JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE, ART & NAUTICAL AUCTION Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - 10:00 AM start
An 18thC brass 6-inch universal equinoctial ring dial [sundial]
Realised: $2,400 plus premium
Lot Details
circa 1790, unnamed, two concentric brass rings folding flat, the chapter ring with hours I-XII-I-XII divided to 1 minutes, equinoctial ring with degree scale in quadrants, declination scale to reverse, bridge with sliding pinhole gnomon on calendrical and zodiacal scales. Rotating outer ring with suspension block. Provenance: The H.N.E Sheppard Estate Collection.
