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An oval silver Butterfield dial, French, circa 1700, image 1
An oval silver Butterfield dial, French, circa 1700, image 2
Lot 66

An oval silver Butterfield dial,
French, circa 1700,

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

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

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An oval silver Butterfield dial, French, circa 1700,

signed BUTTERFIELD A PARIS, hinged gnomon with bird pointer, oval plate with hours scales for four latitudes, the reverse with list of seventeen European towns and latitudes, 1 x 4.5 x 5.4cm (1/2 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/4in)

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Provenance:
Tesseract, New York, 1988.
Private collection.

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