SUNDIAL WITH COMPASS AND MOON CLOCK

Estimated Value:

900 € - 1.400 €

Schätzpreis:

2.000 €

Description:

Lienhart Miller, Nuremberg, dated 1625
11,2 x 7,7 x 1,5 cm
Ivory, engraved, punched, blackened and painted. Brass mounting. On the top of the lid a wind rose with 16 wind directions, inside scale for a sundial with pole thread and plumb bob hole. Bottom plate with compass and moon clock on the underside. On the left side a recess for the wind vane (not existing). Signed underneath the sun LENHART MIELER 1625. Age damages, discoloured, rest. Losses. Comes with sales permit for ivory objects.
Important Bavarian private Collection, assembled between the 1950ies and the 1980ies.

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