Lot 79

An equinoctial crescent dial

Fermé8 April 2009

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GBP 937

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An equinoctial crescent dial
unsigned and undated, the hinged hour-plate with two crescent-shaped silvered hour scales engraved 10-1-12 and 2-12, hinged crescent gnomon on sliding calendrical scale, latitude arc for 30°-90°, folding support for plumb bob, two screw feet and bun foot (two later screws to base).
3½in. (8.5cm.) wide

Note du spécialiste

The absence of a latitude table and the unfinished decoration could be indicative of an unknown, apprentice instrument-maker working in the style of the Willebrand Augsburg crescent dials.