Live Auction 1162Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A SILVER PERPETUAL CALENDER
Lot 417

A SILVER PERPETUAL CALENDER

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720

Closed27 November 2013

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GBP 4,250

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A SILVER PERPETUAL CALENDER
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720
Circular, each side with engraved rotating plaque, the obverse engraved with the days and months of the year together with signs of the Zodiac, the reverse engraved with the days of the week, in fitted tooled brown leather case
2.7/8 in. (72 mm.) wide

Specialist note

While German examples of this type of object are known, for example one bequeathed to the British Museum by Octavius Morgan in 1888 (1888.1201.332), the present example is unusual in that it is engraved in Italian. Like the example in the British museum the calendar offered here is also engraved with the important festivals along with the signs of the zodiac.