compass
Date: after 1986
Inventory Number: 2014-1-0114
Classification: Drawing compass
Manufacturer: Eugene Dietzgen Company (1885-present)
Seller: Charrette Corporation (1964 - 2006)
Dimensions:
11 × 4 × 1.4 cm (4 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in.)
box: 2 × 6 × 14.2 cm (13/16 × 2 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Description:
One compass with box
In Collection(s)
Signedon lid of box: DIETZGEN
on thumbscrew: DIETZGEN GERMANY ECO BRA
on thumbscrew: DIETZGEN GERMANY ECO BRA
Inscribedon base of box: DIETZGEN / DRAFTING / INSTRUMENT / PRECISION / - functional design in- / spires pride in accomplishment. / DURABILITY / - the difference can be / found in the craftsman- / ship. / DEPENDABILITY / - the preferred instrument / for more than 75 years. / EUGENE DIETZGEN CO.
on back of box: DIETZGEN
on the inside of box: DIETZGEN / EVERYTHING FOR DRAFTING / SURVEYING & PRINTMAKING
on back of box: DIETZGEN
on the inside of box: DIETZGEN / EVERYTHING FOR DRAFTING / SURVEYING & PRINTMAKING
FunctionA compass is used to draw circles and arcs.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.