Adler AIS | Details

Object number

W-278
Title

Sundial: Augsburg-type
Creator

Schrettegger, Johann Nepomuk
Description

Sundial with leather-covered paperboard case. Includes sheet "Usage de ce Compass" giving instructions in German and French. Latitudes of 52 European cities listed on verso. Sundial has blue steel compass needle, type 26. Glass cracked.
Inscription/Sig.

"Johan/Schrettegger/in/Augsburg" on base.
Date

c. 1797-1843
Material

brass, silver, glass, steel
Place Of Prod.

Germany

Dimensions

Frame