Accession No

1743

Brief Description

pillar dial, French, 19th C

Origin

France

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (boxwood); metal (iron, tinned metal)

Dimensions

height 99mm; base diameter 25mm

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. 1935-97.

Inscription

‘1935/97’ (label on base)

Description Notes

For latitude 44˚ N. Boxwood with turned finial on top with iron suspension loop. Cylinder tapped to take folding tinned metal 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.
Paper label on base.

Condition: fair.

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