- Subject
- Mathematical instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Philippe Danfrie
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans. Made for a member of the French royal order of Saint Esprit (crest on reverse).
- Primary inscriptions
- "Philipus Danfrie Fecit"
- Physical material
- Gilt brass and silver
- Object type
- Compendium
- Inventory No
- 44194
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Brass octagonal box with hinged leaf comprising universal equinoctial dial and nocturnal, richly decorated table of latitudes and compass, latitude strut, altitude circle with alidade, double shadow square, and unequal-hour diagram enclosing a coat-of-arms.
