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A Manche brass equinoctial horizontal compass dial, French, dated 1770, image 1
A Manche brass equinoctial horizontal compass dial, French, dated 1770, image 2
Lot 57

A Manche brass equinoctial horizontal compass dial,
French, dated 1770,

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

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A Manche brass equinoctial horizontal compass dial, French, dated 1770,

signed MANCHE FECIT A PARIS 1770, the octagonal dial for fixed latitude 49 degrees, folding gnomon and noon marker with hinged disc with pin hole, the reverse is undecorated, when closed 2.3 x 6.8 x 7.7cm (1 x 2 5/8 x 3 1/8in)

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Provenance:
Tesseract, New York, November 1993.
Private collection.

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