This is an increasingly rare instrument called the Paget Angle Sextant which was designed toward the end of the 19th century and originally marketed by Henry Hughes & Son.
This particular example is signed ‘THE PAGET ANGLE SEXTANT, No 26164, H. HUGHES & SON, LONDON’ on the ivorine overlay.

The sextant has a black alloy frame consisting of two circular plates with the upper having an ivorine overlay, the sight has one pinhole mounted within the frame and the instrument has an outer ivorine scale from 0° to 90°. The index arm is moved by hand and  the scale is read by a black indicating line on the ivorine part of the index arm.

Dating to the early 1900's, it's housed in a good condition mahogany case which measures 180mm x 150mm x 70mm, and the total weight is just over 1.1kgs.

In good working order with very clean mirrors, these sextants are becoming more difficult to find in such good condition and in their original box.

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