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A Pierre Sautout Choizy gilt brass Butterfield-type dial, French, circa 1680, image 1
A Pierre Sautout Choizy gilt brass Butterfield-type dial, French, circa 1680, image 2
A Pierre Sautout Choizy gilt brass Butterfield-type dial, French, circa 1680, image 3
Lot 54

A Pierre Sautout Choizy gilt brass Butterfield-type dial,
French, circa 1680,

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

Sold for £5,376 inc. premium

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A Pierre Sautout Choizy gilt brass Butterfield-type dial, French, circa 1680,

signed SAUTOUT CHOIZY, PARIS, octagonal dial with folding gnomon and long necked bird indicator, hours scales for 49, 45 and 40 degrees, the reverse with twenty six towns and their latitudes (London mistakenly shown as 42 degrees), in velvet lined and leather bound case, when closed 0.8 x 5.2 x 6.9cm (1/4 x 2 x 2 3/4in)

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Provenance:
Trevor Philip & Sons, London, 2008.
Private collection.

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