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A rare combined brass nocturnal and quadrans vetus, possibly German, 17th century, image 1
A rare combined brass nocturnal and quadrans vetus, possibly German, 17th century, image 2
A rare combined brass nocturnal and quadrans vetus, possibly German, 17th century, image 3
Lot 56

A rare combined brass nocturnal and quadrans vetus,
possibly German, 17th century,

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

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A rare combined brass nocturnal and quadrans vetus, possibly German, 17th century,

the small nocturnal indented for use with only one star, the volvelle is toothed from hours 5.6 - 12 - 6.7, the quadrans vetus mounted with two sights and stamped zodiac scale and shadow square, with heart-shaped bob, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) diameter

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Provenance:
Tesseract, New York State, 1995.
Private collection.

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