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Gunner's caliper
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      German?
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      gilt brass
    • Dimensions:
      length 610 mm
    • Inventory:
      699
    • Gunner's caliper (Inv. 699)
    • Gunner's caliper (Inv. 699)

Gunner's caliper housed in a leather case in the shape of a small sword sheath with gilt brass trimmings. The case is divided into four compartments, one of which is occupied by the square-shaped instrument. The caliber's four sides each carry a division into 24 equal parts, and decreasing divisions into 400, 1,300, and 2,100 parts. The "Munchen" inscription on one of the sides of the rule suggests a German origin. Provenance: Medici collections.