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Lot 61
AN EBONY AND IVORY DIPTYCH DIAL
THOMAS TUCHER, 1612
Closed24 April 2013
Price Realised
GBP 20,000
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AN EBONY AND IVORY DIPTYCH DIAL
THOMAS TUCHER, 1612
leaf 1a with gilt brass putti to the corners, thirty-two point compass rose with index pointer, surrounded by floral decorations, leaf 1 two pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH VHR and DAG[..]ENG ringed globe surrounding latitude holes for 54°,48°,42°, gilt floral decorations with townscape and astronomer holding a celestial globe, leaf 2a two gilt brass pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH and NIRENBER, inset ivory compass and ivory hour dial with scales 4-12-8, IIII--XII-VIII, 4-12-8 marked with corresponding latitudes, leaf 2b with rubbed maker's mark for Gouk 1 or Gouk 2, ivory epact calendar dated EPAGTA IVILIANA ANO 1612, floral decoration and gilt brass ivory putti to corners.
5¼in. (13cm.) wide
THOMAS TUCHER, 1612
leaf 1a with gilt brass putti to the corners, thirty-two point compass rose with index pointer, surrounded by floral decorations, leaf 1 two pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH VHR and DAG[..]ENG ringed globe surrounding latitude holes for 54°,48°,42°, gilt floral decorations with townscape and astronomer holding a celestial globe, leaf 2a two gilt brass pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH and NIRENBER, inset ivory compass and ivory hour dial with scales 4-12-8, IIII--XII-VIII, 4-12-8 marked with corresponding latitudes, leaf 2b with rubbed maker's mark for Gouk 1 or Gouk 2, ivory epact calendar dated EPAGTA IVILIANA ANO 1612, floral decoration and gilt brass ivory putti to corners.
5¼in. (13cm.) wide
AN EBONY AND IVORY DIPTYCH DIAL
THOMAS TUCHER, 1612
leaf 1a with gilt brass putti to the corners, thirty-two point compass rose with index pointer, surrounded by floral decorations, leaf 1 two pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH VHR and DAG[..]ENG ringed globe surrounding latitude holes for 54°,48°,42°, gilt floral decorations with townscape and astronomer holding a celestial globe, leaf 2a two gilt brass pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH and NIRENBER, inset ivory compass and ivory hour dial with scales 4-12-8, IIII--XII-VIII, 4-12-8 marked with corresponding latitudes, leaf 2b with rubbed maker's mark for Gouk 1 or Gouk 2, ivory epact calendar dated EPAGTA IVILIANA ANO 1612, floral decoration and gilt brass ivory putti to corners.
5¼in. (13cm.) wide
THOMAS TUCHER, 1612
leaf 1a with gilt brass putti to the corners, thirty-two point compass rose with index pointer, surrounded by floral decorations, leaf 1 two pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH VHR and DAG[..]ENG ringed globe surrounding latitude holes for 54°,48°,42°, gilt floral decorations with townscape and astronomer holding a celestial globe, leaf 2a two gilt brass pin gnomon dials for PEHMISCH and NIRENBER, inset ivory compass and ivory hour dial with scales 4-12-8, IIII--XII-VIII, 4-12-8 marked with corresponding latitudes, leaf 2b with rubbed maker's mark for Gouk 1 or Gouk 2, ivory epact calendar dated EPAGTA IVILIANA ANO 1612, floral decoration and gilt brass ivory putti to corners.
5¼in. (13cm.) wide
Gouk, P. The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg (Cambridge: Whipple Museum, 1988)
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