Dry Card Compass

Description:

Dry-card nautical compass with a turned wooden bowl gimbal mounted in a wooden box. The "S. THAXTER MAKER No 27 STATE STREET BOSTON" inscription indicates a date between 1813 when Samuel Thaxter moved to No. 27 State Street, and 1822 when the firm became S. Thaxter & Son. The donor believed it had belonged to his distant ancestor, Simon Mellon, and was used in a whaling vessel in the Bering Sea.

Date Made: 1813-1822

Maker: Thaxter, Samuel

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

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Credit Line: Curtis G. Mellen

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1995.0014.01Accession Number: 1995.0014Catalog Number: 1995.0014.01

Object Name: Thaxter Dry Card Compass

Measurements: box: 5 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 19.05 cm x 19.05 cmcompass bowl: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cmoverall in box: 5 3/4 in x 7 5/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 19.3675 cm x 18.7325 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4dbe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1183804

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