- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Joseph Tucher
- Provenance
- Presented by J. A. Billmeir.
- Primary inscriptions
- "ioseph 16 42 dvcher" punched on 2a; bird mark punched twice in compass bowl.
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 1.9cm Width: 7cm Depth: 11.5cm Weight: 0.15kg
- Inventory No
- 54709
- Accession Number
- 1957-84/83
Description
1a wind rose and index (vane missing); 1b vertical pin-gnomon dial and table of latitudes; 2a horizontal string-gnomon dial for 42, 45, 48, 51, 54°, compass and horizontal pin-gnomon dial for Italian and Babylonian hours; 2b lunar volvelle. Suspension ring.
