Lot n° 108
Estimation :
800 - 1000
EUR
Octagonal bronze or brass sundial. - Lot 108
Octagonal bronze or brass sundial.
Base signed “LEFEBVRE” in Paris.
Adjustable gnomon featuring a stylized bird.
Compass rose engraved with a fleur-de-lis.
The back is engraved with the latitudes of major French and European cities (Paris, Rome, Venice, Madrid, Brussels, Marseille, Genoa, Tours, Lyon, Vienna, Turin, Calais, Liège, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lisbon, London, Rouen, Dijon).
The back of the compass is engraved with a large, radiating floral motif.
18th century.
In its case.
L: 7 cm. W: 6 cm.
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