On behalf of the Abbotsford Trust who look after Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish Borders, I am trying to source a photograph or sketch of the small horizontal sundial that was placed in the gardens in 1817. The plinth and shaft are still in place but the dial has been missing for a number of years. In the book "Sundials and Roses of Yesterday", Alice Morse Earle notes that an exact reproduction was placed in a garden at Hillside, Menand's, New York. She shows a photo of the dial, but the detail cannot be seen. Any assistance in obtaining a photo or sketch showing the detail of the dial or any detail about its description would be very much appreciated.
Regards Dennis Cowan www.sundialsofscotland.co.uk
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