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Lot 184
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS]. Pocket drafting set with bone beam compass, mechanical pencil, and drafting eraser/sharpener. Ca late 18th-early 19th century.
Georgian-era pocket drafting set in partial pressed paper case (patination and oxidation to parts of tools; case with significant wear and some loss, missing top). Contains 7 tools, including bone ruler, brass compass and divider.
[With:] Bone handle mechanical pencil, ca 1860. -- Bone beam compass, ca late 18th-early 19th century. -- Drafting eraser/pencil sharpener with bone handle, stamped "A.G. Shaver / Patented / Mar 8 1859.
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico
This lot is located in Cincinnati.