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JULY FINE & DECORATIVE ARTS AND ANTIQUES WORLWIDE

Sat, Jul 27, 2024 02:00PM EDT
  2024-07-27 14:00:00 2024-07-27 14:00:00 America/New_York Basel Auction Basel Auction : JULY FINE & DECORATIVE ARTS AND ANTIQUES WORLWIDE https://bid.baselauction.com/auctions/basel-auction-house/july-fine-decorative-arts-and-antiques-worlwide-15464
Preview Period JULY: 25/2024 1:00-5:00pm JULY: 26/2024 1:00-5:00pm Due to covid-19 previews by appointment only
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Lot 190

Very Rare Antique Sundial 18 Century signed Macquart ,PARIS

Estimate: $6,000 - $12,000
Starting Bid
$2,500

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This beautiful Antique sundial kind BUTTERFIELD sign MACQUART- PARIS. Gnomon shaped silver bird, three ladders' schedules for latitudes of 40, 45, 50 degrees of rose des vents. Latitudes of 22 cities and major places in the zone plate and the box the compass, end of 17th Century or early 18th Century master silversmith: Marquart Henry engineer of the King in 1691


Dimensions Box: 8 cm / 3.14-inch / Sundial: 6 cm / 2.36 inch

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