Portable compass dial
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 17th–early 18th century
Portable compass dial made by Johann Klocksperger, dated late 17th–early 18th century, from Bohemian, Prague. The museum records its materials as: Brass, silver-plated.
Recorded dimensions: Overall: 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.1 × 18.7 × 14 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 03.21.4; 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, silver-plated
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.1 × 18.7 × 14 cm)
- Materials museum
- Brass, silver-plated
- Dimensions museum
- Overall: 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.1 × 18.7 × 14 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- Bohemian, Prague
- Date recorded
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Maker recorded
- Johann Klocksperger
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Portable compass dial
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 03.21.4
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.