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An 18th-Century brass Butterfield-type dial,
signed Pre. le Maire A Paris, the horizontal plate engraved with scroll decoration and hour scales for latitudes 43, 46, 49 and 52, with spring-loaded bird gnomon engraved with foliage and latitude scale 40-60, the compass with finely modelled blued-iron needle and brass cap, the underside of the horizontal plate and compass box engraved with the latitudes of nineteen continental cities and towns, in red plush-lined fitted fishskin-covered case with clip and two hooks and eyes -- 3in. (9.5cm.) wide
signed Pre. le Maire A Paris, the horizontal plate engraved with scroll decoration and hour scales for latitudes 43, 46, 49 and 52, with spring-loaded bird gnomon engraved with foliage and latitude scale 40-60, the compass with finely modelled blued-iron needle and brass cap, the underside of the horizontal plate and compass box engraved with the latitudes of nineteen continental cities and towns, in red plush-lined fitted fishskin-covered case with clip and two hooks and eyes -- 3in. (9.5cm.) wide