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Description
A very scarce and beautifully decorated Georgian pocket sundial compass in turned fruitwood case c1800.
Horizontal magnetic pocket sundial compass having 1⅛” hand-drawn floating paper card with simple brass gnomon and pivot, and displaying hours. Verso balanced with sealing wax. The outer 1¾” diameter hand-illuminated decorative compass rose displaying the cardinals.
Contained under a low domed glass held within a polished turned fruitwood case with push-fit lid of flared shape. The verso of the case marked “Dt #5,” and a number "610244."
Condition: The floating card and compass ring clean, the drawing well-defined, retaining good colour, the compass swinging freely and finding north easily. The domed glass clear, the turned wood case sound with marks commensurate with age.
Comments: A very attractive example of these scarce Georgian horizontal magnetic pocket sundial compasses, and in much above average condition, this fascinating and practical instrument is a real collector’s piece.
measurements
Height:
1.75 in
Diameter:
2.25 in
measurements
declaration
Vavasseur Antiques has clarified that the Rare Georgian Pocket Sundial Compass c.1800 (LA481280) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1800