Accession No

0568

Brief Description

pillar dial, French, 19th C

Origin

France

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (boxwood); metal; thread

Dimensions

height 103mm; base diameter 22mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from R. Middlegaels, Paris, France in 11/1928.

Inscription

Description Notes

Boxwood pillar with metal suspension hook set in turned finial. Thread attached to hook. Cylinder hollowed to take metal gnomon when not in use. Calibrated with ‘half phase’ sinusoidal hour lines divided 5 - 12, 1 - 7, numbered by 1. Date lines with named (initialled) months and marked every 10 days.

Condition: fair (wood cracked).

The latitude for this dial was re-calculated as 43˚ 06 by Paul Claracq in 2001. See letter in object history file for Wh. 1672.

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