The Catalogue

Instruments · late 15th century

Sundial, stone, northern France, late 15th century

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · late 16th century

Polyhedral dial attributed to Girolamo della Volpaia, Italy, late 16th century

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · late 16th century

Polyhedral dial attributed to Stefano Buonsignori, Italy, late 16th century

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · late 16th century

Polyhedral dial by Stefano Buonsignori, Italy, late 16th century

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · late 16th century

Polyhedral dial, Germany, late 16th century

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · 1573

Sundial, 1573

Valkhof Museum

Instruments · 1587

Polyhedral dial by Stefano Buonsignori, Italy, 1587

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · 1590

Polyhedral dial by Girolamo della Volpaia, Italy, 1590

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · c. 1600

Vertical dial, Germany, c. 1600

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · 1601–1700

Vertical plate sundial for latitude 49 degrees, with scales for the winter months on one side and the summer months on the other. German, ? 17th century

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1681

Combined star and sun (altitude) dial, signed Anthony Sneewins, Delft, Holland, dated 1681.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1685–1724

Armillary / astronomical instrument by Michael Butterfield, France, 1685–1724

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1695–1702

Brass sundial and shagreen case, England, 1695–1702, Thomas Tuttell.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · uncertain 1701/1800

Sundial, uncertain 1701/1800

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage

Instruments · 1751–1800

Wooden diptych sundial for latitude 48 degrees, with vertical and horizontal dials, cover glass missing. German, second half of the 18th century. (A45412)

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1776–1800

Wooden pocket sundial. Horizontal and vertical dials for use at various latitudes on moving style, Germany, 1776–1800 (see note).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1800

Sundial by Ernst Christoph Stockert, Germany, 1800

Bohuslän Museum

Instruments · 19th century

Vertical sundial by H.W. W., 19th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Instruments · 1801–1900

Cylinder sundial or 'Shepherd's dial', for use at latitude 42°. Rough construction. Made in France, 1801–1900 (see note).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · c. 1820

Sundial - Equatorial, Johann Schrettegger, Augsburg, Germany, c. 1820

Museums Victoria, Melbourne

Instruments · 1844

Vertical cylinder dial by Paolo Contarini, 1844

Museo Galileo, Florence

Instruments · 1855

Sundial by Henri de Peyronny and Robert, 1855

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1950s

Ulysse Nardin Automatic Silver Guilloché Tapestry Dial, 1950s

Huntington Company (dealer)