Figure 57. — Wooden surveying compass made by Andrew Newell (1749-1798) of 

 Boston. It is made of mahogany, is 11/^ in. long, and has a diameter of 5 in. 

 The engraved compass card is signed by Nathaniel Hurd, goldsmith, silversmith, 

 and engraver of Boston. In collection of Yale University Art Gallery. 



He produced bellows of all types- 

 smiths, braziers, and goldsmiths. ^^° 



Andrew Newell 



-for furnaces, refiners, black- 



An instrument of considerable significance is another wooden 

 surveyor's compass, in the collection of the Yale University Art 

 Gallery. This compass (fig. 57) is made of rich brown San Do- 

 mingo mahogany with sighting bars of boxwood. A mariner's card, 

 set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form 

 of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed 

 as a line engraving. A ship and the Boston harbor lighthouse are 

 featured in the central medallion. On a riband encircling the 

 medallion is the inscription "Made by andw. newell East End 

 of the MARKET BOSTON," Engraved in script at the southern 

 tip of the star is the signature "N. Hurd Set." 



Relatively little is known about Andrew Newell (1749-1798) 

 except that he was a maker of mathematical instruments. An 

 entry in the first Boston directory, in 1789, listed "Andrew Newell, 

 instrument maker, 61 State Street." The directory of 1796 men- 

 tioned Newell as having a shop on the "East side of the Market," 

 the address that appears on the surveying compass. 



"° George Francis Dow, The Arts and Crafts in New England 1704-1775 

 (Topsfield, Mass.: The Wayside Press, 1927), p. 256. 



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