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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Octant Case
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Octant Case

CultureAmerican | Unknown
Date1800-1821
MediumMahogany
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House
Object number97.49.69.2
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Upper Sitting Room
DescriptionWooden box for an octant.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House/Consul Room Published ReferencesJoe Mosier, "The Reluctant Midshipman: The Journeys of Henry Myers," _The Daybook_ 8, issue 3 (12/2002): 6-9, 14-15.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
1800-1821
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Black, Starr, & Frost Co.
ca. 1900
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
ca. 1840
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
Unknown
ca. 1840
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1815
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1790
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1785
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Tiffany & Co.
1938-1942
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
1946
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1800-1820