Brass hood over the compass, this set onto a wooden stand having a carved and painted rope border at the base; iron correcting spheres on brass arms; brass maker's plate reads JOHN BLISS & CO. / 787; brass lidded map case affixed to the side; wired for an electric lamp.

53"

Private Collection of a Lady, Chapel Hill, NC

From the bark Doon, built in 1870. This classic sailing ship plied the Atlantic until 1920 when she was dis-masted and converted into a lumber barge. Based in Mobile, the Doon spent her last days servicing Florida real estate developers on behalf of the Eastman-Gardinier Lumber Co. When she was finally scuttled, many of the Doon's elements went into private nautical collections. The items presented here belonged to McWhorter Beers (1886-1969), a Laurel, Mississippi banker who was with Eastman-Gardinier Lumber as a young man. The consignor, whose father acquired these relics from the Beers Estate, aptly states that their present sale will "mark the final disassembly of the Doon."

Compass detached, but working; one of four brass screws for the base not present; dent to the map case; paint worn from the spheres.

$300 - 600