CAPT. CUSHMAN'S OCTANT, SPENCER BROWNING & RUST
maker's plate: Spencer Browning & Rust London
ebony with brass index arm, bone scale in arc marked 0-105
original wood keystone box with painted decoration of star and quarter moon; retailer's paper label in case, FREDERIC W. LINCOLN JR./MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT/MAKER/NAUTICAL STATIONER/ No. 62 Commercial St./BOSTON, instrument measures 14"; bone arc 11"w
Prov. Captain David Cushman, Jr. (1807-1878) Duxbury, MA
Frederic Lincoln (1817-1898), manufacturer of nautical instruments, was the sixteenth (1858) and eighteenth (1863) mayor of Boston.
Case has wonderful old leather laced repair to splits; some discoloring on scale; brass needs cleaning.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $1,100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 184 : CAPT. CUSHMAN'S OCTANT, SPENCER BROWNING & RUST
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