Lot n° 62
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
Michael BUTTERFIELD (1635-1724), clockmaker of English origi - Lot 62
Michael BUTTERFIELD (1635-1724), clockmaker of English origin, settled in Paris from 1663.
Gilded and engraved brass pinnacle graphometer, the round compass under glass with an eight-way compass rose, north indicated by an engraved fleur-de-lis, the mobile alidade with two pinnules and limbs engraved with Arabic numerals and floral scrolls, mounted on a fixed plate and a ball-and-socket base allowing it to be tilted vertically, resting on a turned blackened wood base. Good condition
Signed "Butterfield à Paris" on the alidade
France, Paris, late 17th or early 18th century
23 x 21 x 11 cm
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