INDOOR LIVING - Compass, Magnifying Glass & Hourglass

A lovely piece so versatile - compass with inside magnifying glass - perfect for the desk or as a display item.

 

Width:       70mm

Depth:       70mm

 

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A lovely piece so versatile - compass with a  perfect for the desk or as a display item.

 

Width:       50mm

Depth:       50mm

 

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A lovely piece - CUTTY SARK 1869 compass & International time zone - perfect for the desk or as a display item too.

 

Width:       65mm

Depth:       15mm

 

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A lovely piece so versatile - compass with a  perfect for the desk or as a display item.

 

Width:       55mm

Depth:       30mm

 

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Brass Compass - reproduction from the 19th C. Campaign Trail.

Width: 850mm
Depth: 100mm
Height: 150mm

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Authentic Models compass in bright brass or bronze finish.  A reproduction form the 19th C. Campaign Trail.

Width: 470mm
Depth: 650mm
Height: 150mm

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A compass offers the most significant message to the recipient in the smallest, most interesting package possible. It’s a symbol for direction, staying the course, for adventure, discovery, science and human inventiveness. In times of need the magnifier is used to read maps and lights the safari-cooking fire.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 2850mm

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As these products are hand finished, some colour variations may occur, which add to the natural charm and vintage style of these products.

 

7cmDx10cmH

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A lovely piece so versatile - compass with calendar - perfect for the desk or as a display item.

 

8cmDx4cmH

 

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As these products are hand finished, some colour variations may occur, which add to the natural charm and vintage style of these products.

 

10x9x19cm

 

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As these products are hand finished, some colour variations may occur, which add to the natural charm and vintage style of these products

 

10cmDx2cmH

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As these products are hand finished, some colour variations may occur, which add to the natural charm and vintage style of these products.

 

W5x12cm

 

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My earliest glass was a utilitarian Boy Scout one of sturdy brass. I studied insects and the skin of my hand. However, after turning my dad’s newspaper into charcoal, it was confiscated, despite me protestation that the glass was an essential tool of scientific discovery. Our discovery glass allows detailed examination of maps, coins, and other wonders.

 

Width:       550mm

Depth:       130mm

Height:   190mm

 

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A lovely piece - hidden magnifying glass keyring - perfect for the desk or as a display item too.

 

Width:       755mm

Depth:       12mm

 

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A metal and glass magnifying glass with a hand design handle with a distressed gold finish. Made of aluminium with a circular magnifying glass. Measurements: 23 x 4 x 10cm

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This Authentic Models Monocular on Tripod is built to last, and its brass and nickel parts are expertly covered with hand-sewn leather to withstand the wear and tear of daily use on campaign.  An essential tool for an explorer or navigator, this telescope has a complicated prismatic lense. It is built on adjustable legs, which allows it to be moved up and down and and angled to perfection. Ideal for observing birds, wildlife and the nights sky, it also doubles as striking and bold decor. Place in a nautical-themed office or a gentleman's study and allow its sculptural classical decor aspects to exceed its practical value.

Width: 960mm
Depth: 960mm
Height: 1700mm

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Mariner's Compass and Sundial Scientific ornament for the desktop Polished Aluminum Silver Raising the triangular gnomon upright while pointing the compass needle North will show the time. The correct time will show only if the local latitude corresponds to the angle of the gnomon.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 30mm

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For proverbial fine print and thumbnail-sized road maps. Classic accessory for any coffee table or end table. Duotone bronzed brass. 5x magnification

Width: 130mm
Depth: 5250mm
Height: 10mm

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After dinner having enjoyed garoupa with a chilled chardonnay nothing is more relaxing than observing birds & wildlife or neighbours with a tripod mounted telescope. After all one never knows when the TV might give out. Instrument quality brass, stand in rich rosewood with adjustable legs and solid brass fittings magnifies 20x doubles as a striking & bold decor.

Width: 1000mm
Depth: 820mm
Height: 156250mm

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Classic globes without a matching compass were considered incomplete. Our wonderfully constructed bronze and wood stand with paper globe includes true reproduction of 17th C. “dry” compass. Twelve paper gores applied to the globe are printed after originals drawn by Gerardus Mercator, the inventor of the Mercator projection, which was used from the 16th C. until the middle of the 20th C. Scientific, decorative, historical…

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 210mm

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It always pays to have a close look! The signature on the painting you just purchased at that out-of-the-way estate sale. Check on your hunch it’s a Leonardo… Or study the hallmarks on the sterling polo trophy you took from that weekend trip to Buenos Aires. Or just retrace Sherlock’s trails in London’s Chelsea. Fingerprints, hair and fibers? You need The Glass! A lasting accessory for bookshelf or coffee table. A classic gift for every executive.

Width: 320mm
Depth: 850mm
Height: 20mm

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It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice brass finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 70mm

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Collectable because of their combined historical and practical value. Ship’s hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship’s watch. To appreciate the important symbolism of the hourglass, Renaissance artists painted still lifes which were also called Vanitas, filled with symbolism and morals. They very often depict hourglasses.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 120mm

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Classic campaign glasses used by Victorian gentry and Army & Navy to observe while able to take notes and sketch. Sturdy 19th C. binoculars on elegant beautifully crafted mini-tripod. Binoculars were a Victorian invention and were much easier to use than the one lens drawn out telescope.

Width: 1170mm
Depth: 1250mm
Height: 560mm

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A needle pointing north. Antique science captured in admiralty brass. Allowing sailors to cross vast oceans, explorers to discover continents. Set sail for the fabled Spice Islands, legendary Cathay… rumored South Lands. An instrument of exploration that changed the world of Renaissance, forever… This brass compass has a silver plated, etched compass dial.

Width: 60mm
Depth: 750mm
Height: 2950mm

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It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice pewter finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 70mm

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Collectable because of their combined historical and practical value. Ship’s hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship’s watch. To appreciate the important symbolism of the hourglass, Renaissance artists painted still lifes which were also called Vanitas, filled with symbolism and morals. They very often depict hourglasses.

Width: 1850mm
Depth: 130mm
Height: 2550mm

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18th C. industrial design, bronze and wood… Collectable because of their combined historical and practical value. Some glasses measured up to two hours, used at a time when church pews were designed by the Inquisition to torture the human back. Ship’s hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship’s watch, and if the helmsman didn’t turn the glass too early it actually doubled in defining longitude. Navigators tried to keep count of the hours; the galleons wrecked on the Western Australian reefs remind us of the perils of incorrectly kept time. To appreciate the important symbolism of the hourglass, Renaissance artists painted still lifes, also called Vanitas, filled with symbolism and morals. They very often depict hourglasses.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 1350mm

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For proverbial fine print and thumbnail-sized road maps. Classic accessory for any coffee table or end table. Duotone bronzed brass, French finished rosewood handle.

Width: 170mm
Depth: 650mm
Height: 250mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Classic campaign glasses used by Victorian gentry and Army & Navy to observe while able to take notes and sketch. Sturdy 19th C. binoculars on elegant beautifully crafted mini-tripod. Binoculars were a Victorian invention and were much easier to use than the one lens drawn out telescope.

Width: 1650mm
Depth: 140mm
Height: 4150mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

My earliest glass was a utilitarian Boy Scout one of sturdy brass. I studied insects and the skin of my hand. However, after turning my dad’s newspaper into charcoal, it was confiscated, despite me protestation that the glass was an essential tool of scientific discovery. Our discovery glass allows detailed examination of maps, coins, and other wonders.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 1250mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice brass finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 90mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

An intriguing and classic explorer’s and navigator’s tool. The telescope consists of a wood barrel holding an objective, a system of lenses. It is protected by brass collars and a decorative brass cap. To use, pull out the brass drawers. The smallest tube holds the eye objective. Judiciously push in the smallest end-tube to focus.

Width: 38750mm
Depth: mm
Height: mm

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You found an unbelievable Tizian sketch in rich sepias, highlighted in white. You examined the faded signature, enlarged… That ancient piece of ikat textile. You always wanted to study the weft, see how the weaver worked. That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This small brass magnifying glass has a duotone bronze finish.

Width: 620mm
Depth: 390mm
Height: 50mm

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Our version of the earliest time telling methods. Find a sunny day and have some fun.

Width: 1040mm
Depth: 110mm
Height: 1750mm

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An instrument from a time when the travel was an uncertain activity at best. Pilgrims, artists, and merchants followed ancient routes without much signage to show the way. If they didn’t make the next wayside inn, local convent or hospital by nightfall they might have to camp out in the open. Losing the way was a major risk in the ages before the Renaissance. A scientific instrument like a working compass or sundial was only available to the most affluent travelers. A compass opened the world to the inquisitive and enterprising. No wonder European explorers would venture into most of the unknown corners of the world in the following centuries.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 170mm

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An early, simple pocket calculator from an era when 40 years were akin to perpetual. Its origin goes back some 500 years. Calculate the day of the week for any given future date, within a 40-year span. To use, simply rotate dial until the selected year lines up with the selected month. Locate the particular date and find the day of the week above it.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 2060mm

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It always pays to have a close look! The signature on the painting you just purchased at that out-of-the-way estate sale. Check on your hunch it’s a Leonardo… Or study the hallmarks on the sterling polo trophy you took from that weekend trip to Buenos Aires. Or just retrace Sherlock’s trails in London’s Chelsea. Fingerprints, hair and fibers? You need The Glass!! A versatile attractive accessory of proven pedigree and gravitas. Hand built in solid brass and rosewood.

Width: 270mm
Depth: 1140mm
Height: 120mm

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Not that long ago people actually lived by sundial time. Every village and town functioned on local time, depending on local latitude. The arrival of trains and mail coach traffic created a need for coordinated time. Our travel sundial needs a compass to find north. Raising the triangular gnomon upright while pointing the compass needle North will show the time. The correct time will show only if the local latitude correspondes to angle of gnomon. Bronze dry compass, hand colored reproduction compass cards. Hand aged and hand polished.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 250mm

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The archetypal tool of chance, dice are the oldest gaming implements known to man. They were the inspiration which eventually led to both dominoes and playing cards. Authentic Models celebrates the longevity of these simplest of implements with a beautifully decorative wooden set, which is also fully functional!

Width: 650mm
Depth: 650mm
Height: 650mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

AM was created more than 40 years ago in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. AM-s expertise and interests go back many centuries. Its collection of furniture, artifacts and accessories is inspired by the age of exploration, maritime history, cartography and more- Our never ending quest for unique objects and designs, coupled with our goal to share their stories with a dedicated audience. Now, in the 21st C. AM is eminently placed to offer its unique collection to the world at large, with our collection shown in major cities the world over. Made to store away as small as possible this is a marvel of hand tooled telescoping brass tubes. Pull out all the way and focus by adjusting the smallest eye-section. Feel like a sea captain scanning the horizon from a heaving aft-deck. Leather covered. Bronze finished.

Width: 540mm
Depth: 170mm
Height: 110mm

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Polished brass and classic wood. Heavyweight stand allows free use of hands. A classic gift for every executive.

Width: 250mm
Depth: 1150mm
Height: 180mm

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Through centuries of technological innovation, we’ve charted the whole world. But early navigators and explorers setting out didn’t necessarily know were they were headed. Guided only by a simple compass, the stars of the night sky, early octants and astrolabes. Possibly terrifying, but also exciting… Discover early navigation, enjoy an unbelievable collection of compasses from various eras.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 290mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice brass finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 550mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

A compass offers the most significant message to the recipient in the smallest, most interesting package possible. It’s a symbol for direction, staying the course, for adventure, discovery, science and human inventiveness. In short, it has it all…

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 1850mm

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The North Atlantic is an unforgiving place. Freak storms, fog banks, and severe weather make navigation a survival issue. Our fully gimbaled boxed compass is a faithful replica of a dory compass. Stacks of dories were sailed to the Great Banks and single fishermen set out with fishing lines and victuals for a day. Cod fishers used a similar compass to find their way back to the mother ship, a sailing schooner. The solid bronze gimbaled compass sits inside an expertly hand distressed, French finished box

Width: 120mm
Depth: 120mm
Height: 850mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

An intriguing and classic explorer’s and navigator’s tool. The telescope consists of a wood barrel holding an objective, a system of lenses. It is protected by brass collars and a decorative brass cap. To use, pull out the brass drawers. The smallest tube holds the eye objective. Judiciously push in the smallest end-tube to focus.

Width: 38750mm
Depth: mm
Height: mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

An early, simple pocket calculator from an era when 40 years were akin to perpetual. Its origin goes back some 500 years. Calculate the day of the week for any given future date, within a 40-year span. To use, simply rotate dial until the selected year lines up with the selected month. Locate the particular date and find the day of the week above it.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 2060mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice pewter finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 90mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Classic campaign glasses used by Victorian gentry and Army & Navy to observe while able to take notes and sketch. Sturdy 19th C. binoculars on elegant beautifully crafted mini-tripod. Binoculars were a Victorian invention and were much easier to use than the one lens drawn out telescope.

Width: 1650mm
Depth: 140mm
Height: 4150mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Through centuries of technological innovation, we’ve charted the whole world. But early navigators and explorers setting out didn’t necessarily know were they were headed. Guided only by a simple compass, the stars of the night sky, early octants and astrolabes. Possibly terrifying, but also exciting… Discover early navigation, enjoy an unbelievable collection of compasses from various eras.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 410mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Turned wood, brass finial, ground and polished glass magnifies 3x. A lasting accessory for bookshelf or coffee table. Form & Function……

Width: 250mm
Depth: 100mm
Height: 250mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

It always pays to have a close look! That picture of grandmother in a group of 27 classmates, from 1919. Did she wear earrings? A tool for the curious of mind. Practical, authentic, and highly decorative. This desk maginifier has a nice pewter finish.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 550mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Whether you are looking for your enemy during battke, to have a gaze at the night sky to find that one special star or just to look at your favorite bird during your camping trip, binoculars give users a 3D image, unline a telescope.

Width: 17000mm
Depth: 7500mm
Height: 7500mm

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Classic campaign glasses used by Victorian gentry and Army & Navy to observe while able to take notes and sketch. Sturdy 19th C. binoculars on elegant beautifully crafted mini-tripod. Binoculars were a Victorian invention and were much easier to use than the one lens drawn out telescope.

Width: 950mm
Depth: 990mm
Height: 520mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Made to store away as small as possible this is a marvel of hand tooled telescoping brass tubes. Pull out all the way and focus by adjusting the smallest eye-section.

Width: 540mm
Depth: 170mm
Height: 110mm

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It’s like hearing weathered old-time deck-hands telling yarns, sharing their special secrets. To make a ship inside a bottle, to learn the ropes, how to best send a message in a bottle. Where will the currents take it… Yokohama? Zanzibar? So many stories. Uniquely conceived and packaged. Both gift and craft, educational and whimsical. Rare fun in attractive and intriguing boxes. Easy to learn and enjoy. For inquisitive minds… and keeps them busy for hours at a time.

Width: 180mm
Depth: 130mm
Height: 810mm

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1My earliest glass was a utilitarian Boy Scout one of sturdy brass. I studied insects and the skin of my hand. However, after turning my dad’s newspaper into charcoal, it was confiscated, despite me protestation that the glass was an essential tool of scientific discovery. Our discovery glass allows detailed examination of maps, coins, and other wonders.

Width: 130mm
Depth: 550mm
Height: 190mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Collectable because of their combined historical and practical value. Ship’s hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship’s watch. To appreciate the important symbolism of the hourglass, Renaissance artists painted still lifes which were also called Vanitas, filled with symbolism and morals. They very often depict hourglasses.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 200mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Duotone bronzed brass and classic wood. Heavyweight stand allows free use of hands. A classic gift for every executive.

Width: mm
Depth: 1140mm
Height: 180mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

A needle pointing north. Antique science captured in admiralty brass. Allowing sailors to cross vast oceans, explorers to discover continents. Set sail for the fabled Spice Islands, legendary Cathay… rumored South Lands. An instrument of exploration that changed the world of Renaissance, forever… This small wooden compass is a replica of that used by Lewis & Clark in their journey across the uncharted territories.

Width: 7750mm
Depth: 7750mm
Height: 2250mm

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An explorer’s priority, direction…where will the compass lead?

Width: 950mm
Depth: 100mm
Height: 30mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

The archetypal tool of chance, dice are the oldest gaming implements known to man. They were the inspiration which eventually led to both dominoes and playing cards. Authentic Models celebrates the longevity of these simplest of implements with a beautifully decorative wooden set, which is also fully functional!

Width: 650mm
Depth: 650mm
Height: 650mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

The pocket glass of the boatswain. Used to measure ship’s speed, counting knots, timing minutes. A small gift with big presence.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 950mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 1350mm

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For proverbial fine print and thumbnail-sized road maps. Classic accessory for any coffee table or end table. Silver-plated magnifying glass, French finished rosewood handle. 3x magnification

Width: 2250mm
Depth: 80mm
Height: 250mm

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The compass opened the world to exploration and discovery. Invented in China thousands of years ago, it was primarily used by feng-shui priests, hired to advise on how and where to build. Today the compass still is a basic tool, a magnetized needle rotating on a vertical pin, pointing at the Earth’s magnetic North. 16th century sailors accustomed to following coastlines, could suddenly cross oceans. Sailors now devised a compass course, while still using their age-old knowledge of steering by fixed stars, ocean currents and prevailing winds to establish position.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 20mm

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Turned wood, bronzed finial, ground and polished glass magnifies 3x. A lasting accessory for bookshelf or coffee table. Form & Function…

Width: 250mm
Depth: 100mm
Height: 250mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

Through centuries of technological innovation, we’ve charted the whole world. But early navigators and explorers setting out didn’t necessarily know were they were headed. Guided only by a simple compass, the stars of the night sky, early octants and astrolabes. Possibly terrifying, but also exciting… Discover early navigation, enjoy an unbelievable collection of compasses from various eras.

Width: mm
Depth: mm
Height: 340mm

Delivery Included within UK (orders over £40)

As these products are hand finished, some colour variations may occur, which add to the natural charm and vintage style of these products

 

8cmDx2cmH

Delivery Included within UK (Orders over £40)

AM was created more than 40 years ago in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. AM-s expertise and interests go back many centuries. Its collection of furniture, artifacts and accessories is inspired by the age of exploration, maritime history, cartography and more- Our never ending quest for unique objects and designs, coupled with our goal to share their stories with a dedicated audience. Now, in the 21st C. AM is eminently placed to offer its unique collection to the world at large, with our collection shown in major cities the world over. Made to store away as small as possible this is a marvel of hand tooled telescoping brass tubes. Pull out all the way and focus by adjusting the smallest eye-section. Feel like a sea captain scanning the horizon from a heaving aft-deck. Leather covered. Bronze finished.

 

Dimensions:

Length: 18.1

Height: 2.2

Width: 2.2

 

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