Accession No

0679

Brief Description

magnetic dial, English, 2/2 19th C

Origin

England

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; paper; wood; cloth

Dimensions

d 58 mm; h 30 mm box lid diameter 58mm; height 12mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from G. Green, London, England, in 11/1931.

Inscription

Description Notes

Turned soft wood case; push fit lid; glass domed cover over the dial; engraved paper dial plate with 32 compass points, 16 named; fleur de lys north. Hour scale divided IIII - XII , I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes.
good condition, but the lid is not on display with it

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