Butterfield-type sundial with case
Date1745-1789
Inventory Number7027
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
Josse Legrand
1727 - c. 1789
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsgnomon as found: 3.1 × 6.1 × 6.9 cm (1 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
closed: 1.3 × 6.1 × 6.9 cm (1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
case: 2.6 × 7.9 × 7.2 cm (1 × 3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
closed: 1.3 × 6.1 × 6.9 cm (1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
case: 2.6 × 7.9 × 7.2 cm (1 × 3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
DescriptionBrass octagonal dial plate with compass at one end. Four hour scales for latitudes 40, 45, 49, and 55 degrees are numbered alernately in Roman and Arabic numbers. Bird gnomon for latitudes 40 to 60.
Wind rose with fleur-de-lys pointing North. "N, E, S, O" mark cardinal points. French initials mark four intermediate points. Sixteen divisions are provided.
The reverse side of the dial plate is engraved with the names and latitudes (in degrees) of 14 European towns with five more on the back of the compass bowl.
Octagonal brown shagreen case with red velvet lining. Hinge and button clasp, 2 hooks (1 ea side of buton clasp). Spaces left for foot, compass.
Wind rose with fleur-de-lys pointing North. "N, E, S, O" mark cardinal points. French initials mark four intermediate points. Sixteen divisions are provided.
The reverse side of the dial plate is engraved with the names and latitudes (in degrees) of 14 European towns with five more on the back of the compass bowl.
Octagonal brown shagreen case with red velvet lining. Hinge and button clasp, 2 hooks (1 ea side of buton clasp). Spaces left for foot, compass.
Signedon top: Le Grand AParis
Curatorial RemarksCompass needle and glass are probably a replacement. (GCK).
Functiontime-finding : 40-60 degrees
ProvenanceHarrold E. Gillingham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased from Middegaels, Paris, 1925. David Wheatland purchased from Gillingham, 1949. Gift to CHSI c. 1985
Jean-Baptiste Lordelle
Date: circa 1740
Accessories: case
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Pierre Le Maire II
Date: 1738-1744
Accessories: case
Object number: 7028
Pierre-Louis Menant
Date: circa 1740
Accessories: case
Object number: 7033
Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure
Date: 1695-1736
Accessories: case
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Jean Maulevaut
Date: 1712-1727
Accessories: case
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Joseph Simon Guibout
Date: 1745-1770
Accessories: case
Object number: 7024
Louis Chapotot
Date: 1684-1687
Accessories: case
Object number: 7014
François Sautout
Date: 1684-1687
Accessories: case
Object number: 7039