An Irish George II engraved bronze garden sundial circa 1738

Latitude 53o 20o is that of the city of Dublin. Significant features of this sundial are its perpetual calendar for calculating the Easter Feast days, running from 1738, and its inclusion of the dates of the Law Courts.  It is therefore believed to have been made to stand close to the Dublin Law Courts.

Although there is no known record of Edward Hunter's address, it can be confidently presumed that he worked in Dublin, or possibly Belfast.  There are only, to date, three known instruments by Hunter.  These are all sundials but the quality of the engraving would indicate that they were the work of a top grade clockmaker.  Furthermore, clockmakers of the period very possibly made and retailed sundials, as there was no other way of checking the going of a clock.