For your consideration is this fabulous C. 1800 brass cased dry card compass which is signed Frye & Shaw, New York, a partnership which lasted only 8 years. The compass still retains the as original glass is broken and the body is made of Mahogany Wood pivot cap are brass. Frye and Robert L. Shaw succeeded John H. Wheeler in 1836 and became Frye & Shaw R. Shaw may have been an apprentice of John H. Shaw & Frye business was located at 222 Water Street, New York, N. We did some research on this and found it to very RARE. Photos are a big part of the description. The item “VERY RARE Antique 1800’s Frye & Shaw Dry Paper Compass Mahogany Wood Brass” is in sale since Wednesday, February 20, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Scientific Instruments\Other Antique Science Equip”. The seller is “junebug00068″ and is located in Westford, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Maker: unknown
• Original/Reproduction: Original