string-gnomon sundial
Date1725
Inventory Number7231
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
C. H. Schindler
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsopen: 19.6 × 15.3 × 21.6 cm (7 11/16 × 6 × 8 1/2 in.)
closed: 3.4 × 15.3 × 21.6 cm (1 5/16 × 6 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
closed: 3.4 × 15.3 × 21.6 cm (1 5/16 × 6 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionThe chapter ring is engraved on a rectangular brass plate mounted to a wooden base with a compass located at one end. The gnomon for the dial is hinged to fold flat onto the dial plate for storage. There are three chapter rings for 46°, 48°, and 50° latitudes. The inner chapter ring is marked IV-XII-I-VIII with 1/2 hour subdivisions. The string gnomon support has holes for 46°, 48°, and 50°. The compass rose is divided into 4 points with every point marked SE, OR, ME, and OC. There are no subdivisions. There is a magnetic declination mark at about 10° west of North.,Gnomon support and dial plate are finely engraved with arms and symbols that might provide identity of original owner.,rectangular
Signedon dial plate near compass: C H SCHINDLER / fecit
Curatorial RemarksAppraisal by Brieux, 9/24/84: $2000.
FunctionTime finding at a small range of latitudes after orienting the gnomon to point toward true North.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased in France, 1952, via Ernst Weil (#37). Donated to CHSI, 1985.
