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細節
An early 18th-Century brass Butterfield-pattern compass sundial,
signed Butterfield AParis, the folding gnomon with 40-60° scale and bird-shaped pointer, the horizon plate with hour scales for 43°, 46° and 49° and glazed compass with blued-steel needle and eight points initialled, the underside engraved with latitudes for eighteen continental cities and towns, in an octagonal red plush-lined and fishskin-covered wooden case with push-button catch and two brass hooks and eyes (warped) -- 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) wide
signed Butterfield AParis, the folding gnomon with 40-60° scale and bird-shaped pointer, the horizon plate with hour scales for 43°, 46° and 49° and glazed compass with blued-steel needle and eight points initialled, the underside engraved with latitudes for eighteen continental cities and towns, in an octagonal red plush-lined and fishskin-covered wooden case with push-button catch and two brass hooks and eyes (warped) -- 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) wide
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.