A9464
Early Brass Sundial and Compass
Original price was: £2,300.00.£2,100.00Current price is: £2,100.00.
Circa 1720
An early 18th Century continental pocket combination brass sundial and compass in a leather case.
Dimensions 49 x 52 x 15 mm
Out of stock
Description
An early 18th Century continental pocket combination brass sundial and compass in a leather case. Octagonal brass body housing a circular compass with silvered dial, blue steel hand under a glass. Folding circular sundial index supported by a crescent index marked in degrees. Folding brass gnomon. Engraved on the underside the latitudes of cities, “Elev a Poli – Langres 47 – Konigsbe 54 – Lisabon 39 -L Grafs”. Fitted in an octagonal leather carrying case.
