- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- P. Masig
- Provenance
- From the collection of Lewis Evans.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Masig a London" [seems to be a name used for signing sundials made for sale in London after the design, or workshop of an Augsburg instrument-maker, probably Johann Martin or Johann Willebrand. "Masig" may have been the name of the maker's London agent]
- Object type
- Dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 61mm Width: 61mm
- Inventory No
- 51506
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Square gilt brass base plate with two adjusting screws, conventional crescent dial, and perpetual calendar beneath base. Black leather case with gold tooling and faded red silk lining.
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