Pocket watch shaped sundial with built-in compass

Made:: 1800-1900 in France

maker:: Unknown

Metal, possibly silver alloy
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Metal, possibly silver alloy, sundial in shape of pocket watch includes a compass. French, 1800-1900

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Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A679338

Materials:: sundial, alloy, ? material, compass, brass, compass, paper and compass, metal

Measurements:: sundial: diameter 45 mm
compass: diameter 12 mm
max: length 60 mm

type:: sundials

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Pocket watch shaped sundial with built-in compass

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