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Cannon scribe

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probably made in London

Cannon scribe
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Cannon scribes were used for checking and marking the position on artillery cannon for the altitude quadrant. This brass example was made around 1800, probably by Matthew Berge of London.

The cannon scribe has a blue steel movable point and steel tips and a horizontal spirit level. Stamped on the handle is 'BERGE/LONDON'.

Matthew Berge had been foreman in the workshop of the pre-eminent London instrument maker, Jesse Ramsden. He was in business on his own account between 1802 and 1817. He died in 1819.

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