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Rousseau JNV. FEC. A gilt metal and glass pocket sundial and compass, Circa 1790

Lot Closed

June 22, 07:44 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

Lot Details

Description

Rousseau JNV. FEC.

A gilt metal and glass pocket sundial and compass, Circa 1790


Dial: central white enamel dial calibrated from 6 to 6, centered by an enamel sundial with a gilt metal gnomon fixed above a compass, the surround with Cardinal directions

Case: gilt metal, domed glass, white colored glass back

Size: 56 mm diameter, 24 mm height inclusive of the domed glazing

Signed: dial

Box: no

Papers: no

For a sundial in the form of a watch signed Rousseau Invenit, see  Osvaldo Patrizzi, Dictionnaire Des Horlogers Genevois p.355