An unusual mid 18th-Century simple perpetual calendar, the manuscript paper dial signed Will m:Bardwell:1757 , further inscribed in ink with various decorations and VINCIT AMOR PATRIÆ , with the days of the month listed by a small aperture through which is visible the rotating calendar disc numbered 1-31, glazed and mounted in a circular ebonised wooden frame -- 22.5cm. (8 7/8in.) diameter
An unusual mid 18th-Century simple perpetual calendar, the manuscript paper dial signed Will m:Bardwell:1757 , further inscribed in ink with various decorations and VINCIT AMOR PATRIÆ , with the days of the month listed by a small aperture through which is visible the rotating calendar disc numbered 1-31, glazed and mounted in a circular ebonised wooden frame -- 22.5cm. (8 7/8in.) diameter
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