A Macquert & Cadot brass equinoctial dial, French, circa 1730,
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A Macquert & Cadot brass equinoctial dial, French, circa 1730,
signed Macquart et Cadot, the octagonal dial with inset compass rose, mounted with hinged latitude arc, hour crescent and gnomon, engraved on both sides of the base plate with several European cities and their latitudes, in velvet lined shaped leather covered case, the dial 7cm (2 3/4in) wide
Sold for £1,062 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • For similar dial by the same maker, see the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, Inventory number 36541.

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