- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Nicolaus Kratzer
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924. Bought by Lewis Evans from P. Webster, 37 Great Portland Street, London in December 1899. Made for Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York.
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated. Engraved with the arms of Cardinal Wolsey, York Minster and a cardinal's hat on two sides.
- Physical material
- Gilt brass
- Object type
- Polyhedral dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 100mm
- Inventory No
- 54054
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Polyhedral dial in gilt brass, 100mm in height, attributed to Nicolaus Kratzer.
The sides are irregular octagons, whose angles provide polar and equinoctial dials for latitude 52° around the edge of the block.
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