Portable diptych sundial

second half 17th century

Not on view

The punched decoration and the use and layout of two of the dials on this instrument are very similar to those found on a group of ivory diptych sundials, more usually with a special variety of azimuth sundial, including one which is known to have been made during the second half of the seventeenth century in Dieppe, France, by Charles Bloud, the inventor of the type, by Gabriel Bloud and by Jacques Senecal. Examples exist in substantial numbers in most of the major French and English collections of sundials.

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Title: Portable diptych sundial
Date: second half 17th century
Culture: French, Dieppe
Medium: Ivory, pewter, brass
Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 4.1 cm);
Diameter: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Stephen D. Tucker, 1903
Object Number: 03.21.65
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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