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 Altazimuth Arts 42°36'N 71° 22'W West Newton, MA 02465 http://www.altazimutharts.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.altazimutharts.com/&k=AjZjj3dyY74kKL92lieHqQ%3D%3D%0A&r=Y3uaNkd%2BN%2BBEMo7BAxbEQqOqpMk6uxYnCJsB4uxugzo%3D%0A&m=Ti1oQOLKwbdeBp0MOcYibsxY4Lg058dCGKYBaRLSNUY%3D%0A&s=2f04b2f3647abf5da1ada6decaf1b455ea2d0ead01efe881489e14a7d1adb139> Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Lecturer on the History of Science Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Science Center 251c, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-9542 | Fax: 617-495-3344 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> |@SaraSchechner http://scholar.harvard.edu/saraschechner http://chsi.harvard.edu/ From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan-George Uza Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Genuine or not? Hello! There's a diptych sundial on sale for about 80 euros supposedly dating from 1920. Do you think this is genuine? I think it is a modern replica. http://anticariatulnou.ro/diverse/antichitati-artizanat-colectionabile/cadran-solar-cu-busola-antica-din-lemn-diptic.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__anticariatulnou.ro_diverse_antichitati-2Dartizanat-2Dcolectionabile_cadran-2Dsolar-2Dcu-2Dbusola-2Dantica-2Ddin-2Dlemn-2Ddiptic.html&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=7ZsgDX5inZSMERqhZEQacOtdADP0iy6-YB7dx6Z_mVo&m=YBgn1OeBCkclTV2M7oBZV2P0N7zfBOSHCp10ax7IRyY&s=7HX-G9ZU0F53s7AvhZfQZ4OeXbIpswoiu7Ur_1lWhAs&e=> The string does not seem to be adjustable for latitude, I see only one hole (it's fixed at 42 deg.). Why then go through the trouble of printing the latitudes for European cities on the back? One thing I find interesting is the plumb bob and the orifice on the vertical plate. I think it is meant to align the piece to the vertical. I haven't seen this before. Thanks, Dan Uza Romania
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