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A Henry Sutton wooden quadrant, English, mid 17th century, image 1
A Henry Sutton wooden quadrant, English, mid 17th century, image 2
Lot 126

A Henry Sutton wooden quadrant,
English, mid 17th century,

29 August – 9 September 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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A Henry Sutton wooden quadrant, English, mid 17th century,

printed Henricus Sutton Londini fecit 1658, the wood quadrant applied with printed paper scales, (distressed and with substantial paper loss), made for latitude 51 degrees and 32 minutes, scales include calendar, declination, ecliptic hours and sines, one sight missing, 27cm (10 1/2in) radius

Footnotes

For full description of a complete Henry Sutton quadrant, see H Highton, Sundials at Greenwich, OUP 2002, Inv 336.

Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, 15th April 1999, lot 38.
Private collection.

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