A brass sundial on turned mahogany pedestal, circa 1820
A brass sundial on turned mahogany pedestal, circa 1820

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A brass sundial on turned mahogany pedestal, circa 1820
the dial signed LANGSTON, CHEAPSIDE, the dial -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter, overall -- 10in. (25.4cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Gloria Clifton Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, National Maritime Museum, 1995. David Langston, optician, listed as working 1823-1825, at 116 Cheapside, London and at 94 Cheapside.

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