E.R. WATTS & SON COTTON TYPE MKII RANGE FINDER
London, Circa 1920
Signed and inscribed with the maker's name and the serial number "E.R. Watts & Son, London No. 1596". Brass frame supports a bar with interchangeable scales and a pair of lenses, the larger fixed and the smaller slides and can be adjusted to varying distances marked in feet and yards. Holding the instrument horizontally, a split image is merged by aligning the lenses and the correct distance is then shown on the scale. Fitted with a wood handle. In original box with maker's label.
Length 10.25". Box height 2". Width 11". Depth 3.25".
Provenance:
West Sea Company, Old Town San Diego, California, 2001.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

Very good. The brass is tarnished, and the fixed lens is cracked at one corner.

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