- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Negelein
- Provenance
- Not ascertained
- Primary inscriptions
- "Negelein at Nuremberg / in Bavaria." Owner's or dealer's notes on base: "Achille / No / 20[...]96" in ink and "302 / 97" on pasted label
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 84mm Width: 54mm Depth: 17mm
- Inventory No
- 55194
Description
Presumably for the English-speaking market. 1a printed latitude table beginning with American cities; 1b printed and coloured vertical string-gnomon dial, with points marked for 34-56°; 2a inset compass with printed and coloured card and printed and coloured horizontal string-gnomon dial for 55, 50 and [45?]°; 2b blank. One hook for fastening upper leaf open (missing), another to close.
