27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
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[M] AN EARLY 17th-CENTURY BRASS INSTRUMENT<br/>with...
AN EARLY 17th-CENTURY BRASS INSTRUMENT
with owner's monogram 'WV' or 'WW', folding brass sights, shadow square engraved with six hour divisions sub-divided into ten units, weighted plummet line, the reverse with nocturnal with rotating volvelle with seven constellation pointers and circumferential scales -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter
Turner, A: William Oughtred, Richard Delemain and the Horizontal Instrument in Seventeenth Century England, Pub. Ashgate, USA, 1993, VII p.99-128, in which Anthony Turner outlines the intricate mathematical design relationship between Elias Allen, Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred (1574-1660). The Allen sundials illustrated here have punched numerals which match those seen on this quadrant.
with owner's monogram 'WV' or 'WW', folding brass sights, shadow square engraved with six hour divisions sub-divided into ten units, weighted plummet line, the reverse with nocturnal with rotating volvelle with seven constellation pointers and circumferential scales -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter
Turner, A: William Oughtred, Richard Delemain and the Horizontal Instrument in Seventeenth Century England, Pub. Ashgate, USA, 1993, VII p.99-128, in which Anthony Turner outlines the intricate mathematical design relationship between Elias Allen, Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred (1574-1660). The Allen sundials illustrated here have punched numerals which match those seen on this quadrant.
Sold for £4,340
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN EARLY 17th-CENTURY BRASS INSTRUMENT
with owner's monogram 'WV' or 'WW', folding brass sights, shadow square engraved with six hour divisions sub-divided into ten units, weighted plummet line, the reverse with nocturnal with rotating volvelle with seven constellation pointers and circumferential scales -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter
Turner, A: William Oughtred, Richard Delemain and the Horizontal Instrument in Seventeenth Century England, Pub. Ashgate, USA, 1993, VII p.99-128, in which Anthony Turner outlines the intricate mathematical design relationship between Elias Allen, Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred (1574-1660). The Allen sundials illustrated here have punched numerals which match those seen on this quadrant.
with owner's monogram 'WV' or 'WW', folding brass sights, shadow square engraved with six hour divisions sub-divided into ten units, weighted plummet line, the reverse with nocturnal with rotating volvelle with seven constellation pointers and circumferential scales -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter
Turner, A: William Oughtred, Richard Delemain and the Horizontal Instrument in Seventeenth Century England, Pub. Ashgate, USA, 1993, VII p.99-128, in which Anthony Turner outlines the intricate mathematical design relationship between Elias Allen, Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred (1574-1660). The Allen sundials illustrated here have punched numerals which match those seen on this quadrant.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
