Accession No

0275

Brief Description

universal inclining dial, by Adams, English, 1800 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams, [Dudley?]

Class

dials; horology

Earliest Date

1795

Latest Date

1817

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel); glass; wood; cloth (velvet); fishskin (shagreen)

Dimensions

length 135mm; breadth 132mm; thickness 22mm box length 145mm; breadth 150mm; thickness 41mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Walford Spokes, Oxford, in 08/1926. Note in lock says dial belonged to Warren Hastings.

Inscription

‘ADAMS LONDON.’ (on the hour circle)

Description Notes

Brass; 3 screw levelling feet with knurled heads; inset compass silvered 8 point rose; divided 0-90-0 by 10 to 2o; 2 bubble levels set into the compass face; blued steel needle; silvered latitude arc divided 60-0 by 10 to 1 o; silvered hour circle divided IIII-XII, I-VIII by I to 5’; folding brass gnomon.
Fitted wooden box, covered with black shagreen and lined with green velvet. Brass hinge and hook fasteners. Contains card with ‘Incling Dial [sic, MS] This dial belongs to Warren Hastings. c.1800 [typed, date amended to 1732-1818 by DJB]’.

Condition of box - fair (lining coming away from sides)
good condition

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