5,290 CHF
Johan Martin in Augsspurg, circa 1710. Gilt brass and silver portable equinoctial "Augsburg" dial with compass. Notes The "48" in the signature after the maker's name denotes the latitude of Augsburg.The so-called "Augsburg dials" hold a special place among universal equinoctial dials. They are characterized by an octagonal plate containing a compass, a hinged latitude arm and a hinged hour ring. Since most of them were made in Augsburg they became to be known as "Augsburg dials". Johan Martin (1642-1721). He was one of the best Augsburg makers of this type of instrument. Born in Frankfurt, he is recorded as a clockmaker in Augsburg in 1669. He invented the crescent-shaped equinoctial sundial.Similar dials by Martin are in various museums and private collections, such as the Leonard Linton Collection, the Greenwich Museum, the Basel Museum, etc. Literature: Maximilian Bobinger, "Alt-Augsburger Kompassmacher", Augsburg: Hans Rösler Verlag, 1966.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-16
