Accession No

0235

Brief Description

Augsburg dial by Johann Willebrand, c.1700

Origin

Augsburg; Germany

Maker

Willebrand. Johann

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver, gilt brass); glass

Dimensions

length 56 mm; breadth 53 mm; thickness 10 mm (thickness 14mm; 28-1-2000)

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from P. Webster, London, on 02/09/1925.

Inscription

‘Johann Willebrand, in Augspurg 48’

Description Notes

Octagonal silver base on 3 feet. Inset compass with silvered base; cardinal points marked in Latin; magnetic variation marked at 8˚ W of N. Gilt hour circle divided on silver inner rim 3 - 12, 1 - 9, numbered by 1, (divided to 15 minutes. Folding gnomon on diametrical bar; 28-1-2000). Pierced and decorated plumb bob gallows. Latitude arc divided [4˚] - 90˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚. (Hand engraved on outer rim of hour circle as index (?); 28-1-2000). Reverse of compass box carries a list of towns and latitudes.

Condition: fair; complete.

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