A late 17th-Century Dieppe ivory diptych dial, unsigned, the upper and two inner surfaces with punched scroll decoration at each quarter and incorpotting two pin-gnomon sundials and one string gnomon dial with compass, the paper card inscribed with the latitudes of fourteen continental cities and towns (compass needle later replacement) - 2 5/8in.long

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A late 17th-Century Dieppe ivory diptych dial, unsigned, the upper and two inner surfaces with punched scroll decoration at each quarter and incorpotting two pin-gnomon sundials and one string gnomon dial with compass, the paper card inscribed with the latitudes of fourteen continental cities and towns (compass needle later replacement) - 2 5/8in.long

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