Sundial of Wassenaar
Also known as: Zonnewijzer van Wassenaar
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1719 - c. 1733
Horizontal sundial of red copper and brass. Signed with D. Coster Sculpsit. The instrument is decorated with the coat of arms of Wassenaar. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-749; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), brass (alloy); measurements length 42 cm x width 42 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x height 27.6 cm x width 22 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
- copper (metal), brass (alloy)
- Dimensions
- lengte 42 cm (plaat) x breedte 42 cm (plaat) x dikte 0,5 cm (plaat) x hoogte 27,6 cm (stijl) x breedte 22 cm (stijl) length 42 cm x width 42 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x height 27.6 cm x width 22 cm
- Measurements
- length 42 cm x width 42 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x height 27.6 cm x width 22 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Zonnewijzer van Wassenaar
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-749
- Museum classification
- 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.