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An unusual [?]early 17th-Century German gilt-brass horizontal sundial,
unsigned, but engraved RICHT DEN COMPAST NIGHT BEI EISEN and LATITVDO 51 GRADVS, with foliate decoration engraving on both upper and lower surfaces, hour scale 4-12, 1-8, spring-loaded shaped gnomon engraved AXIS MVNDI, with spring catch and raised compass box (needle and glass cover missing), on four small bun feet (incomplete) -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) square
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unsigned, but engraved RICHT DEN COMPAST NIGHT BEI EISEN and LATITVDO 51 GRADVS, with foliate decoration engraving on both upper and lower surfaces, hour scale 4-12, 1-8, spring-loaded shaped gnomon engraved AXIS MVNDI, with spring catch and raised compass box (needle and glass cover missing), on four small bun feet (incomplete) -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) square
See Colour Illustration
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