Semi Circumferenter

ca. 1790

Not on view

John Potter of Brookfield, Massachusetts, worked as a clock and instrument maker. This surveyor's piece has its original wooden case.

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Title: Semi Circumferenter
Maker: John Potter (1746–1818)
Date: ca. 1790
Geography: Made in Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Brass, cherry, white pine
Dimensions: 3 x 10 5/8 x 7 in. (7.6 x 27 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Anna Glen B. Vietor Gift, in memory of her husband, Alexander Orr Vietor, 1987
Object Number: 1987.41
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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