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Lot 1669 Dα

A horizontal travel sundial

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.780 € (incl. premium)

A horizontal travel sundial

Silver and brass, blued steel hand, glazing. Octagonal base. The upper face with four engraved dials, a folding gnomon and a small round compass. The underside engraved with the pole positions and the names of 20 European cities. Engraved "SAVTOVT L' AINÉ A PARIS" to the underside. L 6.7, W 5.8 cm. In the original red silk lined leather case (lock damaged).
Paris, late 17th / early 18th C.

Provenance

From an important Italian collection.

Literature

Cf. Syndram, Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Sonnenuhren, Kunstgewerbesammlung der Stadt Bielefeld Stiftung Huelsman, Munich 1989, cat. no. 46 ff.