Two Diptych Pocket Sundials, probably Germany, with latitudes of major cities printed on the lid opening to reveal a central compass with tricolored card, Arabic numeral printed dials and string gnomons, lg. 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-01
Two Brass Pocket Sundials, 19th century, one with a sixteen-point porcelain compass dial, finely engraved silvered roman numeral chapter ring, folding pierced gnomon, and a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-10-27
Two Brass Equinoctial Augsburg-style Pocket Sundials, Germany, engraved octagonal bases with silvered dial compasses and directionals reading in Latin, folding hour ring with roman numerals Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-10-11
Two Pocket Sundials, France and United Kingdom, a 3 1/2-in. tall boxwood Shepherd's pillar dial with hand-engraved months, hours, and curves for the sun's altitude, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-10-27
Two German Fruitwood Pocket Sundials the first, with printed paper on lid with latitudes listed for major cities in America, England, Spain, France, Italy and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
Six Pocket Sundials, including a Chinese dial in a silver repousse case, dia. 2, a brass pillar dial, ht. 3 1/4, 1-inch dia. dial with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Two Wooden Diptych Sundials, probably Germany, mid-19th century, the first in fruitwood, with printed listing of latitudes of principal cities on the exterior lid, printed Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Five Folding Sundials in Brass and Wood, early 20th century, including two wooden diptych dials with compass and printed card instructions, one marked Gogerty, 72 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Six Chinese Wooden Folding Sundials of Various Design and a Japanese Compass, including a 4-inch dia. example in a rosewood case with compass and adjustable Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Collection of Compasses and Sundials, 19th/20th century, two brass sundials, one with a collapsible gnomon; four pocket compasses, one with a fully engraved case; two Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-10-27
Six Pocket Compasses and a Diptych Sundial, an unmarked turned 2-in. boxwood example, a gilt 2-in. example with a 32-point rose fitted in its original Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-04-06
