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-Drawing 7 brass and steel instrument set, held in a fitted mahogany box with a tray insert, comprising

2 pairs of dividers (brass and steel), each with a removable arm

2 pen attachments

1 pencil attachment

1 extension arm

1 knife (with ivory handle)

1 rolling parallel rule/protractor (ivory and brass)

1 protractor/rule (ivory), inscribed 'THOMAS JONES CHARING CROSS'

Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.

c. 1835
Brass, steel, ivory, wood
36.0 x 186.0 x 10.0 mm
NAV0660
Image and text © Royal Museums Greenwich, 2021

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