1850 James Reed & Company Gimbaled Surveyors Mining Compass Vertical Arc

Description

This is very nice James Reed & Company gimbaled surveyors mining compass that dates to about 1850.  As you can see from the photos it has a nice medium patina finish, it does not have a box or anything else with it.  This instrument measures 14 inches long andhas  a 4 3/4 inch long compass needle.  This is one of very few American made gimbaled mining compasses, it comes with what you see in the photos nothing else.  The level bubble is cracked and dry and there is a small bit of the plaster that holds the compass glass in loose under the glass.
Postage is .00 if within the US, more  If you are outside the US; no charge for careful packing.
Here is some information on the firm James Reed and Company:
James Reed
1792-1878
James Reed was first listed in the Pittsburgh directories in 1847 as a watch maker and jeweler. He began trading as James Reed & Co. in 1850, and in 1852 advertised as "Manufacturers of theodolites, surveyors compasses, leveling & grading instruments,
which continues through the 1882-83 directory.