Accession No

0860

Brief Description

spherical sundial, by Johann Willebrand, German, c. 1720

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Willebrand

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1720

Latest Date

1720

Inscription Date

Material

Dimensions

height 187mm; base diameter 86mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from A. S. Jones on 18/03/1938. According to R.S. Whipple's accession register, A. S. Jones purchased the object at a Sotheby’s sale on 17/03/1938, where it was Item 1, Lot 10, and listed as property of H. Michel, Brussels.

Inscription

Johann Willebrand in Augsburg

Description Notes

Spherical sundial, by Johann Willebrand, German, c. 1720.

Sphere 70mm diameter. Compass missing from stand at time of Whipple’s purchase.

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