Accession No

0172

Brief Description

compass dial, English, 2/2 18th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass; paper

Dimensions

diameter 55 mm; thickness 15mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stuart Whipple from L. Bieillemand, Brussels, on 08/11/1924.

Inscription

‘XI’ (scratched on base)

Description Notes

Turned brass case with screw-top lid; in lid an engraved (paper) wind rose with 32 lettered points. Pierced brass dial plate with hour scale divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, divided to 15 minutes. Folding gnomon for 52˚ N. Below the dial an engraved hand-coloured paper compass card with 16-point rose and degree scale divided [0] - [90˚] - [0] - [90˚] - [0], numbered by 10˚, divided to 1˚.

Condition: good/fair; complete.

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