Equinoxial dial in gilded brass and silver, signed “L. Gräsl - Lot 32

Lot n° 32
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800 - 900 EUR
Equinoxial dial in gilded brass and silver, signed “L. Gräsl - Lot 32
Equinoxial dial in gilded brass and silver, signed “L. Gräsl,” second half of the 18th century. Octagonal plate incorporating a silver four-point compass with a magnetic declination of approximately 17° west (a value roughly correct for the decades 1760–1780), with blued steel hour markers. The rim of the plate is engraved with a symmetrical foliage motif and features the equinoctial ring engraved with the hours III–XII–IX, along with its gnomon, the arc for latitudes, and the vertical line for leveling the instrument. Diameter: 7.6 cm. A large and beautiful example of the work of the Augsburg dial maker Lorenz Grassl (1740–1805). Expert: Anthony TURNER
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