• Title
  Sextant made by Watkins, c. 1800
• Call number
  SAFE/R 148
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 13
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  c. 1800
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  413481
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 brass sextant in contemporary wooden case - c. 28 cm x 26 cm
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  It is not certain that Matthew Flinders owned this sextant. Sextants on the Investigator were supplied by Edward Troughton. It is possible that this sextant was provided by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie to assist sculptor William Robert Colton in his design of the Flinders sculpture which was unveiled in front of the Mitchell Library in 1925.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 846710
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Engraved on scale "Watkins Charing Cross London"
• Topic
  sextants
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Possessed : an exhibition of treasures - State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997)
  Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales
  Where am I : Maps & Mapping - Newcastle Regional Museum
  Landmarks: People and Places across Australia - National Museum of Australia (May, 2011 - May, 2014)
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019 - State Library of New South Wales (April, 2018 - April, 2019)
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 18 April 2019 to 20 April 2020 - State Library of New South Wales (April, 2019 - April, 2020)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1133841

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