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An 18th-Century Augsburg-pattern brass equinoctial compass dial,
signed on the underside T.N. Holderich Augspurg, also engraved with the latitudes of various continental cities, the horizontal plate gilded and engraved with flowers and geometric bands, the compass with blued-iron needle and brass cap, with folding latitude arc, the hour ring engraved III-XII-IX, with folding pin gnomon -- 2in. (5.1cm.) wide
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signed on the underside T.N. Holderich Augspurg, also engraved with the latitudes of various continental cities, the horizontal plate gilded and engraved with flowers and geometric bands, the compass with blued-iron needle and brass cap, with folding latitude arc, the hour ring engraved III-XII-IX, with folding pin gnomon -- 2in. (5.1cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration