A Michael Butterfield gunner's level, French, circa 1700,
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A Michael Butterfield gunner's level, French, circa 1700,
signed Butterfeild A Paris, with steel plummet and hinged brass degree scale, the upright engraved with various shot scales, in original fitted fish skin case with hinged lid 4in (10cm) high
Sold for £2,400 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • For similar Butterfield level see The Oxford Museum of the History of Science Collection, Inventory No. 52788.

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