Sector
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1800 - 1830
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Brass
Measurements
27 mm (Width); 305 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338221
Summary
One foot boxwood rule. English, early 19th century. In two sections with brass hinge, typical scales of sines, tangents, etc. No maker's mark. In notebook no.2, page 30 (1340945.2) Charles Wade refers to: 'Admiral 115. 6" Boxwood Scale.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 2 The Admiral’s Room, 1944, page 130