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This is a fine example of a brass surveyor\'s verier compass - mid 1800\'s.
It includes the compass, both sights, attachment screws, original box and base. All pieces are original.
The compass measures 6-3/4\" in diameter, 15-1/2\" long and 3-1/8\" tall. The sights (uprights) add 7\" in height.
The sights are maintained in position with a pair of pins. The compass needle lock, the knob on the bottom, works and raises the compass needle off it\'s pivot point. The compass face has a fleur de lis on the face at the north position and a leaf pattern around the center. E. & G. W. Blunt New York is engraved opposite the fleur de lis.
The wood case measures 8\" by 16\" and 3-3/4\" tall.
The base is a wood monopod with metal spike and ball head. The base attaches by a socket on the base of the compass. The ball head allows to compass to be leveled. The wood monopod is 1-1/2 inches in diameter and 57 inches long. There is a metal cased spike at the end opposite the ball head.
I will ship the compass in two boxes, one with the compass and case. The base (monopod) will be in a separate box. The compass will be removed from the case, wrapped in bubble wrap and double boxed for protection, with \"blue\" tape on over the glass as a safeguard against cracking.
Edward and George William Blunt imported and made surveying instruments and were chart makers. Their shop was located at 179 Water Street, Brooklyn, New York and operated from 1824 to 1865. This is a beautiful example of their work.
The compass belonged to my maternal grandfather, Benjamin F. Smith of Pekin, IL, who practiced as a land surveyor starting in 1895. We don\'t know how he came of this instrument.
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