Portable vertical brass sundial, unsigned, England?, late 18 - Lot 36

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600 - 800 EUR
Portable vertical brass sundial, unsigned, England?, late 18 - Lot 36
Portable vertical brass sundial, unsigned, England?, late 18th/early 19th century. Embossed plate with a suspension mechanism, engraved on the obverse with a scale of months and on the reverse with a curved scale of hours. A pivoting index in the center of the plate can be positioned over the desired month so that a fold-down gnomon indicates the time on the reverse side. Total height with suspension: 7.8 cm; width: 4.4 cm. PROVENANCE The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Inventory No. 722. Sotheby’s New York auction, October 14, 2004, lot 764. An interesting and original dial, perhaps inspired by the so-called “ham” dial discovered at Herculaneum a few years earlier. Expert: Anthony TURNER
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