Buy STRIPS OF BONE, BRASS AND STEEL. 19th c.

- Second half of the 19th century. It probably belonged to a compass box.
- The handle is of bone, the body is of brass alloy and the reeds of steel.
- The tips of the reeds are in very good condition. The distance between the reeds is adjusted by means of a metal wheel with a threaded bolt that runs through the upper reed, threading into the lower reed.
- The base of the handle ends in a beautifully carved miniature ball.
- On one of its arms is the three-pronged matching mark used by the English Stanley Hughes factory in the second half of the 19th century.
- No distinctive mark or contrast has been found that could provide information on where it was made, the maker's details, or any other information.