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85/79 Box sextant with case, brass / leather, made by Brush & McDonnell, Melbourne, Australia, c 1872
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Object statement
Box sextant with case, brass / leather, made by Brush & McDonnell, Melbourne, Australia, c 1872
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
The sextant was made by Brush & MacDonnell in Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1872
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
A note on file says that the sextant was previously at Wollongong Clock and Antique Museum and had been used in a film about Burke and Wills.

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Description
Box sextant with case, brass / leather, made by Brush & McDonnell, Melbourne, Australia, c 1872

Cylindrical brass sextant in leather case. The sextand has pull out eyepieces, silvered scale and vernier magnifier on a hinged arm. The brass cover screws onto the base as a handle. The leather case is embossed with a flower on both sides. The case has an attached cover which fastens with a strap. The inside of the case is lined with purple velvet like material. . Maker's mark on sextand, embossed stamp on case.
Made: Brush & MacDonnell; Melbourne, Victoria; 1867 - 1877
Marks
The sextand is inscribed above the sacle 'Brush and MacDonnell Melbourne'. The case has a white embossed stamp with 'S3183' on the front. Below that on the stamp is six pounds. The lid of the leather case has the initials 'HMH' with the date 1872 carved into it.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
85/79
Production date
1867 - 1877
Height
85 mm
Width
85 mm
Depth
50 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1985
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