Tell-Tale Compass
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Thaxter, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: Since this compass is designed to be hung from the ceiling and seen from below, the card reads counter-clockwise. The "Thaxter Maker State Street Boston" inscription is on a paper disc laid over the center of the card, obscuring the inscription of the artisan for whom the card was originally made. S. Thaxter moved to State Street in 1793. The firm became S. Thaxter & Son in 1822.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0148.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0148
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0148.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nautical Compass (Tell Tale)
label: Object Name
content: nautical compass (tell tale)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: card: 5 in; 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: bowl: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 24.765 cm x 15.875 cm