Dividers

2 pairs of dividers.
a) Length 55 mm; width (max): 25 mm
Steel decorated with cross-hatching on the arms
Locked with a corr bar that has a thumb screw on one side, a screw on the other.
Two-ended - with shorter ends curved inwards, longer limbs with tips curved outwards.
b) 65 x 24 mm
Double-ended - points moved by meands of a thumb screw across the centre. Floral decoration at centre. Brass head to thumb screw. Shorter points are straight, longer ones are curved inwards.
Gilt Morocco case.

Object Details

ID: NAV0519
Type: Dividers
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1580
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 63 mm
Parts: Dividers
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