SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, 18TH CENTURY
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AN ENGRAVED BRASS HORIZONTAL TABLE SUNDIAL
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, 18TH CENTURY
Engraved octagonal calibrated plate with Roman chapters, brass shaped gnomon, inscribed Wyst de uren tot Roomen/Wyst de uren tot Ierusalem/Wyst de uren tot Bengala/Wyst de uren tot canton in China/Wyst de uren tot Brussel gelen op de polus hooghte van 51 grade en 35 minuten, on an associated stained mahogany plinth base
10.3 cm. diam. (the plate)
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, 18TH CENTURY
Engraved octagonal calibrated plate with Roman chapters, brass shaped gnomon, inscribed Wyst de uren tot Roomen/Wyst de uren tot Ierusalem/Wyst de uren tot Bengala/Wyst de uren tot canton in China/Wyst de uren tot Brussel gelen op de polus hooghte van 51 grade en 35 minuten, on an associated stained mahogany plinth base
10.3 cm. diam. (the plate)
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