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A late 17th-Century Dieppe ivory diptych compass sundial,
signed on the silvered-brass calendar volvelle Fait par Charles Bloud Dieppe, the upper face of the lid with pin gnomon dial the quarters decorated with scrolls, the inner face of the lid similarly decorated, with white-metal calendar volvelle, latitude scale and string gnomon, the horizontal face with pierced azimuth elipse with hour scale engraved with Roman numerals, the engraved paper compass dial with latitudes of continental cities (needle and glass missing), with folding latitude arm, the underside with the signed calendar volvelle, further decoration and hand and finger pointer, with two hooks and eyes, the pin gnomon and hook keep missing -- 31/8in. (7.9cm.) long
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signed on the silvered-brass calendar volvelle Fait par Charles Bloud Dieppe, the upper face of the lid with pin gnomon dial the quarters decorated with scrolls, the inner face of the lid similarly decorated, with white-metal calendar volvelle, latitude scale and string gnomon, the horizontal face with pierced azimuth elipse with hour scale engraved with Roman numerals, the engraved paper compass dial with latitudes of continental cities (needle and glass missing), with folding latitude arm, the underside with the signed calendar volvelle, further decoration and hand and finger pointer, with two hooks and eyes, the pin gnomon and hook keep missing -- 31/8in. (7.9cm.) long
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