Sun Compass, Compass in cardan ring in a wooden box with handles. The square wooden compass boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. A tilting sundial has been erected on one side: it consists of a circle divided into two times twelve hours, which can be tilted along a 90 ° arc. In the center of the sundial, a gnomon with two wires is erected, which can turn and with an pointer indicates the hour on the circle. The paper rose is decorated with animal figures and with white lacquer balanced at the bottom, the bottom is a page from the Bible. Opposite the sun pointer a brass strip has been placed in the kettle as a pointer for the rose, the kettle is also dated on the inside with a pencil., Rasmus Dekker, Amsterdam, 1809, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), glass, paper, lacquer (coating), h 45.5 cm × w 33.2 cm × d 32 cm
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