Accession No

0861

Brief Description

vertical inclined dial, purportedly by P. C. Guadagni, Italian, 1753, but actually 2/4 20th Century fake

Origin

Italy [purported]

Maker

fake, unknown maker Guadagni, P. C. [purported]

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

1753

Material

metal (brass); wood

Dimensions

height 197mm; breadth 116mm; depth 67mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from Henri Michel, Brussels, Belgium, in 03/1938.

Inscription

‘P.C. GVADAGNI Fece.
Meridiana fatta nella Spe
cola ol J. R. VNIVERSITA PISANA
ANNO 1753’

Description Notes

Vertical inclined dial, fake, purportedly 1753 by ‘P.C. GVADAGNI’, but actually 2/4 20th C.

Shaped brass dial plate etched with calibration and decoration on a turned pillar set on turned wooden column on square wooden foot. The style is nonsensical, a pastiche imitation.

Condition: fair (clip on back of dial detached); complete.

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