Accession No

0220

Brief Description

cube dial, by David Beringer, German, c.1810

Origin

Germany; Nürnberg

Maker

Beringer, David

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1810

Latest Date

1810

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass); paper; glass; rope (string)

Dimensions

length 99mm; breadth 79mm; height 182mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from R. Middegaels, Paris, on 31/03/1925.

Inscription

‘D. BERINGER.’ (on North face)

Description Notes

Wooden dial with hand-coloured engraved paper scales and brass gnomons. Cube set on a turned wooden pillar with hinge to allow adjustment for latitude. Rectangular base with 4 feet; neo-classical floral swags and other decoration. In base an inset compass with 8 points marked; scale for magnetic variation divided 0 - 40˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚, with line marked at 10˚ W.
Horizontal dial divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes.
North dial divided IIII - VIII, IIII - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes; marked ‘NORD’. South dial divided VI - XII, I - VI, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes; marked ‘SUD’. West dial divided I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes. East dial divided IIII - XI, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes; also marked with latitude scale divided 80˚ - 20˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚; similar scale from 10 - 75˚ on swag decoration; attachment point for lead plumb bob.

Condition: fair.

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