Powder Flask with Bullet Box, Clock, Compass, and Sundial

Engesle textThis powder bag; 1860-1870Hide, wool, glass, cow horn, wood; bag: h. 20.5 cm., w. 18 cm.\nRMV 710-7; Herman Ten Kate collection; purchased from Niagara Falls trader, 18...

Folding sundial made of wood partly covered with paper with engraved/printed decoration and text. Compass recessed in the bottom plate. The inside dressed with paper with copper-pr...

Sitting man with clock case on base of rocail, painted in a colorful way. The decorative clock base in the sense of the rococo asymmetrically designed is characterized by the ornam...

The drawing shows three views of a sixteenth-century viatorium, and one view of a nineteenth century example from Smyna. The instrument is described by Sir Henry Ellis (see Biblio...