Accession No

0264

Brief Description

Japanese sundial with compass and magnifying lens, 19th C

Origin

Japan

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel); glass

Dimensions

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from J. Whittaker, Cambridge, on 17/05/1926.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass dumbbell shaped case in two levels with 4 circular discs folding out of it.
Magnifying glass
Compass with cardinal points marked
Scaphe dial with steel gnomon
(?) dark glass.
Decorated with punched border and leaf motifs. Ring handle.

good condition

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