Accession No

0321

Brief Description

universal equinoctial dial, German, 18th C

Origin

Germany

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); hide (leather); glass

Dimensions

case length 133mm; breadth 85mm; thickness 24mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Gertrude Hamilton (trading as ’Mercator’), Paris, in 08/1928.

Inscription

Description Notes

Rectangular brass base plate with decoration at corners. Inset compass with cardinal points marked; magnetic variation shown at 13˚ W of N. Hinged hour circle segment divided 3 - 12, 1 - 9, numbered by 1, subdivided to 30 minutes, inner rim only has hours marked. Folding pin gnomon on diametrical bar. Decorated latitude quadrant divided [0] - [90˚], numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚; slots through the hinged plate holding the hour circle (quadrant detached 31/1/2000). Reverse of base carries 2 feet and a table of latitudes (see history file). Reverse of compass box engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and supported by 2 eagles. (Dial is stuck in box 31/1/2000).
Case covered with tooled leather.

Condition: fair (quadrant detached, stuck in box); complete.

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