A lacquered and silvered-brass Butterfield-pattern dial, with signature Chapotot A Paris, the dial divided IIII-XII--I-VIII, with folding bird gnomon, compass with steel needle, the underside with latitudes of various European cities -- 2¼in.(5.5cm.)wide, in shaped leather-covered case, possibly 19th century; and an ivory sector (2)

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A lacquered and silvered-brass Butterfield-pattern dial, with signature Chapotot A Paris, the dial divided IIII-XII--I-VIII, with folding bird gnomon, compass with steel needle, the underside with latitudes of various European cities -- 2¼in.(5.5cm.)wide, in shaped leather-covered case, possibly 19th century; and an ivory sector (2)

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