Sundial with compass

Made:
1671-1700 in Germany
Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles

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Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles
Science Museum Group
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Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Sundial with compass, brass gilt, silvered circles. Diameter 6in. Engraved No.116 Se 61812, Toda M. Uda Rymoe. German, late 17th century (cover glass of compass box cracked)

Details

Category:
Time Measurement
Object Number:
1880-46
Materials:
brass (alloy), gilding, circles (plane figures), ornament, silvered, inscription, engraved, glass, adjustable and chronological
Measurements:
overall (as displayed): 130 mm 150 mm, .848 kg
diameter:: x 6 in.; x 152.4 mm
type:
equinoctial sundial
credit:
Monsieur Fulgence