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compass sundial parts
compass sundial parts

compass sundial parts

Datecirca 1650
Inventory Number7260
ClassificationSundial
Subject
    Place of Origin
      Descriptioncompass sundial parts from compendium
      sundial case missing
      ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 183a); D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
      diptych sundial
      German
      Date: date 1600
      Accessories: Red paper and wood box with gold borders.
      Object number: 7456
      compass sundial
      Japanese
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7951
      barrel-shaped compendium with compass sundial
      Christiaen Christiaensen
      Date: circa 1650
      Object number: 7588
      compass sundial
      German
      Date: 1700
      Object number: 7585
      compass sundial
      Japanese
      Date: 1900
      Accessories: None.
      Object number: 7947
      cruciform sundial
      German
      Date: 1775-1825
      Object number: 7400
      Japanese yatate compendium with scaphe sundial and calligraphy tools
      Japanese
      Accessories: Thre drawing related tools(?) within assembly.
      Object number: 7969
      Augsburg-type sundial with case
      German
      Date: 1750
      Accessories: case
      Object number: 7883
      Japanese scaphe sundial
      Japanese
      Date: circa 1875
      Object number: 7934
      Japanese compendium with scaphe sundial, 2 magnifying lenses
      Japanese
      Date: circa 1860
      Accessories: Ojime on cord attached to dial assembly.
      Object number: 7963
      Augsburg-type sundial with case
      German
      Date: 1750
      Accessories: case
      Object number: 7044
      Japanese compendium with scaphe sundial, 2 magnifiers
      Japanese
      Date: 18th century
      Object number: 7965