Lifeboat Gimbaled Compass 5" Pine Brass Glass

Description

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.
rThe solid bronze gimbaled compass sits inside an expertly hand distressed, French finished box.
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r4.7″ L, 4.7″ W, 3.3″ H