Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) Royal Copenhagen Baca series this is the one I

this is the one I brought home

Striking from every angle

just a couple of small brown stains that show against the white gaze on the back side

It measures 16” in diameter and  1 7/8” tall

Creamer: 5 1/4" wide with handle

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) Royal Copenhagen Baca series this is the one II'm not a sailor, but I think this interesting old handmade dial would be instructive if a novice like me were to try to put it to use. The black "boat" at the center is annotated with Port and Starboard (missing the first few letters), Forward and Aft, and then depending on which direction one points to boat, there are notes on the middle disk relative to positions of bow and beam. At least this is what I think is going on here! Mostly, I just think