Accession No

4541

Brief Description

toy sundial made for the Children’s Encyclopaedia, English, early to mid-20th Century

Origin

England

Maker

The Children’s Encyclopaedia (publisher)

Class

dials; games; ephemera

Earliest Date

1908

Latest Date

1964

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card)

Dimensions

breadth 141mm; height 213mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Philip and Sons Ltd., London, on 06/06/1996.

Inscription

‘THE CHILDREN’S ENCYCLOPÆDIA SUN-DIAL’ (top)

Description Notes

Card sundial with instructions for setting up the gnomon and then the instrument.

Condition fair (one corner partly cut off); complete

References

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