Lot 169

Tucher family, Nürnberg, 76 x 115 x 13 mm, circa 1610
A magnificent diptych azimuth dial with compass and calendar
Case: ivory, coloured, brass.
This sundial bears the serpent mark of the Tucher family in Nuremberg; it is fitted with a compass and indications for "Welsche" (foreign) and "Nirenperger" (Nuremberg) time. In the inner top part the latitudes of Italian, Austrian and Polish towns are listed; a table with the conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars was placed in the lower part.

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