Boxed Compass

Object/Artifact

-

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Boxed Compass

Entry/Object ID

Q2025.48.1

Description

Compass encased in wooden box

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Wilcox, Crittenden & Co, Inc.

Place

City

Middletown, CT

State/Province

Connecticut

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Green label at bottom of box has faint inscription of (possibly) Feb. 7 - 1948

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

box compasses

Search Terms

Compass

Material

Wood, Iron, Brass, Glass