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Inclining Dial, French, 18th Century

Inventory Number 38439


Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Peter Lumsden on behalf of Lt Col J. H. P. Wood.
Physical material
silver
Object type
Inclining dial
Inventory No
38439
Accession Number
2002-1/1

Description

Octagonal base with inset compass, inclining plate with folding latitude arc, folding gnomon, table of latitudes. Green fishskin case with silver fittings.