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This large wrought iron compass is that of a journeyman carpenter or a journeyman stonemason. Intended to report a measurement, to trace curves or mark a mark, these tools which accompanied the craftsmen were carefully manufactured. The one we are offering has four-sided forged tips and the corners are cut down, it has a curve and counter-curve motif at mid-length on one of the arms and the hinge is decorated with a motif in the shape of a flower. lily.
18th century period.
Length 79 cm.
Ref: NBTSA9QH72