The sundial mentioned by Dan Uza is a diptych made in recent years in imitation of those manufactured in eighteenth century in Europe. Sundials of this type are sold in some specialized shops (very few) in Italy and France. On the dial, at top, is written the name GUAYTAMELLI , that is the name of the owner of beautiful shop in Trastevere (center of Rome, Via del Moro 59) where only sundials are sold: all dialists who travel to Rome should visit it J The owner is the arch. Adrian Rodríguez builds and sells little portable sundials and also beautiful sundials (even some monumental.) To learn more see in
http://www.paginegialle.it/roma-rm/orologi/guaytamelli-rodriguez-badra http://www.polvereditempo.com/labo_bottom.htm >> Traiettoria https://www.google.it/search?q=guaytamelli+roma&biw=1393&; bih=783&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAhPrnrJ_ SAhVFtxQKHfynCkMQ_AUICCgD&dpr=0.95 Best Gianni Ferrari 2017-02-20 19:16 GMT+01:00 Schechner, Sara <sche...@fas.harvard.edu>: > This sundial seems too fanciful to me, with the ship, the Latin motto, and > the green foliage (that looks like a dancing cactus to me!) to be an actual > copy of an earlier one. It is 20th century, but I don’t know from the > photos if it is circa 1920. It could be some sort of souvenir from a > museum shop. > > > > By the way, plumb-bobs with little storage holes are found on some ivory > diptych sundials of the 16th century and later. > > > > Cheers, > > Sara > > > > *Sara J. Schechner* > > > > >
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