Accession No

1102

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, Augsburg, 18th C

Origin

Augsburg; Germany

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (gilt-brass, silvered brass, steel); glass; cloth; hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 66mm; breadth 61mm; height (closed)18mm; case length 73mm; breadth 70mm; height 22mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from A. Spero in 09/1951.

Inscription

Description Notes

Octagonal base on three feet, with slight decoration, surmounted by a silvered 16-point wind rose marked in German. Inset compass with silvered 8-point rose, adjustable for magnetic variation; degree scale divided 0 - 90˚ - 0 - 90˚ - 0, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚; cardinal points marked in latin. Gilded plumb-bob on pierced and decorated gallows. Hour circle in gilt-brass, divided on silvered inner rim III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes. Pin gnomon (with weight at lower end) extending both sides of diameter bar. Gilt latitude arc divided [5]˚ - 90˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚. Reverse of compass box silvered and decorated.
Leather-covered box; missing from inside of lid is the metal disc with signature and latitude table.

Condition good (case fair); complete

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