Accession No

0028

Brief Description

compass dial, English, 18th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

wood (walnut); metal (brass, steel); paper; glass

Dimensions

maximum diameter 42mm; height 33mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Amsterdam in 03/1922.

Inscription

Description Notes

Turned walnut case with screw lid, base threaded (forms knob of walking cane?). Pierced brass dial plate divided IIII - XII, I - VII, numbered by I. Folding gnomon for 50˚ N. Below dial a hand-coloured engraved paper compass card; 8 -point rose with lettered points.

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