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Diptych Dial, by a Tucher Workshop, Nuremberg, c. 1600

Inventory Number 78766


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.78766

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924. Bought by Lewis Evans in Munich in October 1910.
Primary inscriptions
Serpent punched in compass bowl
Physical material
Ivory
Brass
Pigment
Silk?
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 140mm Depth: 77mm Weight: 0.3kg
Inventory No
78766
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Compass needle and glass missing.