A late 18th-Century brass Augsburg-pattern equinoctial compass sundial,

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A late 18th-Century brass Augsburg-pattern equinoctial compass sundial,
signed on the underside of the compass box And. Vogl, also engraved with the latitudes of Augsburg Paris Cracau Prag Leipzig Cöln and London, the hour ring with Roman numerals, the folding latitude arc engraved 0°-80°, the horizontal plate engraved with flowers and foliage, with spring-loaded gnomon, the folding levelling support lacking plummet -- 2.7/8in. (7.3cm.) long

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