Oliver Vanasdal's Wonderful Homemade Working Compass, 1905 antique carved marble like a tabletop modernist sculpture

like a tabletop modernist sculpture when stood straight up

Clearly this was much smoked

It's too early to think about Christmas as far as I'm concerned

vertical drape of this child's white (christening

The sides on this one can been positioned fully upright to form a tight bowl

Oliver Vanasdal's Wonderful Homemade Working Compass, 1905 antique carved marble like a tabletop modernist sculptureI am very tempted to keep this one, such an excellent object, and how often does one come across an old handmade compass? (Pretty much never in my experience.) Wonderfully carved wooden perimeter rim, not quite regular, which was nailed down over glass to close up the case. The dial and needle look to be cut of tin, with hand drawn compass rose (looks like very dark graphite to me) and N and S stamped into the needle. And then on the back, its maker,