Accession No

1195

Brief Description

compass dial, German, 1800 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass; paper

Dimensions

diameter 43 mm; thickness 13 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘453 Circular Horizontal
Portable Sun-Dial,
1 guinea
English XVIII. Cent.’ (paper on lid; ‘English’ crossed out)

Description Notes

Turned brass case with screw-top lid. In lid engraved paper wind-rose with 12 lettered points, fleur-de-lis for North. Pierced brass dial plate divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes (subdivided to 30 minutes; 31-1-2000). Folding gnomon for 43˚ N. Below dial an engraved hand-coloured paper compass card with 8-point rose and 12 lettered points.

Condition: fair (dial plate loose; 31-1-2000); complete.

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