Sundial on pedestal
Also known as: Zonnewijzer op sokkel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1750
Sundial: height 125 cm (the sundial and pedestal are stored separately, and therefore could not be measured and weighed together.) × diameter 40 cm. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-BFR-171; its record gives material recorded as metal, ashlar brick; measurements height 125 cm x diameter 40 cm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal, ashlar brick
- Dimensions
- sokkel: hoogte 148 cm x diameter 60 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 618 kg height 125 cm x diameter 40 cm zonnewijzer: hoogte 125 cm (de zonnewijzer en sokkel worden apart bewaard, en konden hierdoor niet samen gemeten en gewogen worden.) x diameter 40 cm height 148 cm x diameter 60 cm x weight 618 kg
- Measurements
- height 125 cm x diameter 40 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zonnewijzer op sokkel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-BFR-171
- Museum classification
- pedestal · sundial
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.