English, c.1740, engraved 'Wm Deane Fecit', white metal protractor with engraved scales to verso with leafage border, width 11.2cm
Footnote: According to Clifton William Deane worked from 1718-48. according to Webster's Database of Scientific Instrument Makers William Deane, London, was apprenticed 1710, Free to the Company in 1718 and Master of the Company in 1747
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English, c.1740, engraved 'Wm Deane Fecit', white metal protractor with engraved scales to verso with leafage border, width 11.2cm
Footnote: According to Clifton William Deane worked from 1718-48. according to Webster's Database of Scientific Instrument Makers William Deane, London, was apprenticed 1710, Free to the Company in 1718 and Master of the Company in 1747
Auction: Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023