THE COLLIOGRAPH BY HENRY HUGHES & SON, LTD
London, Circa 1900
Set consisting of boats, a compass plan in three pieces, rulers "For Use In Collision Cases And Nautical Enquiries", and basic instructions for use. Paper-covered three-piece board fits together to make a compass plan with 32 compass points marked around the outside edge. Includes an assortment of moveable flat models: two screw steamers, two brigs, two lightships, two twin screw steamers, two schooners, two buoys, two paddle steamers, two yachts, two compass discs (one missing), two man-of wars, two paddle tugs, one scale (measuring), two ships, two screw tugs, one wind arrow, two barques, two barges and a current arrow. Within a dovetail pin storage box, the maker's label on the inside lid printed "Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd. Marine and Manufacturing Opticians 59 Penchurch Street, London, E.C. Telegraphic Address - Azimuth, London Telephone 555 Central". Label also printed with an inventory of the elements comprising the set and instructions for its use.
Box height 3.5". Length 16.75". Width 6.75".
Provenance:
Captain A. Mostyn Field, Royal Navy / British Hydrographic Office.
West Sea Company, Old Town San Diego, California.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

Colliographs were used by maritime law experts for demonstration purposes in collision cases and nautical inquiries regarding accidents at sea. Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd. was in operation from 1829 to 1947.

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