Wood support; applied metal fixture with ivory inlay measure; green box
sextants
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
ivory (tooth component)
Sextant
Sextant
Emery, Samuel
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Spencer Browning & Rust (Maker)
London, England
13 3/8 x 11 7/8 x 3 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.4246
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