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Lot 1666 Dα

A horizontal travel sundial

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €

A horizontal travel sundial

Gilt brass, blued steel hand, glazing. Octagonal base. The upper face with four engraved dials, a folding gnomon and a round compass with the directions labelled in French. The underside engraved with the pole lengths and the names of 22 European cities. Engraved "Bion A Paris" to the centre of the upper face. L 7.6, W 6.6 cm
Paris, Nicolas Bion (around 1652 - 1733).

Provenance

From an important Italian collection.

Literature

Cf. Syndram, Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Sonnenuhren, Kunstgewerbesammlung der Stadt Bielefeld Stiftung Huelsman, Munich 1989, cat. nos. 50 and 51.