98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 159
Bernardus Polansky Fecit Vienna, 173 x 300 mm, circa 1720
A Vienna horizontal sundial with separate date disk
Case: gilt brass, adjustable feet.
On October 5, 1727 a man named Bernard Pollansky applied for a postion as a maker of instruments in the Austrian imperial service. He was originally from Boleschowitz in Moravia and had married a merchant’s daughter in Vienna in 1714; the couple had two sons. In his application Pollansky refers to his work for the "Mathematische Kunstkammer" of the Jesuit College in Vienna, in particular to his "recently created brass instrument to display the planetary cycles ".
Source: "Mathematische Instrumentenmacher, Mechaniker, Optiker und Uhrmacher im Dienste des Kaiserhofes in Wien (1630 -1750) " by Dr. Maria Habacher in "Blätter für Technikgeschichte", Technical museum for industry and trade in Vienna, 1960, p. 51ff
Provenance: Landrock Collection
A Vienna horizontal sundial with separate date disk
Case: gilt brass, adjustable feet.
On October 5, 1727 a man named Bernard Pollansky applied for a postion as a maker of instruments in the Austrian imperial service. He was originally from Boleschowitz in Moravia and had married a merchant’s daughter in Vienna in 1714; the couple had two sons. In his application Pollansky refers to his work for the "Mathematische Kunstkammer" of the Jesuit College in Vienna, in particular to his "recently created brass instrument to display the planetary cycles ".
Source: "Mathematische Instrumentenmacher, Mechaniker, Optiker und Uhrmacher im Dienste des Kaiserhofes in Wien (1630 -1750) " by Dr. Maria Habacher in "Blätter für Technikgeschichte", Technical museum for industry and trade in Vienna, 1960, p. 51ff
Provenance: Landrock Collection
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.500 €
Price realized
2.100 €