- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Negretti & Zambra
- Provenance
- From the collection of Lewis Evans.
- Primary inscriptions
- "NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA / 1 HATTON GARDEN / LONDON" in compass bowl
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Equinoctial dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 82mm Width: 82mm
- Inventory No
- 34399
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Base plate with central compass bowl, two spirit levels, and three adjustable screw feet; folding latitude quadrant; hinged hour ring with off-centred gnomon. With triangular-shaped case containing printed equation of time table in base.
Perhaps same subcontracted maker as 46361?
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