Lot 1350
1350
A BRONZE AND KETTON STONE SUNDIAL, the circular bronze plate engraved in the centre with the sixteen points of the compass and signed 'Watkins and Smith, London', on a circular stone platform with moulded edge, above a circular spreading shaft, and stepped square base (weathered; chips), late 18th century

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A BRONZE AND KETTON STONE SUNDIAL, the circular bronze plate engraved in the centre with the sixteen points of the compass and signed 'Watkins and Smith, London', on a circular stone platform with moulded edge, above a circular spreading shaft, and stepped square base (weathered; chips), late 18th century
the dial: 12¼in. (31.1cm.) diam.
the base: 18½in. (47cm.) square; 41¾in. (106.1cm.) high

Lot Essay

Francis Watkins the elder and Addison Smith, who was Watkins
apprentice worked at 5 Charing Cross. The partnership was dissolved in the 1770's.

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