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DATED 1893
细节
A carved Derbyshire gritstone heraldic sundial
Dated 1893
The octagonal stone dial calibrated in hours and halves with a simple, shaped bronze gnomon, the edges inscribed with the motto of the Dukes of Somerset POUR DEVOIR HABET DEUS HORAS ET MORAS FOY (...Faith for Duty), supported by a stylised lion séjant holding a cartouche with the Somersets' phoenix crest within foliate framing, on a waisted square base inscribed ALGERNON AND SUSAN SEYMOUR 1893, on a large square plinth signed J.F. ... FORBES (FORRES?)
Sundial -- 53in. (134.5cm.) high, the base 20in. (51cm.) square, the plinth -- 6in. (15cm.) high, 28in. (71cm.) square
Dated 1893
The octagonal stone dial calibrated in hours and halves with a simple, shaped bronze gnomon, the edges inscribed with the motto of the Dukes of Somerset POUR DEVOIR HABET DEUS HORAS ET MORAS FOY (...Faith for Duty), supported by a stylised lion séjant holding a cartouche with the Somersets' phoenix crest within foliate framing, on a waisted square base inscribed ALGERNON AND SUSAN SEYMOUR 1893, on a large square plinth signed J.F. ... FORBES (FORRES?)
Sundial -- 53in. (134.5cm.) high, the base 20in. (51cm.) square, the plinth -- 6in. (15cm.) high, 28in. (71cm.) square
来源
Algernon and Susan Seymour, the 15th Duke (1846-1923) and Duchess of Somerset, Burton Hall, Leicestershire.
Other seats: Maiden Bradley, Warminster, Wiltshire
Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, South Devon.
Other seats: Maiden Bradley, Warminster, Wiltshire
Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, South Devon.