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    Oak, Country Furniture and Works of Art

    London, South Kensington

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    23 February 2000

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    • A brass sundial on turned maho
    Lot 415

    A brass sundial on turned mahogany pedestal, circa 1820

    Price realised

    GBP 2,300

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A brass sundial on turned mahogany pedestal, circa 1820
    the dial signed LANGSTON, CHEAPSIDE, the dial -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter, overall -- 10in. (25.4cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    Gloria Clifton Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, National Maritime Museum, 1995. David Langston, optician, listed as working 1823-1825, at 116 Cheapside, London and at 94 Cheapside.

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