Accession No

1744

Brief Description

pillar dial, Southern France; 18th C

Origin

Southern France

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

wood (boxwood); metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 82mm; base diameter 19mm

Special Collection

Holden-White collection

Provenance

On loan from The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Donated by Charles Holden-White to the Fitzwilliam Museum. C. Holden-White collection no. 1935-98.

Inscription

Description Notes

For latitude 43˚ N. Boxwood with turned finial. Cylinder tapped to take folding brass gnomon. Calibrated with ‘half-phase’ sinusoidal hour lines divided 5 - 12, 1 - 7, numbered by 1. Straight month lines marked by month and divided to 10 days.

Condition: good.

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