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Polyhedral dial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood
    • Dimensions:
      height 164 mm
    • Inventory:
      3261
    • Polyhedral dial (Inv. 3261)

Sundial in the shape of a truncated tetrahedron generating seven finely decorated faces. Each carries a sundial (horizontal or inclined) complete with a gnomon. There is a magnetic compass to orient the instrument toward the local magnetic meridian. The base is damaged. Provenance: Medici collections.