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Polyhedral dial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      David Beringer, G.P. Seyfried
    • Place:
      Nuremberg
    • Date:
      between 1777 and 1821
    • Materials:
      wood, brass, painted paper
    • Dimensions:
      height 170 mm, base 90x78 mm
    • Inventory:
      126
    • Polyhedral dial (Inv. 126)

Cube-shaped sundial with a magnetic compass for orientation. Each side displays a sundial with gnomon. The cube rests on a folding leg attached to the rectangular base. Signed by David Beringer and G.P. Seyfried. Provenance: Medici collections.

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