- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Hans Tucher
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans Bought by Lewis Evans from Percy Webster, London, 1901.
- Primary inscriptions
- "15 67 HANS DVCHER" on the outside of the upper leaf, with the N in Hans reversed. The maker's mark of a crowned snake is punched twice on the outside of the lower leaf.
- Physical material
- Ivory and brass
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 13mm Width: 61mm Depth: 100mm
- Inventory No
- 82828
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Includes a wind rose, table of latitudes, and dials for Italian, Babylonian and Nuremberg hours. The dial is also inscribed with instructions for its use. The compass needle is missing.
