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An 18th-Century brass compass sundial,
unsigned, the silvered hour ring engraved IIII - XII - VIII, the folding brass gnomon with engraved decoration, the compass with silvered, engraved rose and blued steel needle with brass cap, in brass case with screw on lid, engraved on the base LAT 51=30 (short crack to compass glass) -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) diameter

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