Accession No

2364

Brief Description

prim staff, Danish (?), mid-19th C

Origin

Denmark (?)

Maker

Class

horology

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1870

Inscription Date

Material

wood; ivory; metal (brass, steel); hide (leather); cloth (velvet)

Dimensions

length 1040mm; maximum diameter 40mm case length 1095mm; maximum diameter 55mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Bequeathed by R.S. Newall, 1978.

Inscription

‘F.C.C.’ (stamped on case)

Description Notes

Cylindrical wooden prim staff bound with brass ferrules, with turned ivory handle and steel tip. Calendar in two parts with days given by runes, but also with every fifth day of the month marked by Roman numerals. Saint’s days indicated by related pictograms. Table of dominical letters and epacts around the top end of the staff.
Fitted leather-covered case, lined with velvet, with brass hook fasteners.

Condition good (one ferrule loose); complete.

Possible date 1847 (see notes)

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