Surveyor's compass, marked John Vogler, Salem, N.C. John Vogeler (1783-1881) served his apprenticeship under Christoph Vogeler, his uncle, and is known to have made guns. He called himself a silversmith and a watchmaker. He opened his shop in Salem about 1806. Courtesy Old Salem, Inc.
Suveyor's compass, brass with silvered dial pine case with iron loops and hooks, American, Goshen, New York, by C. Hurtin, dated 1794. Inscribed in script on face of dial between compass point designations C. Hurtin/Goshen/AD 1794/No. 18. O. L. 13 3/8"; Diam. 6 1/8". Courtesy Department of Collections, Colonial Williamsburg.
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