An unusual Victorian compass sundial on black marble circular platform
CIRCA 1860S
An unusual Victorian compass sundial on black marble circular platform, circa 1860s with gimballed paper compass sundial labelled with sixteen compass points and hour dial numbered IIII-XII-VIII and brass gnomon beneath a domed glazed cover, the marble tazza-form platform with marble specimen cube decoration on turned pillar to square plinth base 12.7cm. (5in.) high
An unusual Victorian compass sundial on black marble circular platform
CIRCA 1860S
An unusual Victorian compass sundial on black marble circular platform, circa 1860s with gimballed paper compass sundial labelled with sixteen compass points and hour dial numbered IIII-XII-VIII and brass gnomon beneath a domed glazed cover, the marble tazza-form platform with marble specimen cube decoration on turned pillar to square plinth base 12.7cm. (5in.) high
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