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A brass perpetual calendar, English, dated 1688, image 1
A brass perpetual calendar, English, dated 1688, image 2
Lot 85

A brass perpetual calendar,
English, dated 1688,

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

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A brass perpetual calendar, English, dated 1688,

signed E.C. fecit, possible by Edmund Culpeper, one face with concentric scales and central calendar block, engraved EASTER 1688, with dates for Easter through to 1727, the reverse with Julian calendar scale, a zodiac scale, three rings divided by four quadrants indicating key dates for each month, in the centre four cryptic lines of information relating to the four law terms of Easter, Trinity, Michaelmas and Hilary 6.3cm (2 1/2in) diameter

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Provenance:
Tesseract, New York State, July 1996.
Private collection.

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