The Catalogue

Instruments · 1501-1600

Tablet sundial, ivory, 3" x 1 3/4", German, 16th century

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Instruments · 1530-1640

Sundial, Italy, 1530-1640

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Instruments · 1537-1632

Tablet sundial of ivory, 3 x 1 7/8-inches, by Hans Ducher, Nuremberg, Germany, 1537-1632 (see note).

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Instruments · 1537-1632

Tablet Sundial, ivory, engraved and coloured, 4 3/4"x3" (chipped)

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Instruments · 1566

Compendium tablet sun-dial, brass gilt, with three silvered latitude plates and magnetic compass, signed Christopher Schissler, Augsburg, Germany, dated 1566.

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Instruments · 1569

Sundial by Heiden, Christian, Germany, 1569

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Instruments · 1574

Ivory tablet compass sundial; 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/16-inches. Made by Hans Ducher, Nuremberg, Germany, 1574. (Compass needle and glass missing.) (See note.)

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Instruments · 1578-1631

Tablet sun-dial 532-68, V & A M. reg, ivory inscribed "Hans Troschel faciebat", German, 6in by 3 1/4 in, 1578-1631

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Instruments · 1589

Sun-dial, ivory with folding ivory tablets, inscribed "Hans Tucher zu Nuremberg 1589" size 6" x 4", Nuremberg, 1589

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Instruments · 1597

Sundial, Germany, 1597

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Instruments · 1601-1700

Tablet sundial with compass, engraved ivory, highly decorative with religious images, 3 x 2¾-inches, Germany, 1601-1700. With subsidiary dial (see note).

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Instruments · 1601

Tablet Sundial, ivory, 5 1/2"x 3 1/2", Paul Reinman, 1601

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Instruments · 1608

Tablet Sundial, ivory, 6 1/2"x4 1/2", Paul Reinman, 1608

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Instruments · 1616

Tablet Sundial of ivory, 4 1/8"x2 1/2", Hans Troschel, 1616

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Instruments · ca. 1650 - ca. 1680

Folding compass and sundial, ivory, by Gabriel Bloud, France (Dieppe), ca. 1650-1680

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1648

Tablet sundial with compass, ivory with coloured engraving, 4¼ x 2½-inches, Germany, 1648 (see note).

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Instruments · 1649

Tablet Sundial, ivory, 4 1/8"x2 5/8", Leonart Milre (Leonhart Miller), 1649

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Instruments · 1649

Tablet Sundial, ivory, engraved and coloured, dated 1649

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Instruments · 1651-1700

Tablet Azimuth Sundial and compass, ivory. Gabriel Bloud, Dieppe (cracked-repaired with metal plates)

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Instruments · 1653-1680

Tablet Azimuth Sundial, ivory, 4"x3 1/2", engraved Charles Bloud, Dieppe

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Instruments · 1701

Tablet dial, ivory, size 4in. by 2 3/4in., German, date 1700, marked 1701 (Sic)

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Instruments · 1731-1776

Azimuth compass sundial by James Ferguson, London, England, 1731-1776. Could also be used as a tablet sundial - string gnomon is missing (see note).

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Instruments · 1771-1800

German wooden tablet sundial

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