Wooden Column Sundial with Map Decoration

Made:: 1651-1725 in Germany

Wooden column sundial, designed for a latitude of 49?

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Wooden column sundial, designed for a latitude of 49?
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Wooden column sundial, designed for a latitude of 49°, bearing a map of Bavaria, unsigned, Germany, 1651-1725.

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1938-22

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and bronze (copper, tin alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 183 mm x 63 mm x 39 mm, 47 mm, .05 kg

type:: sundial

credit:: Buch-und Kunstantiquariat Auktionsinst.

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Wooden Column Sundial with Map Decoration

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