A 10-INCH EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL
拍品 26

A 10-INCH EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL

BY THOMAS BLUNT, LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

已結束2014年1月22日

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GBP 5,000

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A 10-INCH EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL
By Thomas Blunt, London, late 18th century
Signed 'T Blunt London’ chapter ring with hours I-XII-I-XII divided to 1 minute, equinoctial ring with degree scale in four quadrants and declination scale to reverse, the bridge with sliding pinhole gnomon on calendrical and zodiac scales, supported on later brass stand
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Courtenay Ilbert (1888-1956), and by descent to Michael Inchbald.

專家說明

This rare ring dial formed part of the famed Ilbert Collection of clocks, watches and horology (see lots 114-117 for clocks from the Ilbert Collection).