horizontal sundial
Datedate 1735
Inventory Number7333
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Dimensions13.8 × 0.3 × 13.7 cm (5 7/16 × 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Material
AccessoriesNone.
DescriptionChapter ring is engraved on square brass dial plate with four mounting holes. The chapter ring is marked 5 to 12 to 1 to 7 with 30 minute subdivisions. There is a 55 that is engraved on the plate and may indicate the dial is designed for a latitude of 55°.,square
SignedSigned "BOE BOYSEN F." / "P.M." / "1735"
Curatorial RemarksAppraisal by Brieux, 9/24/84: $500
FunctionTime finding at afixed latitude after orienting gnomon to point toward true North.
ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 224); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
Swedish
Date: 1800
Accessories: ivory case with engine-turned engraving on top of cover
Object number: HO81Z-6
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
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: Cardboard box in fine condition
Object number: 7201
Outdoor Supply Company, Inc.
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: Original cardboard box in fine condition with instructions. Box marked "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA" and wih sales sticker from F.A.O. Schwarz, New York, N. Y.
Object number: 7202
Date: circa 1921
Accessories: Original cardboard box (damaged) and instructions (copyright 1921).
Object number: 7913
