Diptych Dial, by Johann Gebhart, Nuremberg, 1561

Subject: Sundials
Item type: Object
Makers: Johann Gebhart
Provenance: Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions: "* IOHANN * GEBHART */ * NORENBERGE * FACIEBAT *" and "* ANNO * / 15 * 61" punched on face 1b. "H * G" (Hans Gebhart?) punched on base.
Physical material: Ivory; brass and glass
Object type: Diptych dial
Dimensions: Height: 12mm Width: 55mm Depth: 93mm Weight: 106g
Inventory No: 63463
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Elevating strut for equinoctial dial missing.