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An unusual form of Bloud dial.
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CHARLES BLOUD, Diepe
A gilt-tooled leather-covered azimuth dial, face Ia with table of the hours, Ib with lunar volvelle with two smaller volvelles, face IIa with pierced ellipse with engraving and hour scale divided VII-I-XII-V, over gilt-brass compass dial with latitudes for fourteen European cities, face IIb with calendar volvelle signed Fait Et. Inuen Par Charles Bloud Dieppe -- 2½in.(6.3cm.)wide, circa 1675
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A gilt-tooled leather-covered azimuth dial, face Ia with table of the hours, Ib with lunar volvelle with two smaller volvelles, face IIa with pierced ellipse with engraving and hour scale divided VII-I-XII-V, over gilt-brass compass dial with latitudes for fourteen European cities, face IIb with calendar volvelle signed Fait Et. Inuen Par Charles Bloud Dieppe -- 2½in.(6.3cm.)wide, circa 1675
See colour plate