A brass and white marble horizontal sundial, French, circa 1800,
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A brass and white marble horizontal sundial, French, circa 1800,
signed Lenoir au Quai de l'Horloge 19 au 59 A Paris, made for latitude 48 degrees 51 minutes, mounted with shaped brass gnomon, 6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter
Estimate:
£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 600 - 900

Footnotes

  • (See illustration on page 86)

    This sundial was probably supplied to the clock-maker Pierre-Etienne Lenoir who worked at this address during the Consulate and Empire periods.

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