Drawing instrument set

Drawing instrument set, marked with a Hydrographic Office number, 'R.2', inseveral places. A 6-inch protractor by Bate is likely to be a later addition.

Fitted mahogany box containing:
16 drawing instruments and eyepieces
9" ebony rolling rule
6" ivory parallel rule
6" ivory rule
6" horn protractor
3 7" cedar wood pencils
1 ivory pen holder
1 pencil sharpening stone

Object Details

ID: NAV0661
Type: Drawing instrument set
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jones, Thomas
Date made: circa 1835
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: 70 x 337 x 190 mm
Parts: Drawing instrument set
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