VINTAGE OUTSTANDING SHIPS BINNACLE WITH COMPASS - COMPLETE WITH COMPENSATING BALLS, BRASS STANCHION BRACKETS, TEAK WOOD AND BRASS AND COPPER CONSTRUCTION WITH LARGE COMPASS IN FUNCTIONAL CONDITION. DATED 11/4/1956 AS TO MAKER PLEASE SEE PICTURES OF BRASS MAKER PLATE. FRENCH ORIGIN WE BELIEVE BY VIALLET IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE. STANDS AN IMPRESSIVE 53" TALL AND 19" IN DIAMETER WITH THE BASE AT 24". EXTREMELY PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ALL WOOD INTACT, COMPASS GIMBAL, COPPER DOME AND GLASS, AND VERY NICE OIL LAMP FOR ILLUMINATION AS SEEN IN PICTURES. LIGHTHOUSELENS  CRATING AND SHIPPING AVAILABLE.