98th Auction

2018/11/10

Lot 183

A collection of a set of survey instruments, and 5 measuring devices
Watkins & Smith, London, 54 x 127 x 21 mm, circa 1760
A small set of a pair of compasses with steel points, a ruler and writing utensils, in a ray skin covered box
Case: brass, silver, steel.
Francis Watkins was born circa 1723 and died in 1784. After 1747 he worked in Charing Cross in London and was in a partnership with his former apprentice Addison smith from 1763 to 1774.

Sold

estimated
1.5003.000 €
Price realized
1.900 €