HAND-HELD COMPASS, German for the English market, c. 1800, signed “Neues Polar S..el im Freien von Joh. Konrad Böhmländer Mechaniker in Nürnberg.” The fine turned wood cell is 4″ (10 cm) in diameter, set on one side with a colored print of children at play, and on the other with a floral print with German directionals, surrounding the glazed compass with its colored 32-point rose, directionals printed in English, and magnetic declination of 18° West. Condition is good, the wood considerably shrunk with age, and the varnished paper crinkling. Little is known of Böhmländer, but the piece reminds us of other late 18th century Nuremberg work, e.g., the pillar sundial compendium of W. Burucker (Tesseract Catalogue F Item 29)