Object number
5802.1
Creator
Description
A brass sextant with a main telescope sight connected to the side of a triangular shaped structure. On the structure there are three different screwing mechanisms, attached to the front are four adjustable, hinged filters.
On the left, below the telescopic sight is a wooden handle. The telescope unscrews.
Along the bottom of the structure on the side are numbers on a metallic strip, below which is engraved 'Troughton & Simms, London'. Connected to the bottom is an adjustable reader with a magnifying glass attached. Engraved on the reader is 'P. J. Hornby. R. E.'
The triangular, mahogany wooden case is dark in colour with a keyhole and brass clasp. A sticker on the top reads 'Admiral Phipps Hornby Lordington House Chichester'. Inside the case are grooves and platforms for the sextant to sit on.
Production place
London
Production period
Victorian
Dimensions
- Height: sextant 127 mm
- Width: sextant 169 mm
- case 152 mm
- Depth: case 64 mm