Accession No

0313

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, by Lorenz Grassl, German, 2/2 18th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Grassl, Lorenz

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel); glass; paper (card); hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 82mm; breadth 80mm; thickness 21mm; box length 92mm; breadth 91mm; thickness 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Gertrude Hamilton (trading as ’Mercator’), Paris, in 1928.

Inscription

‘Lorenz Graßl’

Description Notes

Brass and silvered brass dial. Decorated square base on 3 feet. Inset compass with silvered base, 16-point rose, cardinal points marked in Latin, and magnetic variation marked approx 15˚W of N. Marked around the compass is a 32-point wind rose with fleur-de-lis for North and all points marked in German; silvered wind vane. Silvered plumb-bob on decorated gallows. Silvered cusped hour ring, divided III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes; inner rim divided 3 - 12, 1 - 9, numbered by 1. Silvered latitude arc divided [2˚] - [88˚], numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚. Reverse of compass box silvered and marked ‘Elev Poli’ with a list of towns and latitudes (see history file). Diametrical bar marked ‘III’.
Card case covered with leather and lined with green silk; brass hook fastener.

Condition of box - fair

References

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