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Sundials with a compass
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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-printed decor hand-coloured.
Hooks and loops of brass to lock the construction.
The Compass of Brass, Iron Viewer, Paper with Printed Weather Bars Marks and Glass Locks. Twinned pink silk twist attached between the plates for timan designation.
Latitudes from 40 to 54 indicated.
Two vertical lists with names of European cities with indicated latitude printed on paper glued to the outside of the sun. The paper partly damaged/abducted.
Amsterdam 52
Augsburg 48
Ancona 43
Barcellona 41
Basel 48
Berlin 52
Bremen 53
Bordeaux 45
Bencler 47
Bologna 44
Cöln 50
Copenhagen 55
Cracau 50
Carlstadt 40
Calais 51
Danzig 54
Dresden
Dublin 52
Erfurth 51
Frankfurt aO
Frankfurt aM
Florenz 43
Göttingen 51
Hamburg
Hanover 52
Injection 48
Köningsberg 54
Lisbon 38
Leipzig 51
London 51
Marseille 43
Madrit 40
Munich 40
Nuremberg 49
Neuyork 40
Ofen 47
Prague 50
Paris 49
Rome 42
Strassb... 48
Turin 45
Ulm
Versailles...
Venice...
Vienna...
Würzburg 49
Warasdin 46
Zürch 47
From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958:
Compass in a rectangular box
L.: 6.9 cm. Br.: 4.2 cm. H.1.3 cm. Antique compass. On the inside of the box stained paper m. numbers, flowers and leaves. On the outside of the lid pasted a card list m. figures. From Bohuslän?
Title: Sundials with a compass
Description:
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-printed decor hand-coloured.
Hooks and loops of brass to lock the construction.
The Compass of Brass, Iron Viewer, Paper with Printed Weather Bars Marks and Glass Locks.
Twinned pink silk twist attached between the plates for timan designation.
Latitudes from 40 to 54 indicated.
Two vertical lists with names of European cities with indicated latitude printed on paper glued to the outside of the sun.
The paper partly damaged/abducted.
Amsterdam 52
Augsburg 48
Ancona 43
Barcellona 41
Basel 48
Berlin 52
Bremen 53
Bordeaux 45
Bencler 47
Bologna 44
Cöln 50
Copenhagen 55
Cracau 50
Carlstadt 40
Calais 51
Danzig 54
Dresden
Dublin 52
Erfurth 51
Frankfurt aO
Frankfurt aM
Florenz 43
Göttingen 51
Hamburg
Hanover 52
Injection 48
Köningsberg 54
Lisbon 38
Leipzig 51
London 51
Marseille 43
Madrit 40
Munich 40
Nuremberg 49
Neuyork 40
Ofen 47
Prague 50
Paris 49
Rome 42
Strassb.
48
Turin 45
Ulm
Versailles.
Venice.
Vienna.
Würzburg 49
Warasdin 46
Zürch 47
From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958:
Compass in a rectangular box
L.
: 6.
9 cm.
Br.
: 4.
2 cm.
H.
1.
3 cm.
Antique compass.
On the inside of the box stained paper m.
numbers, flowers and leaves.
On the outside of the lid pasted a card list m.
figures.
From Bohuslän?.
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