horizontal sundial
Date1850
Inventory Number7334
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
French
Place of Origin
Dimensionsgnomon placed: 15.8 × 15.8 × 9.8 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
plate: 15.8 × 15.8 × 0.6 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
plate: 15.8 × 15.8 × 0.6 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Material
AccessoriesGnomon loose and seperately tagged.
DescriptionHorizontal dial on a thin metal cast plate with chapter ring markings IIII to XII to I to VIII and 5 minute subdivisions. The seperate gnomon is marked "Berlin 52° ?1M 30S. On the back of the plate there is a compass rose with 32 points, 16 of which are marked NORD, NNE, N est, ENE, EST, ESE, S est, SSE, SUD, SSO, S Ouest, OSO, OUEST, ONO, N Ouest, and NN Ouest.,circular
InscribedThe dial plate is marked "HORIZONTAL DL 52" / "DEGRES DE LATITUDES" AND BELOW THAT "EQUATION DU SOLEIL" followed by a listing of months and dates and times in 10 day intervals.
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. 177); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
Richard Frères
Date: 1882-1891
Accessories: hinged case with tabbed closures; key or adjustment tool
Object number: 1998-1-0869
Pierre Le Maire II
Date: 1730-1760
Accessories: Shagreen fitted case with green velvet lining , exterior decorated with nails.
Object number: 7065
François Sautout
Date: 1684-1687
Accessories: case
Object number: 7039
Jean Maulevaut
Date: 1712-1727
Accessories: case
Object number: 7031
Date: 1700
Accessories: Leather covered rectangular case with dial plate and gnomon detached from compass when stored.
Object number: 7189
Elliott Brothers
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: original mahogany case; case key (made from an old one by Richard Ketchen in December 1997)
Object number: DW0529