Accession No

0269

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, by Johann Georg Vogler, German, 2/4 18th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Vogler, Johann Georg

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1725

Latest Date

1750

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, gilt-brass, silver); glass; wood; paper (card); cloth (silk); hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 51mm; breadth 50mm; thickness 13mm; box length 64mm; breadth 58mm; thickness 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Brussels (with Moonens' help) on 17/06/1926.

Inscription

[Bottom]
'Elev: Polis
Corfu 69 Mupolis 41
Florenz 43 Venedig 45
Ofen47 Wien 48 Paris 49
Trier50 Dresden51 Berli
Warschau52 Thorn 53
Petersburg 60
I.G.V.'

Description Notes

Brass with silvering and gilding. Decorated gilded octagonal base. Inset compass with silvered base; 8-point rose with cardinal points marked in Latin; magnetic variation marked at 20˚ W of N. Hour ring with worn gilding, divided III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes on inner rim. Latitude arc divided [2˚] - 90˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚ (silvered on inside). Reverse of compass box silvered and marked with list of towns and latitudes. Hinge of hour circle and circle marked ‘III’.
Leather-covered card box, lined with blue silk. Brass hook fastener.

good condition (box poor)

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