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A SILVER AND GILT-BRASS AUGSBURG DIAL
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A SILVER AND GILT-BRASS AUGSBURG DIAL
silver hour band set in gilt-brass ring with engraved floral motif divided 3-12-9, subdivided to the quarter-hour, gilt-brass gnomon, engraved hand pointer for latitude, shaped gilt-brass latitude arc [0°]-90° subdivided to 2°, silver dial plate and compass with four-point rose SE, OR, OC, ME, gilt brass compass base with table of latitudes for 40 cities, three gilt brass bun feet, shaped and decorated gilt-brass brace for plumb bob, signed Johann Willebrand in Augsburg 48
2in. (5cm.) diameter
silver hour band set in gilt-brass ring with engraved floral motif divided 3-12-9, subdivided to the quarter-hour, gilt-brass gnomon, engraved hand pointer for latitude, shaped gilt-brass latitude arc [0°]-90° subdivided to 2°, silver dial plate and compass with four-point rose SE, OR, OC, ME, gilt brass compass base with table of latitudes for 40 cities, three gilt brass bun feet, shaped and decorated gilt-brass brace for plumb bob, signed Johann Willebrand in Augsburg 48
2in. (5cm.) diameter
Sale room notice
Please note that this dial was not made with a plumb bob as stated in the catalogue.
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