Null Equatorial pocket sundial - c. 1800, Germany, Augsburg, Lorenz Grassl, acti…

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Equatorial pocket sundial - c. 1800, Germany, Augsburg, Lorenz Grassl, active c. 1760-1805, brass, engraved, octagonal base plate with fine engravings on the rim and inset silvered compass box, blued needle, glazed, hinged hour ring with Roman numerals and graduated arc with angle division, rotating pole, pole heights marked on the underside. "Eleva Poli Augsburg Paris, Cracau Prague ...Hamburg" "Lorenz Graßl", in a matching black lacquer box, signs of age, approx. 5.5 x 6 cm

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Equatorial pocket sundial - c. 1800, Germany, Augsburg, Lorenz Grassl, active c. 1760-1805, brass, engraved, octagonal base plate with fine engravings on the rim and inset silvered compass box, blued needle, glazed, hinged hour ring with Roman numerals and graduated arc with angle division, rotating pole, pole heights marked on the underside. "Eleva Poli Augsburg Paris, Cracau Prague ...Hamburg" "Lorenz Graßl", in a matching black lacquer box, signs of age, approx. 5.5 x 6 cm

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