An 18th-century brass 'Butterfield' - type pocket dial, signed Haye A. Paris with three hour scales engraved for 40, 45 and 50, (gnomon missing), the underside engraved with the names and latitudes of twenty-two continental cities and towns, the base of the compass box engraved with an idyllic country scene of a river valley with houses, a bridge and ducks flying overhead -- 2in.long

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An 18th-century brass 'Butterfield' - type pocket dial, signed Haye A. Paris with three hour scales engraved for 40, 45 and 50, (gnomon missing), the underside engraved with the names and latitudes of twenty-two continental cities and towns, the base of the compass box engraved with an idyllic country scene of a river valley with houses, a bridge and ducks flying overhead -- 2in.long

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