Lunar volvelle for finding hours at night. Gilt volvelle with pointer. Pin-gnomon dial with pin missing. Red arrow for magnetic deviation (8°E). Center plain with exception of maker's name and marks. Missing one latch hook. Colors of filled lines: black, red, green, brown. Compass rose, 16 points. With 2 punchmarks of a spotted snake with crown. This sundial (DPW-30) consists of multiple parts, some located on 19/4.
Object Story
For similar diptych sundial inscriptions, by Hans Ducher and others, see: http://www.sites.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/sundpoems.html and https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/catalogue.php?ENumber=89038&Level=Detail
Inscription/Sig.
"HANS DVCHER" ; Nuremberg "N" ; "WEN * ICH * CAMPAST/RECHT * SOL * WEISSEN * SO * RICHT/MICH * NICHT * NAHE/BEI * EISSEN" motto around edge. Translation: "If I (ie the compass) am to work correctly, don't put me near iron."
