Accession No

0108

Brief Description

magnetic dial, by W. Fraser, English, 1800 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Fraser, W.

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; fishskin (shagreen); wood; cloth (velvet, silk)

Dimensions

diameter 88 mm; diameter of dial disc 57 mm box diameter 100mm; height 50mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T. H. Court on 31/05/1923.

Inscription

‘Fraser London’

Description Notes

Brass case with domed glass top; silvered brass annulus marked with the cardinal points and degree scale divided 0 - 90˚ - 0 - 90˚ - 0, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚. Equation of time table with sections marked ‘WATCH FASTER’ and ‘WATCH SLOWER’; dial disc in silvered brass set on the compass needle; hour scale divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 10 minutes. Marked ‘LAT 51.44´’ with 8 point rose and brass gnomon for 52˚ N. Verso of disc marked to permit needle to be adjusted for magnetic variation with degree scale divided 30˚ - 0 - 30˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚.
Fitted wooden case covered with black shagreen and lined with red velvet and fawn silk; brass hinge and hook fasteners (one broken).

Condition of case - fair.
good condition

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