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Steel navigational dividers, professionally conserved.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 225.00 USD
Steel navigational dividers, professionally conserved.
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Steel navigational dividers, professionally conserved. 39 grams, 4" long. Unlike earlier bronze versions, which generally had replaceable iron points in the arms, this later model (made of so-called "blister" steel for the presence of minute air pockets in the metal) had integrated points, still sharp on this example, which is a dark brown in color and is fully functional (no corrosion or rust, presumably due to being "buried deeply"). Recovered from: Unidentified whaler wreck sunk in the early 1800s off Nantucket, Massachusetts. With explanatory letter from previous offering.