1st Nov, 2018 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine
An Ausburg Equinoctial Sundial by Ludovicus Theodatus Muller
circa 1750, German, brass octagonal base with decorative engraving and traces of gilding, and inset compass, silvered compass rose with magnetic variation arrow, compass base engraved Elev Pol, Lisbon 39, Rom 42, Veneo 45, Wien, Ausg 48, with initials LTM, silvered latitude arc divided to two degrees, hour ring divided to half-hour, in original oak case, 5.3cm across dial plate
Sold for £540
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circa 1750, German, brass octagonal base with decorative engraving and traces of gilding, and inset compass, silvered compass rose with magnetic variation arrow, compass base engraved Elev Pol, Lisbon 39, Rom 42, Veneo 45, Wien, Ausg 48, with initials LTM, silvered latitude arc divided to two degrees, hour ring divided to half-hour, in original oak case, 5.3cm across dial plate
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 1st Nov, 2018
