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Drawing compass
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      length 210 mm
    • Inventory:
      3684
    • Drawing compass (Inv. 3684)

Drawing compass with an octagonal head and two legs carrying a steel tip and a sheath respectively. The sheath contains a removable pencil holder. Provenance: Medici collections.