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细节
A 17th-Century ivory and wood dyptich sundial,
with red maker's mark in the form of a circle with Y-shaped protrusions around the circumference, the upper leaf of ivory with a circular hour dial on the outer face (no gnomon or index), the inner face with vertical hour dial VII-XII, I-VI, the lower leaf made from fruitwood with ivory faces, the inner face with glazed compass with blued-iron needle and brass cap, the hour dial graduated 4-12, 1-8, the outer face blank, with brass hooks and eyes keeping open or closed --1¾in. (4.4cm.) long; and a 19th-Century dry card compass sundial, signed on the papered compass face C. ESSEX & Co. London, with eight compass point initials and hours IIII-XII, I-VIII, with brass gnomon, in a turned fruitwood case with domed lid (old repaired crack) -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) diameter
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with red maker's mark in the form of a circle with Y-shaped protrusions around the circumference, the upper leaf of ivory with a circular hour dial on the outer face (no gnomon or index), the inner face with vertical hour dial VII-XII, I-VI, the lower leaf made from fruitwood with ivory faces, the inner face with glazed compass with blued-iron needle and brass cap, the hour dial graduated 4-12, 1-8, the outer face blank, with brass hooks and eyes keeping open or closed --1¾in. (4.4cm.) long; and a 19th-Century dry card compass sundial, signed on the papered compass face C. ESSEX & Co. London, with eight compass point initials and hours IIII-XII, I-VIII, with brass gnomon, in a turned fruitwood case with domed lid (old repaired crack) -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) diameter
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注意事项
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