A parcel-gilt silver perpetual calender
Apparently unmarked, probably Germany, first half 18th Century
Rectangular, one side with rotating disc titled CALENDARIUM PERPETUUM, labelled Dies Solis, Dies Lune, Dies Martis, Dies Mercury, Dies Iovis, Dies Veneris, Dies Sabbati, and another rotating disc with sun and moon dial, the other side with rotating gilt metal disc with foliate decoration and a radial slit and aperture with labels FESTA ET FERIE, showing saint's days, the symbols of the zodiac, the lengths of days and nights, and the hours of the sun's rising and setting, holding eight ivory leaves
5.4 x 8.1 cm.
A parcel-gilt silver perpetual calender
Apparently unmarked, probably Germany, first half 18th Century
Rectangular, one side with rotating disc titled CALENDARIUM PERPETUUM, labelled Dies Solis, Dies Lune, Dies Martis, Dies Mercury, Dies Iovis, Dies Veneris, Dies Sabbati, and another rotating disc with sun and moon dial, the other side with rotating gilt metal disc with foliate decoration and a radial slit and aperture with labels FESTA ET FERIE, showing saint's days, the symbols of the zodiac, the lengths of days and nights, and the hours of the sun's rising and setting, holding eight ivory leaves
5.4 x 8.1 cm.
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