Description
Decorative bronze nocturnal from late 19th century Germany, this is highly decorative with a leaf design but the absence of a central hole would have meant it could not function as a working nocturnal so may have been a 'fake'.
Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45346
Decorative bronze nocturnal from late 19th century Germany, this is highly decorative with a leaf design but the absence of a central hole would have meant it could not function as a working nocturnal so may have been a 'fake'.