Welcome all ! This my first post on the dyalling list !:) The beautiful Russian inclining sundial currently examined by Mrs Sara Schechner and signed "ТАНГЕТЪ" was most likely made by Robert Tangate or his son of similar name from the Joiners Company, who hadshop in Petersburg. Another fine dial by one of the Tangates was for sale some time by the VallejoGallery,and can be viewed in their archive: http://vallejogallery.com/item.php?id=94&It is preserved with original box and bilingual advertisement sticked to the inside of the cover ! From its style, I think this is rather earlier, late XVIIIc. dial by the Robert Tangate the elder.The other Tangate inclining dial I know is listed in Adler Planetarium at: Accession number N-25,and this I presume from is the dial examined by Mrs Sara Schechner. I hope this information was useful. The topic of Russian sundials by English makers or later, native Russian masters educated by them is very interesting.I lately encountered one inclining dial offered by US antique dealer made in 1816 by Russian master P. Zahawi in Tula, where there was a factory of scientific instruments. P. Zahawi took over a workshop after a master Fedor Dowich in 1812 who is said to be Englishman. The dial' authorship and place of manufacture is wrongly deciphred by the dealer:http://www.etesseract.com/Inventory/Inventoryset.html - than go dialling, and to "An Early Portable Sundial for all of Russia" Maciej Lose
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