Accession No

0961

Brief Description

universal inclining dial, by Jean Chapotot, French, 1700-1725 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Chapotot, Jean

Class

dials; horology

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1725

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver); glass

Dimensions

length 71mm; breadth 60mm; thickness 17mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘CHAPOTOT A PARIS’

Description Notes

Silver; octagonal base set on compass box with single turned foot; hinged dial plate IIII-XII-VIII by 1 to 15’; plate and folding 60o style decorated with engraved foliage on a niello ground; folding latitude arc 0-60o by 10 to 1o; hallmark like symbol on verso; inset compass in base plate silvered 8 point rose; fleur-de-lis north marked 12o W for magnetic variation and 0-90-0 x 2 by 10 to 2o; base plate with a list of towns and latitudes; verso of base plate with decorated compass box and list of towns and latitudes.

Condition: good (very tarnished).

References

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