Bloud sundial

Made:: 1650-1686 in Dieppe

maker:: Charles Bloud

Tablet azimuth sundial, with compass, engraved

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Tablet azimuth sundial, with compass, engraved
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Tablet azimuth sundial, with compass, engraved. Ivory, 3¼ x 2½-inches, by Charles (Carolus) Bloud, Dieppe, France, 1650-1686. With equatorial dial in the upper leaf (see note).

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1880-53

Materials:: ivory and silver (metal)

Measurements:: overall: 16 mm x 63.5 mm x 82.55 mm, .145kg

type:: equatorial sundial and table azimuth sundial

credit:: Monsieur Fulgence

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Bloud sundial

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