Very beautiful imitation in solid silver (925/000), of an eq - Lot 164

Lot n° 164
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Very beautiful imitation in solid silver (925/000), of an eq - Lot 164
Very beautiful imitation in solid silver (925/000), of an equinoctial sundial after the design of Johann Friedrich Penther (1693-1749) proposed in his Gnomonica-fundamentalis et mechanica, worinnen gewiesen wird wie man allerhand Sonnen-Uhren reguläre, irreguläre mit Minuten und himmlische Zeichen vertfertigen sollte. Augsburg 1735 with five further editions until 1794. The model followed is preserved in the Germanisches Nationaalmuseum, Nuremberg. With its polished mahogany case lined with red velvet and an engraved brass edition plate. High quality reconstruction produced in 1977 by Deyhle, in a limited edition of 100 copies, of which this one is no. 28.
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