A brass french inclining dial
BY CHAPOTOT, 17TH CENTURY
A brass french inclining dial By Chapotot, 17th Century the inclining hour plate numbered IIII - XII - VII , subdivisions to quarter-hours, signed CHAPOTOT A PARIS with foliage decoration, shaped gnomon folding flat with floral motif, latitude arc for 0° - 60° numbered by 10° divided by 1°, table of latitudes for 18 French cities, finely engraved eight-point compass rose with fleur-de-lys, degree scale divided 0° - 90° four times, subdivided to 2°, numbered by 10°, the reverse with table of latitudes for 18 European cities, floral motif engraved on reverse of compass. 2¾in. (7cm.) long
A brass french inclining dial
BY CHAPOTOT, 17TH CENTURY
A brass french inclining dial By Chapotot, 17th Century the inclining hour plate numbered IIII - XII - VII , subdivisions to quarter-hours, signed CHAPOTOT A PARIS with foliage decoration, shaped gnomon folding flat with floral motif, latitude arc for 0° - 60° numbered by 10° divided by 1°, table of latitudes for 18 French cities, finely engraved eight-point compass rose with fleur-de-lys, degree scale divided 0° - 90° four times, subdivided to 2°, numbered by 10°, the reverse with table of latitudes for 18 European cities, floral motif engraved on reverse of compass. 2¾in. (7cm.) long
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