- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- C. Essex & Co.
- Provenance
- Not ascertained.
- Primary inscriptions
- "C. Essex & Co., London Entered at Stationers Hall" [printed on pivoted paper disc].
- Object type
- Magnetic dial
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 56mm Height: 33mm Weight: 47g
- Inventory No
- 42085
Description
Turned ebony (or lignum vitae) box with domed lid; pivoted varnished printed paper disc with central brass gnomon and beneath a broad magnetic needle. Glass domed cover plate is missing.
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