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Highly Decorative Map of The Eastern Mediterranean and The Middle East, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
compass rose. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Pierre Mortier' after an
Category
Early 1700s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Old Eastern Balkans Map, with Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map.
Condition: Good, German text on verso
Category
1630s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Brüder Figdor 1905 Austrian Art nouveau Belle Epoque Card Holder Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
composed by multiples figures of winged puttis playing with a compass, a ruler, a hammer and a flute
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Compasses
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Plan of Batavia, Capital of the Dutch East Indies, by Van Der Aa, 1725
By Pieter Van Der Aa
Located in Langweer, NL
Batavia / Jakarta in Indonesia. With extensive legend, compass rose and scale. This plate originates from
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
French 1900s Copper Coffee Table with Astrological Motifs and Chrome Pedestal
Located in Palm Desert, CA
represented between the branches of a large compass star that covers the copper top, their symbolic form
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Compasses
Materials
Chrome, Copper
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton
Simms, London
By Troughton
Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
original lacquer finish and spirit level.
The compass has a three inch silvered register plate, fine
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Compasses
Materials
Brass
Map Silk Embroidered Western Eastern Hemisphere New Old World Asia America Afri
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
cartouche being supported by two angels and a compass
- The cream, silk ground is finely embroidered with a
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Compasses
Materials
Silk
Biblical Map of the Region from the Mediterranean through the Persian Gulf, 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
tree. Three tiny ships sail in the Persian gulf with a compass rose. Title is in both French and Dutch
Category
1720s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Engraving of Mexico with Lots of Details, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Region of Batavia by Conrade, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
the Batavia area (Jakarta) in Indonesia. With cartouche, scale and compass rose. This print originates
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
A pair of Newton and Son ‘New
Improved’ 15 inch globes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
centred on compass roses (replaced). The sharply carved lion’s paw feet enclose the original brass
Category
1860s English Antique Compasses
Materials
Walnut
$91,506 / item
A huge pair of 21 inches Cruchley Library Globes
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
by a compass at the spacer. With graduated brass meridian circles and time clocks. The terrestrial
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Compasses
Materials
Other
$133,615 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique Map of Part of Southern Asia by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$118 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Northern Brazil by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$118 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Map of the Empire of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Lucon, Macau, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of Bonne is highly regarded
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Engraving of VOC Battle Ships Attacking Palembang in Sumatra, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
a sea battle in the foreground. Below the burning city, finely engraved ships and a compass rose
Category
Early 1700s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Barometer/Thermometer
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
central compass rose and a fine arrow pointing at the respective weather predictions. Leading up are
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Compasses
Materials
Ormolu
Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierra del fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano
By Joan (Johannes) Blaeu
Located in New York, NY
Straits of Magellan. It includes three compass roses, title, key, three scale cartouches, rhumb lines, and
Category
Mid-17th Century Other Art Style Antique Compasses
Materials
Engraving
Original Antique Engrving of Chinese Tartary in the 18th Century, 1737
Located in Langweer, NL
compass roses. Some maps bound out of sequence, some folded and some outline hand color. Descriptive text
Category
1730s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$418 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Mozambique Channel with Madagascar and Inset of Cape Region, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Map of Friesland with Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland En Schiermonnikoog, C.1670
Located in Langweer, NL
Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland en Schiermonnikoog. With a cartouche and a compass rose. Published by H
Category
1670s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$520 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Map of the Maluku Islands by Van der Aa, 1714
By Pieter Van Der Aa
Located in Langweer, NL
edition originates from 'Atlas Soulage'. The cartouche and compass rose are revised and the title is in
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Copper Engraved Map of Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan, c1780
Located in Langweer, NL
decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of Bonne is
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$342 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Northern Europe by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of Bonne is
Category
18th Century French Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$112 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Map of Southern Brazil and Uruguay by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$133 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Picardy, Aroits and French Flanders by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$166 Sale Price
20% Off
Cambridgeshire map 17th century engraving by John Speed
By John Speed
Located in London, GB
Circumference, traced by the compass of her many indents, one hundred twenty and eight miles.
(3) The Soil doth
Category
1610s Antique Compasses
Materials
Engraving
Map of the Western Coast of South America from Ecuador into Chili, ca.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$323 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Rare Map of the French Regions of Isle De France and Orleans, ca.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Early Hand-Colored Map of the Northeast of England, ca.1620
Located in Langweer, NL
without constant recourse to adjusting compass readings.
Condition: Good, original/contemporary hand
Category
1620s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
18th Century Swedish Carved Mangle Board
Located in Forney, TX
with finely incised detailing, flanked by five compass-drawn decorative circles on the single board
Category
18th Century Swedish Primitive Antique Compasses
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, circa 1753
Located in Langweer, NL
trade route for the Dutch. The map is adorned with a fine compass rose.Source unknown, to be determined
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$218 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Spain and Portugal by Tirion, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Portugal. Including Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Title in block-style cartouche with a simple compass rose
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$259 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of the Bay of Chin Chew by Child, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
far South. The compass is in the lower central position, radiating out across the whole map. Artists
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$161 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of the Region of Amsterdam by Wagenaar, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Netherlands around 1750. With compass rose and scale. This map originates from: 'Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Attractive Antique Map showing Denmark and part of Sweden and Germany c.1750
By Isaak Tirion
Located in Langweer, NL
showing Denmark and a part of Sweden and Germany. Title in block-style cartouche with a simple compass
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Beautiful Antique Map of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, Indonesia, ca.1650
Located in Langweer, NL
vessels, sea monsters, two elaborate compass roses with north oriented to the right, and a native couple
Category
1650s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$703 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Dutch
Belgium Provinces Limburg, Namen and Ardennes, ca.1635
Located in Langweer, NL
cartouche featuring two adorable putti and the coat of arms, a scale of miles, and a compass rose. French
Category
1630s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Map of the French Regions of Picardy, Artois
French Flanders, c1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Rare Map of the Holy Land Showing the Twelve Tribes of Israel
s, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of the Fortress Cranganor near Kodungallur in India, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
title including scale and compass rose. This print originates from 'L'Histoire générale des Voyages' by
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, ca.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
1780s French Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$228 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Map of the City of Leeuwarden by Bast, 1603
Located in Langweer, NL
a legend and compass rose at bottom right.
Published by Ioannem / Jan Lamrinck in 1603. State: 3rd
Category
17th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$2,589 Sale Price
20% Off
ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820
S PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE
MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
points, such as the Equator and a compass rose, indicating this is likely a chart used for maritime
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Antique Compasses
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Indiarum Occidentalium Tractus Littorales cum Insulis Caribicis / Pascaert van W
By Louis Renard
Located in New York, NY
Commerce.” Embellished with two sailing vessels, a compass rose, and two elaborate title cartouches.
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Antique Compasses
Materials
Engraving
Antique Map of Batavia, Capital of The Dutch East Indies at the Time, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
print shows a map and a view of Batavia, (Jakarta) Indonesia. With compass rose, cartouche and legend
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Old Map of the Moluccas, Known as the Famous Spice Islands, Indonesia, ca.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
vessels, sea monsters, two elaborate compass roses with north oriented to the right, and a native couple
Category
1730s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Guadeloupe with Les Saintes, Grand Bourg and La Désirade, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard
Located in Roma, IT
crucifix, and some compasses. The theme of the vanitas, the fleetingness of time are the elements unify the
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Compasses
Materials
Tempera
China: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
embellished with a Compass Rose in the lower right and an elaborate decorative title and distance scale
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Compasses
Materials
Engraving
Map of East Friesland, The Netherlands
the Area Emden
Norden, Germany, 1635
Located in Langweer, NL
compass rose.. Text in Dutch on verso. This map originates from a Dutch edition if the 'Atlas Novus
Category
1630s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$1,757 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of South American, The West Indies
Most of Africa, Ca.1775
Located in Langweer, NL
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses
Category
1770s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$722 Sale Price
20% Off
Map of Spain
Portugal Incl. the islands of Ibiza, Minorque
Majorque, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of
Category
1780s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Handsome Old Detailed Map of the Low Countries by Famous Mapmaker Blaeu, ca.1635
Located in Langweer, NL
cartouches, coat of arms, compass rose, scale and many ships on the North Sea. Willem Blaeu published this
Category
1630s Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Low Countries by Seutter, c.1745
Located in Langweer, NL
map of the Low Countries. Includes colored decorative cartouche, compass rose and coat of arms. Shows
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Province of Groningen by Blaeu, 1635
Located in Langweer, NL
Wadden islands Schiermonnikoog, Rottumeroog (Rottumerplaat) and Borkum. With compass rose, decorative
Category
17th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of The Nile, Egypt and the Red Sea by Bachiene, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
of Biblical Egypt and the Red Sea. With title cartouche, compass rose and scale. This map originates
Category
18th Century Antique Compasses
Materials
Paper
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Antique Compasses For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique compasses is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique compasses available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique compasses available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Folk Art and Georgian antique compasses are consistently popular styles. Many antique compasses are appealing in their simplicity, but Lawrence and Mayo, Ceebynite Short
Mason Taylor and E. Koehn Geneve Suisse produced popular antique compasses that are worth a look.
How Much are Antique Compasses?
Prices for antique compasses can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique compasses begin at $150 and can go as high as $65,000, while the average can fetch as much as $853.
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- How do antique compasses work?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Antique compasses work with the use of magnets. Compasses use a magnetized needle that can rotate to line up with the Earth’s magnetic field, pointing towards the magnetic north. The basic concept of how compasses work has not changed over several centuries and magnetic compasses continue to work well today. Shop a variety of antique compasses on 1stDibs.
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