Buy Engraving Ethnography Illustration 19 Gras & Cª. Tribes and belongings

- Nice pointed compass from the first half of the 20th century.
- It is a point compass used in navigation.
- The compass is of good quality, made in bronze and having steel points.
- On the top of the head is the inscription "Made in England".
- The fact that the object has a distinctive mark or contrast is of great importance in order to be able to identify data such as the maker, the place where it was made and other details.
Preservation and damage:
- There is no rust, and it is in perfect condition for use.
- The compass has been thoroughly cleaned.
- It is rare for pieces of this type to be in such a good state of preservation, with clean iron, as they usually have quite a lot of rust.
- It retains a beautiful patina of the period.
- The object shows wear typical of it"s age.