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A fine 18th-Century Butterfield-pattern silver compass sundial,
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A fine 18th-Century Butterfield-pattern silver compass sundial,

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A fine 18th-Century Butterfield-pattern silver compass sundial,
signed on the underside N. BION A PARIS, the horizon plate engraved with hours IIII-XII, I-VIII pour 50 degrez, 5-12, 1-7 for 45° and 5-12, 1-7 for 40°, with central engraved rose, the compass with glazed cover, blued steel needle and the base engraved NORT, EST, SUD and OUEST, the folding latitude arc engraved with foliate decoration and a scale 40°-60° to be read against by an index in the form of a bird with upraised beak, the underside with decoratively engraved rose on the underside of the compass box and the names and latitudes of twenty-two continental cities and towns, and signature -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) long

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TABLE OF LATITUDES
Dijon 47 Vienne 49
Paris 49 Rome 42
Londre 5[..] Lion 45
Madrit 41 Gennes 44
Starsbourg 49 Venise 45
Copenhague 55 Moskou 56
Hambourg 54 Constantinople 43
Amsterdam 52 Marseilles 42
Stokolme 59 Bourdeaux 45
Bruxelles 50 Rochelle 47
Cracouie 50 Bayonne 44

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