Richard Neville, 19th century | Multi-Gnomon Sundial

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J. Paterson, Baingle Cottage.

Ricardus or Richard Melville specialised in the laying-out and engraving of complex sundials including multi-gnomon models and this is a particularly complex example with its multiple smaller dials for specific places.

Melville originated from County Down in Northern Ireland but had settled in Glasgow by 1845 shortly before making this sundial; he is then recorded as working in Liverpool in 1856 and then in London in 1858. He finally moved to Dublin where he is recorded as having died in 1871. One of his sundials can be seen at Ruthin Castle in North Wales.