The Catalogue

Instruments · 1581

Pocket sundial and compass of sheet brass, gilt, etched and engraved.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1600–1650

Nocturnal, France, 1600–1650

Rijksmuseum

Instruments · 1650–1665

Folding pocket compass and sundial in boxwood case made by Henry Sutton, Threadneedle Street, London, 1650–1665.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1670–1721

Pocket Sundial, square, metal gilt, in case, Johann Martin

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1680–1700

Sundial and case by Michael Butterfield, France, 1680–1700

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1701–1800

Universal pocket sundial, octagonal base, diameter of hour circle 2 7/8-inches, small plumbob, Germany, 1701–1800 (see note).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1770–1880

Sundial, China, 1770–1880

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · c. 1790

Pocket Compass Sundial - George Bass, c. 1790

Museums Victoria, Melbourne

Instruments · 1800–1900

Metal, possibly silver alloy, sundial in shape of pocket watch includes a compass. French, 1800–1900

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1801–1866

Pocket sundial with compass in silvered case, Japan, 1801–1866. Hour lines divided into six equal parts, method used in Japan until 1866 (see note).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1801–1850

Pocket sundial with floating dial on compass about 1830

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1922–1939

Ansonia Sunwatch (pocket compass dial)

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · c. 1923

Sundial - Sunwatch, Ansonia Clock Co, New York, c. 1923

Museums Victoria, Melbourne