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Object number
W-47
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Classification
Time Finding
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Object name
Sundial
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Title
Sundial: Augsburg-type
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Creator
Rugendas III, Nikolaus
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Description
Original leather, wood and chamois case with silvered brass and brass hardware. Octagonal dial with 3 turned legs, with silvered plumb-bob bracket (bob missing). Hour ring with Arabic numerals inside. Ring in style of Willebrand. Stylized hand points to latitude scale on silvered arm. Blued, arrow-shaped needle, type 14.
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Inscription/Sig.
"Nicolaus Rugendas Augsp 48 Gr" on top of plate.
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Period
c. 1700-45
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Material
gilt brass, silvered brass, leather, wood, chamois, brass
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Place Of Prod.
[Germany]
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1.8 |
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6.1 |
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