- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Heath & Wing
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- "HEATH & WING LONDON"
- Physical material
- Brass and silvered brass
- Object type
- Inclining dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 111mm Width: 102mm Depth: 122mm Weight: 0.3kg
- Inventory No
- 42252
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Octagonal base with three levelling screws, inset silvered compass with two bubble levels; hinged open hour plate with pivoted latitude arc and central folding gnomon. Shaped fishskin-covered case.
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