Century Mounted on a Walnut Wooden Base
By Blake & Son Gosport
Located in Milan, IT
the 19th century and mounted on a walnut wooden base. The compass is made of a brass and glass case on
Category
Antique 1840s British Nautical Objects
H 3.35 in W 6.3 in D 3.55 in
Grande bussola magnetica nautica inglese in ottone e vetro primi del ‘900
Located in Milan, IT
on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Nautical Compass signed Sestrel, UK, 1876
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical liquid compass, brass, on universal joint, British manufacture, mounted on wooden board
Category
Antique 1870s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Compass Chair by Allan Gould, US, 1950s
By Allan Gould
Located in Berlin, DE
Wooden chair 'Compass Chair', designed in 1950s by Allan Gould in US.
American Mid-Century Modern
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
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
Antique 1880s American Late Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Brass Nautical Lifeboat Compass on Gimbaled Stand, English, 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
large size lifeboat and taken out of its wooden holding box. Just the compass itself measures 10" x 4" H
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Dining Set Skovby with Compass Chairs, Danish Design, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dining set, Danish design, Denmark, 1960s
Iconic Skovby wooden table, extendable, after renovation
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Teak
Dry Magnetic Compass Signed J. S. Stockholm, Early 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Dry magnetic compass placed in its original wooden case green painted, compass card with eight
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Early 1900s Magnetic Compass Signed Henry Browne & Son Antique Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
inches. Very good condition.
It is a small antique brass compass with a wooden handle that is typically
Category
Antique Early 1900s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Nautical Hand-Held Magnetic Bearing Compass H. Browne Sestrel
Located in Milan, IT
- 4.13 inches. Very good condition.
It is a small antique brass compass with a wooden handle that is
Category
Antique 1890s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Sestrel Compass Late 19th Century, Brass and Wood Support base made of Brass
By Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel
Located in Milan, IT
good condition. It is a small antique brass compass with a wooden handle that is typically used for
Category
Antique 1880s British Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1900s Russian World Globe Dioram Made of Wood and Paper
Located in Marbella, ES
The wooden base has an embedded compass and supports the globe on a bronze stand.
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Maps
Materials
Bronze
Terrestrial Globe Signed Cary, London, 1798
By Cary
Located in Milan, IT
finished, on a wooden tripod. One compass joints the three feet. Brass meridian. Maker CARY, London
Category
Antique 1790s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Small Terrestrial Earth Globe by Heymann, circa 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
bowl. revolvable mounted on a turned wooden base with compass. perimeter 37.8" (96 cm). good condition
Category
Antique 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Globes
Materials
Wood, Cardboard
Globe pPublished in 1930s by Columbus Erdglobus
By Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergard
Located in Milan, IT
, wooden square base complete with compass and meridian circle of engraved and chromium plated brass
Category
Vintage 1930s German Globes
Jamaican Marquetry Tea Caddy in Caribbean Woods by Ralph Turnbull
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Caribbean timbers and wooden nails with compass roses and a central starburst roundel on the front, the
Category
Antique 1830s Jamaican Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Pair of Design Armchairs in Yellow Velvet by Marco Zanusso. Circa 1960
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and iconic pair of design armchairs is made of a yellow velvet and wooden compass
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
H 35.44 in W 26.38 in D 35.44 in
1920s Nautical English Magnetic Brass Compass Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Vintage 1920s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Brass Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument Nautical Antique
Located in Milan, IT
on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Antique 1880s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1930s Dirigo Seattle Brass Nautical Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
rose complete with protractor circle mounted on a wooden board and made-to-measure ototne. The compass
Category
Vintage 1930s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
1920s Brass Nautical Dirigo Seattle Compass Antique Marine Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.
Category
Vintage 1920s Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
H 3.9 in W 5.8 in D 5.8 in
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Wooden Compass For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the wooden compass you’re looking for. A wooden compass — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. There are 32 variations of the antique or vintage wooden compass you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a wooden compass — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A wooden compass, designed in the Industrial, Mid-Century Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one wooden compass that is appealing in its simplicity, but Blake & Son Gosport, Filotecnica Salmoiraghi Milano and W. & L.E. Gurley produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Wooden Compass?
A wooden compass can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,251, while the lowest priced sells for $682 and the highest can go for as much as $8,919.