RELISTED DUE TO BUYER BEING UNABLE TO PICK UP AND ITS TOOOO HEAVY TO POST.!

THIS IS A TRUELY STUNNING MARINE COMPASS MADE BY BAKER LYMANN & CO

THIS COMPASS IS A FULL SHIPS COMPASS, NOT A REPRO BUT THE REAL DEAL

IT IS MASSIVELY MADE OUT OF BRONZE AND BRASS AND WEIGHS A TON!.

IT SITS IN BRASS GIMBALLS WHICH FITS INTO A PURPOSE MADE FRAME SO IT CAN BE USED AND DISPLAYED.

THE LARGE GIMBALL IS SOLID BRASS AND IS JOINED TO THE COMPASS BY TWO SCREWS, THE SHELL OF THE COMPASS IS TWO HUGE BRONZE RINGS JOINED BY A THICK BRASS SHELL, THE UPPER AND LOWER BEZEL ARE MASSIVE BRONZE CASTINGS SCREWED TO THE MAIN CASE WITH UMPTEEN SCREWS.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE GLASS, THE TOP IS OBVIOUS BUT THE BOTTOM IS FOR A LIGHT TO SHINE THROUGH AND ILLUMINATE THROUGH THE CUT OUT FIGURES IN THE MAIN DISC.

THE BOTTOM GLASS ALSO HASS TWO HOLES IN IT, THIS IS FOR A PAIR OF BELLOWS WHICH ADJUST THE COMPASS TO ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MAKNG SURE IT READS CORRECTLY AT ALL TIMES, THIS IS A VERY NICE ADDITION.

THE MAIN DISC IS VERY THIN BRASS AND IS A LITTLE CRUMPLED, IT IS BEUTIFULLY PIERCED SO THE LIGHT SHOWS THROUGH THE FIGURES.

THE COMPASS IS FILLED WITH ALCOHOL AND THIS WAS RENEWED 2 YEARS AGO.

IT IS FULLY SIGNED ON THE FRONT BEZEL "BAKER LYMAN & CO INC"

THE COMPASS HAS AN 8 INCH DIAL, ITS 14 INCHES IN TOTAL ACROSS INCLUDING GIMBALS ETC, AND IT STANDS 7 1/1 INCHES TALL.

THE COMPASS IS FULLY GIMBALLED AND ROCKS NICELY IN ITS CRADLE

THIS IS A TRUELY GREAT DISPLAY PIECE AND A TRUE MARINE COMPASS VERY RARELY COMES UP FOR SALE

THIS THING IS HEAVY!!!! SO PICK UP WOULD BE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO WEIGHT/GLASS/ALCOHOL/DELICATE INSTRUMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO SEND A COURIER TO COLLECT I WILL HELP ALL I CAN