Snuff box, German silver gilt perpetual calendar, 1700
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1700
Of cylindrical form with a pull off lid, ribbed sides. The lid with a rotating disc with rotating outer calendarium perpetuum ring engraved for the days of the week, the outer band with the days of the month.
Twelve readout windows defined by its rotatable disk, month of the year with its number of days, tabulation of the important saints’ and feast days in the month, sun’s Zodiacal position, length of day, length of night, time of sun rise, and time of sunset. Engraved symbols of the zodiac, engraved throughout in Latin. The rating ring with flat chased foliate scrolls against a textured ground. Unmarked. Diameter - 15.8 cm / 2.3 inches Weight – 75 grams / 2.41 ozt Notes: Similar engraved foliate scrolls to a German perpetual calendar aide memoire is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum (M.137-1923)
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 15.8 cm; 2.3 inches; 75 grams; 2.41 oz
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-206542503
- Auction house
- Chiswick Auctions
- Listing object ID
- 206542503
Catalogue references
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