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Diptych Dial, by Hans Troschel, Nuremberg, 1582

Inventory Number 47472


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.47472

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"hans drõschell" and "1582 / iar" punched on face 1b.
Physical material
Ivory and brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 13mm Width: 55mm Depth: 78mm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
47472
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Oval dial blunt at one end for the hinges and with an apex at the other (one leaf's apex cracked and missing). Compass needle and glass missing