Silver horizontal pocket sundial by N. Bion
- maker:
- Nicolas Bion
Silver horizontal pocket sundial by N. Bion, Paris, Early-18th Century. Octagonal shape, with compass and adjustable hinged gnomon, graduated for the latitudes 40° to 60° North. Back engraved with the latitudes of 23 places in Europe. Signed ‘N. Bion A Paris’. Clockmakers' Museum No. 661
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3535
- Materials:
- silver (alloy)
- type:
- sundial
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers