Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 466
A BRASS 'POKE DIAL' OR PORTABLE RING SUNDIAL FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY constructed for a latitude...
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £650
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Description
A BRASS 'POKE DIAL' OR PORTABLE RING SUNDIAL
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
constructed for a latitude of fifty degrees, engraved with various letters, including 'S H W' standing for Summer, Winter and possibly Herbst the German word for Autumn, in a later box with papers and letters relating to the dial, two from the Director of the Science Museum in 1931
3.9cm diameter
PROVENANCE
'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.