Title: Beam compass
Object type: Beam compass
Date: 1619
Artist:  Christopher Trechsler the Elder, son of Lorenz
Artist bio: ca. 1550–ca. 1624, married 1571
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Brass gilt
Dimensions: Length: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Brass
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY