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LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A white marble and stone sundial
Last quarter 18th century
The octagonal marble dial calibrated in hours with a pierced S-scroll bronze gnomon, inscribed LATITUDE 55° 19' and signed W.WILSON FECIT 1772, on a Portland and Hornton stone baluster column with carved ribbon-twist decoration and stepped square base
45in. (115cm.) high, excluding gnomon, the dial -- 17¼in. (44cm.) wide
Last quarter 18th century
The octagonal marble dial calibrated in hours with a pierced S-scroll bronze gnomon, inscribed LATITUDE 55° 19' and signed W.WILSON FECIT 1772, on a Portland and Hornton stone baluster column with carved ribbon-twist decoration and stepped square base
45in. (115cm.) high, excluding gnomon, the dial -- 17¼in. (44cm.) wide