Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
Brass Augsburg-Pattern Equinoctial Dial, of octagonal form, with engraved design of flowers in hatched border, silvered compass with blued-steel needle, gilt-brass hub and central engraved windrose, hinged latitude arc, pin gnomon and chapter ring divided III-XII-IX, the underside with engraved latitudes of Corfu: 39, Rom: 42, Zurick: 50, and London: 52, wd. 2 1/8 in.
Estimate $600-800