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Horizontal dial (incomplete)
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Dutch?
    • Date:
      18th cent.
    • Materials:
      ivory
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 43 mm, height 37 mm
    • Inventory:
      2466
    • Horizontal dial (incomplete) (Inv. 2466)
    • Horizontal dial (incomplete) (Inv. 2466)

Dial in the shape of a box whose outer sides are decorated with ornamental motifs. The lid carries a female bust in relief. The dial has an horary disk with a gnomon, similar to item inv. 134. On the bottom is a compass for orienting the dial with the colored windrose, but the magnetic needle is missing. A second compass, smaller and also colored, is inserted in the base of the box.

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