Portable equatorial sundial, ca. 1725
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1725
Portable equatorial sundial in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 03.21.22), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it ca. 1725. It is attributed to Ludewig. The museum records the medium as Brass, water-gilded and silvered; silver and the dimensions as Overall: 2 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (7 × 13 × 13 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Sundials. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Brass, water-gilded and silvered; silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (7 × 13 × 13 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Ludewig
Identification
- Met object id
- 188842
- Museum object name
- Portable equatorial sundial
- Museum object number
- 03.21.22
Catalogue references
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