A George III brass portable compass sundial and a pocket compassThe sundial signed for C. Stedman, London, circa 1800The cylindrical case inset with printed paper compass rose signed C: STEDMAN, LONDON to centre with annotations for the four cardinal points and subdivisions for NE, SE, SW and NW within outer scale divided to two-degree s and annotated for every ten degrees set beneath brass collar engraved in reverse with Roman numeral chapter ring III-XII-VIII, the centre with pivoted gnomon over scroll shaped spring plate, the threaded cover with further paper compass rose applied to the inside and concentric ring engraved decoration to exterior, (compass needle and glass cover lacking); the brass pocket compass of similar design but without the chapter ring and gnomon assembly, each 5.1cm (2ins) diameter, (2). Christopher Stedman Junior is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as gaining his freedom of the Grocer's Company in 1784 and succeeding his mother at 24 Leadenhall Street, London from 1785.
A George III brass portable compass sundial and a pocket compassThe sundial signed for C. Stedman, London, circa 1800The cylindrical case inset with printed paper compass rose signed C: STEDMAN, LONDON to centre with annotations for the four cardinal points and subdivisions for NE, SE, SW and NW within outer scale divided to two-degree s and annotated for every ten degrees set beneath brass collar engraved in reverse with Roman numeral chapter ring III-XII-VIII, the centre with pivoted gnomon over scroll shaped spring plate, the threaded cover with further paper compass rose applied to the inside and concentric ring engraved decoration to exterior, (compass needle and glass cover lacking); the brass pocket compass of similar design but without the chapter ring and gnomon assembly, each 5.1cm (2ins) diameter, (2). Christopher Stedman Junior is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as gaining his freedom of the Grocer's Company in 1784 and succeeding his mother at 24 Leadenhall Street, London from 1785.
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