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Diptych Dial, German, 18th Century

Inventory Number 41392

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41392

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41392

Subject: Sundials
Item type: Object
Provenance: Not ascertained
Primary inscriptions: Unsigned and undated
Physical material: Ivory; wood; brass and glass
Object type: Diptych dial
Dimensions: Height: 45mm Width: 29mm Depth: 9mm
Inventory No: 41392

Description

Lower leaf an ivory-wood-ivory sandwich.

1a line decoration; 1b vertical string-gnomon dial; 2a horizontal string-gnomon dial and compass; 2b blank.

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