Stationary horizontal sundial
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1720
Stationary horizontal sundial made by George (?) Davis (working 1720), dated ca. 1720, from British, Leeds. The museum records its materials as: Brass. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 in.
(9.5 × 17.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 03.21.3; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Brass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 in. (9.5 × 17.8 cm)
- Materials museum
- Brass
- Dimensions museum
- Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 in. (9.5 × 17.8 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, Leeds
- Date recorded
- ca. 1720
- Maker recorded
- George (?) Davis (working 1720)
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Stationary horizontal sundial
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 03.21.3
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.