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Diptych Dial, German, 17th Century

Inventory Number 53522


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53522

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented to the University by Lewis Evans with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Wood
brass
ivory and glass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 142mm Width: 133mm Depth: 28mm
Inventory No
53522
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

1a blank; 1b vertical string-gnomon dial and recess for a plummet (missing); 2a horizontal string-gnomon dial with inset compass (painted card) rotating against a scale of 24 hours and carrying its own 24 hour scale; 2b blank. Two hooks for retaining upper leaf in perpendicular and (bowed) inset ivory scale of equal parts [0]-55 on front edge.