Accession No

0002

Brief Description

scaphe dial by H. Schmeisser, 1861

Origin

Berlin; Germany

Maker

Schmeisser. H.

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1861

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

1861

Material

metal (brass, copper); ceramic

Dimensions

height 147 mm; diameter 159 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘H. Schmeisser
Patent
1861
Berlin
A. Meissner’

Description Notes

Ceramic base in the shape of an urn, decorated to imitate white marble with grey veining. 3 levelling feet (brass). Brass rim with most of the lacquering gone. Copper bowl with 2 copper cross-wires. Radiating hour lines divided 4 - 12, 1 - 8, numbered by 1. Date scale with months marked round central rosette. A scale marked 30-[63], numbered by 5, divided to 0.5.

Condition: fair; complete.

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