I seek a box or terrestrial sextant - that is, the small pocketable model that was used primarily on land by British army officer's. These sextants were developed and patented circa 1802. My preference is for one made by Francis Barker after World War II. Having typed that, a similar terrestrial sextant made in the twentieth century in Great Britain would be acceptable.
What I am uninterested in buying is one of the non-functional copies made in India. Currently, the "brand" name on such Indian decorative sextants is "Stanley of London," which does not mean that all brass terrestrial sextants of this brand name are bogus.
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