Sextant

Description

Sextant, anodized brass 6" three-circle-pattern frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle, inlaid silver scale, silver vernier, in fitted square mahogany box, signed and made by Peter Airth Feathers and Son, Dundee, Scotland, c. 1880

Museum reference

T.1987.145

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Sextant

Production information

Peter Airth Feathers and Son, Instrument maker and retailer
Dundee, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1880

Materials

Anodised brass, Wood, Silver, Mahogany

Physical description

Bronze, silver

Associations

Feathers, Peter Airth, 1821 - 1904
Leith Nautical College Collection

Exhibitions

• Scotland Creates: McManus Galleries and Museum (01 Nov 2013 - 31 Dec 2013)
  McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson: Brass & glass : scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1989, p.143-5