THE DIAL BY HENRY WYNNE, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE SUNDIAL AND LIMESTONE PEDESTAL
THE DIAL BY HENRY WYNNE, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Inscribed Henry Wynne Fecit
The dial -- 16¼in. (41.3cm.) wide, 47in. (119.3cm.) high overall

Provenance

The Earls of Craven, Hampstead Marshall, Hertfordshire. Thence to the present vendor.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Henry Wynne was apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex, and was made free in 1662, in the Clockmakers Guild, and lived to 1709, working in Chancery Lane in London.
Comparable pedestals are illustrated on plate 148 of James Gibbs' Book of Architecture of 1728.

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