Accession No

0086

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, by Lorenz Grassl, German, 2/2 18th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Grassl, Lorenz

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel (?)); glass

Dimensions

length 60mm; breadth 56mm; thickness 14mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from Charles Worth, London, on 06/01/1923.

Inscription

‘L. Graß[ss]L’

Description Notes

Decorated octagonal base. Inset compass with silvered base and central floral decoration; cardinal points marked in Latin; magnetic variation marked at approx 15˚ W of N. (Needle marked ‘S’ and ‘N’; 28-1-2000). Hour circle segment divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes (also on inner rim). (Folding gnomon on diametric bar; 28-1-2000). Latitude arm divided [2˚] - [88˚], numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚. Reverse of compass box marked ‘Eleva Poli’ and carries list of towns and latitudes. Hinge of hour circle and inner face of circle and diametric bar marked ‘VIIII’.

Condition: fair (silvering worn).

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