18th Century English Georgian Boxwood Compass

Antique travel compass, turned boxwood, with cover. Compass card with 16 winds, printed by an engraved copper plate and later water-coloured by hand, with goniometric circle. Original blued-steel needle, jeweled pivot. English made, circa 1770. This piece was made before glass compass faces rose to popularity- therefore, it is has no glass.

Please note- This compass is not missing any of it's original components, as it was never intended for a glass face.

Underneath hand-engraved 'W.H.R'