Lot n° 255
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500 - 600
EUR
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: 593EUR
Johann MARTIN (1642 - 1721) - Lot 255
Johann MARTIN (1642 - 1721)
Equinox sundial in silver and brass. The octagonal plate incorporates a brass-backed compass engraved with the four cardinal points. The rotating hour scale indicates 3-12-9. The brass latitude arc is graduated from 30° to 90°.
Signed Johann Martin in Augspurg 48
On the reverse, twenty-five cities listed by latitude, from 41° to 60°: Madrid, Venetia, Lyon, Paris, Nürnberg, Copenhagen, etc.
Germany, Augsburg, circa 1700
5 x 4.5 cm
(minor oxidation, later feet and bow)
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