Accession No

6848

Brief Description

universal equinoctial ring dial, fake

Origin

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

100mm (diameter), 12mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract July 2025. Purchased by a private individual.

Inscription

Description Notes

Universal equinoctial ring dial, fake.

Brass dial with meridian ring, equinoctial ring, and bridge. On the obverse side of the meridian ring, there is a latitude scale and extensive floral decoration. On the obverse side of the equinoctial ring, there is a 2x 1-12 scale in Roman numerals. On the obverse side of the bridge is a calendar, marked with the initials of each month (J, F, M etc.), and some floral decoration. The reverse of the entire dial is blank. The dial has a clasp at its top.

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