Ring-dial, by TW, English, 18th Century

Subject: Sundials
Item type: Object
Makers: 'T W'
Provenance: From the Department of Mineralogy, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, via Mr J.M Edmonds, Curator of the Geological Collections. The dial had been collected by Pfofessor H.L. Bowman and was found on Greenham Common near Newbury.
Primary inscriptions: "TW" and "I shew time /sunshine".
Physical material: Brass
Object type: Ring dial
Dimensions: Diameter: 40mm
Inventory No: 55070
Accession Number: 1962-66

Description

Brass, with one sliding pin-hole.