- Subject
- Dials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Augustine Ryther
- Provenance
- Presented by Mr Howard Dawes in 2012, who dedicated it to the memory of Professor Jim Bennett, the Museum’s Director from 1994-2012, after the latter's death in October 2023. Owned by Sir George St Paul of Snarford and Carlton in Lincolnshire, identified from the engraved coat of arms and the name "* Geo: Seyntpoll".
- Primary inscriptions
- "* AR * fecit * 1585 *" engraved on chapter ring; "* Geo: Seyntpoll" engraved under coat of arms on inner lid. Around the outside of the compass bowl "*VT * VITA * SIC *FVGIT * HORA *"
- Physical technique
- Gilt
- Object type
- Sundial
- Dimensions
- Height: 68mm Width: 42mm Depth: 15mm Weight: 0.05kg
- Inventory No
- 13314
- Accession Number
- 2012-6
Description
Oval pocket horizontal sundial of gilded brass. Chapter ring with folding gnomon over compass bowl with coloured card and needle; mica cover preserved separately.
Signed and dated by the maker Augustine Ryther (c.1550-1593), a leading London map engraver and instrument maker.This is the earliest of only three known surviving instruments by Ryther.
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