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Scaphe multiple dial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Stefano Buonsignori
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1584
    • Materials:
      wood
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 130 mm
    • Inventory:
      2485
    • Scaphe multiple dial (Inv. 2485)

This fully painted and gilt instrument was made by Stefano Buonsignori. It consists of a disk carrying four cup-shaped hollows, with a scaphe dial carved in each. In the center is a small magnetic compass for orientation. Provenance: Medici collections.