horizontal sundial
Date17th Century
Inventory Number7281
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
German
Place of Origin
Dimensions14.2 × 11.8 × 1.6 cm (5 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 in.)
Material
AccessoriesNone.
DescriptionHorizontal dial on flat stone plate with holes for fixed gnomon. The chapter ring is marked 4-12-1-8 with 30 minute subdivisions.,rectangular
Stone Horizontal Dial (no compass)
17th C?
south german
Solnhofen Limestone
Stone Horizontal Dial (no compass)
17th C?
south german
Solnhofen Limestone
Inscribed"Sinsus Rayos Misdes Mayos" (Without its rays my weakness) on dial plate.
Curatorial RemarksAppraisal by Brieux, 9/24/84: $1000
FunctionTime finding at one latitude after orienting the gnomon to point toward true North.
ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 227); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
F. I. V.
Date: date 1698
Accessories: Leather covered wooden case. Gnomon is separate.
Object number: 7345
English
Date: circa 1935
Accessories: Blue cardboard box with instructions printed on a circular paper glued to the interior of the lower half. There is also a slip-in brown leather case.
Object number: 7224
Japanese
Date: 1900
Accessories: Built into wooden case with seperate cover.
Object number: 7866
Japanese
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: Circular metal case with push-on cover (which may not have any original connection with sundial). There is a colored picture of a shepherd and a flock of sheep on a paper inserted inside the lid and two loose red paper discs.
Object number: 7979
