Irish Maker

2007-05-07 Thread Tony Moss
Fellow shadow Watchers, I've been asked to reproduce an Irish dial but the florid engraving has deteriorated in places. It may possibly be 'Seaward DUBLIN 1750'. Can anyone throw light on this please/ Tony Moss Lindisfarne Sundials.

Re: Irish Maker

2007-05-07 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Hi Tony, From the forthcoming Second Edition of Jill Wilson's Biographical Index of British Sundial Makers from the Seventh Century to 1920 we have: SEWARD John A Dublin mathematical instrument maker, known to have made ring dials. Apprenticed to Gabriel Stokes in 1715, John Seward