(French, 1652-1733), finely engraved octagonal plate inscribed with numerals and "N-Bion-A-Paris", the underside with a list of locations, hinged gnomon with a bird form sliding polar axis, glass covered compass and velvet case, 1-3/4 x 4 x 3-1/2 in.
Provenance: By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
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By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
spotting, discoloration, verdigris, and surface dust/accretion, compass detached from plate due to lacking screw, velvet base possibly lacking lid, fraying and shattering to velvet, crack and loss to glass cover