Sextant box

Square fitted mahogany sextant box containing a small ivory plate signed 'Coombes Optican & Admiralty Agent Davenport', and let into the lid a brass plate engraved 'A. Milne Home', and containing in the lid a certificate of examination of Key Observatory dated 1891.

Object Details

ID: NAV1152.1
Type: Sextant box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Coombes, J.
Date made: circa 1891
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 130 mm x 255 mm x 245 mm
Parts: Sextant
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