Exceptionally Rare Sailor's Traverse Board

Exceptionally Rare Sailor's Traverse Board
Of Classic Form with Clenched Hand Cresting
Hand Carved and Painted Wood
English or American, c.1780

13" high x 7 ½” wide x 1" deep

Traverse Boards are first recorded in 1627 and some remained in use in sailing ships until the beginning of the C19th. They were ingeniously designed navigation aids, used to record the course and speed sailed.

Related Literature: E H Pinto; "Treen and other Wooden Bygones"; Pub. G Bell & Sons, London, 1969; See Illustration Plate 289 & text Pages 270 and 271.

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