Sundial and compass

Made:: 1671-1730 in Linz

maker:: Franz Antoni Knittl

Sundial and compass, brass gilt, dial plate 10 3/4in. by 8 3/4in. Engraved "Franz Antoni Knitl Linz, fecit". Austrian, late 17th or early 18th century

Details

Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1880-35

Materials:: brass, gilding, horizontal, chronological, rotating, magnetic, inscription and engraved

Measurements:: overall: x 10.75 x 8.75 in.; x 273.05 x 222.25 mm

type:: string style horizontal sundial

credit:: Monsieur Fulgence

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