Sold for:
$1,293
$1,293
Augsberg-Pattern Universal Equinoctial Dial by Andreas Vogler, signed And. Vogler , the gilt-brass compass box with scalloped edge and floriate engraving, silvered dial with sixteen-point rose, blued-steel needle and engraved points Seient, Orient, Meridit and Occident , hinged chapter ring scaled in Roman and Arabic numerals, sprung pin-gnomon, latitude arc divided 10-80 , and plummet, the underside with two pin feet and engraved names of eighteen European cities and their latitudes, wd. 2/4 in., in silk-lined octagonal leather case with brass disc engraved with the latitudes of a further forty-seven cities.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
