Inscribed octagonal shaped sundial

Made:: 1797-1843 in Augsburg

Octagonal shaped sundial, brass, inscribed Schreteger', 2-in

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Octagonal shaped sundial, brass, inscribed Schreteger', 2-in
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Octagonal shaped sundial, brass, inscribed "Schreteger", 2-in. diameter, Johann Schretteger, Augsburg, Germany, 1797-1843

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1892-14

Materials:: brass

Measurements:: overall: 51 mm,

type:: sundial

credit:: Cubasch, H.

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Inscribed octagonal shaped sundial

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