A BRONZE SUNDIAL

A BRONZE SUNDIAL

BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, 19TH CENTURY

with concentric bands for minutes, hours, 'Watch Fast Watch Slow' and months around a compass, with a shaped gnomon and on three short feet, on a pedestal with a foliate carved capital on a cylindrical granite column and a stepped, octagonal foot

35.8cm diameter (sundial), 135cm high (max)

Provenance

From the collection of Charles William Martin, 1850-96, of Quorn Place, Leicestershire. In 1886, Martin founded the Quorn Ranch Company in Alberta, Canada, one of the most famous British North American ranches, importing British horses and Angus cattle to the area.