Hi guys
A reader of the Stained Glass Sundial website just wrote me to say that she found wonderful photos of the original "Skull Dial" on The British Museum Website. This is a good find. Until now, I think that the only photograph we have seen of this dial is a blurry, out of focus photo of a 20th century reproduction of the original dial. But the photos on the Museum's website show both the front and backsides of the original 18th century dial that still has its gnomon! I did not know that the original still existed. The museum's website makes it easy to use their photos for free if you simply register your name online and if it is for non-commercial use. Even though the museum's online photos are quite good, they will email to you even higher resolution photos for free. I searched the entire sundial collection at the museum, but I only found this one made of stained glass. Oddly, at their webpage showing the thumbnail photos of the skull dial, the left thumbnail photo is NOT the skull dial, but is "The Tredegar Welsh Dial" (dial 62 on the SGS website). This is an error on their website I think. Here is the link to the Skull Dial page at the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_ object_details.aspx?objectid=55490 <http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search _object_details.aspx?objectid=55490&partid=1&searchText=glass+sundial&fromDa te=1500&fromADBC=ad&toDate=2009&toADBC=ad&titleSubject=on&physicalAttribute= on&productionInfo=on&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_col lection_database.aspx¤tPage=2> &partid=1&searchText=glass+sundial&fromDate=1500&fromADBC=ad&toDate=2009&toA DBC=ad&titleSubject=on&physicalAttribute=on&productionInfo=on&numpages=10&im ages=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=2 and here is the link to the SGS website page with the Skull Dial (Dial 52) http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_SGS2.html John Letter from reader: Hi I had fun going through your site. Learned quite a bit. I am a big glass fan and the art of these dials is wonderful. I liked the Skull Dial very much and got some info along with a better photo from the British Museum. Thought you would enjoy. Thanks Will Warren Dear Mr. Warren, Thank you for your email. I have included a link to the image and description of the sundial you are looking for: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/sea rch_object_details.aspx?objectid=55490&partid=1&searchText=vertical+glas s+dial&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_c ollection_database.aspx¤tPage=1 Kind regards, Julia Flood John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ 85718-4716 USA Tel: 520-6961709 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] My Websites: (business) Sundial Sculptures: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com/> http://www.sundialsculptures.com (educational) Chinook Trail Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/ (educational) Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial: <http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/> http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/ (educational) My Painted Wall Sundial: <http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial> http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial (educational) Painted Wall Sundials: <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html> http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: <http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/> http://www.stainedglasssundials.com (educational) Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Turrets: <http://stainedglasssundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html> http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html
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