- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of compasses, brass with a steel tip [ SM (Verve) 12/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- England Wiltshire
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1800-1900
- Date collected
- By 1971
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1971
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Machine-made
- Dimensions
- Width: max 11 mm, Length: max 94 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1971.30.3.9
Search terms: Tool, Scientific Apparatus, Measurement, Drawing, Compass
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