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Richard Glynne, London. Circa 1710

Richard Glynne, London. Circa 1710

An exquisite small and rare Queen Anne solid silver inclining dial with its original shagreen travelling case

£75,000


Stock No.

Exhibit No.35

Case

Contained in its original circular shagreen-covered, wooden case, the central silver disc to its hinged lid engraved with an anchor in an oval reserve surmounted by an upright lion holding aloft a second anchor, and flanked by crossed fronds.

Provenance

Sotheby’s London, 2 Feb. 1970, lot 19;
Time Museum, Rockford, Ill, USA, inventory no.177;
Sotheby’s, October 2002, lot 22, sold for £73,237;
John C Taylor collection, inventory no.105

Literature

The Luxury of Time, Clocks from 1550-1750, 2019, p.16

Dimensions

6.8 inches (170 mm) diameter

Signed Rich Glynne Londini Fecit, the circular base plate is composed of an outer rim raised on three, screw-adjustable, feet for levelling in conjunction with two spirit levels at right angles set on the central plate rotatable within the outer rim by means of a cog-wheel meshing with a toothed ring on the underside of the rim, operated by knurled knobs on the upper surface of the rim; the centre of the base set with a magnetic compass with an engraved 32 point compass-rose enclosed within a degree scale in four 90 degree quadrants, numbered from the north point, and a blued-steel needle (its ends labelled N and S.) Marked around the rim of the base is an equation of time scale.
The hour ring, hinged at the north point of the instrument, with three spokes and engraved hour scale as VI-XII-VI, divided to two minutes. Opposite this, against the south point of the instrument, is a hinged arm engraved with scales calibrated to 30 minutes, which passes through a slot in the hour ring and which is adjusted against it for latitude. On the inner edge of the hour scale is a degree scale in four quadrants.
The spring-loaded gnomon is mounted on the broadest of the three spokes.

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Product Description

Signed Rich Glynne Londini Fecit, the circular base plate is composed of an outer rim raised on three, screw-adjustable, feet for levelling in conjunction with two spirit levels at right angles set on the central plate rotatable within the outer rim by means of a cog-wheel meshing with a toothed ring on the underside of the rim, operated by knurled knobs on the upper surface of the rim; the centre of the base set with a magnetic compass with an engraved 32 point compass-rose enclosed within a degree scale in four 90 degree quadrants, numbered from the north point, and a blued-steel needle (its ends labelled N and S.) Marked around the rim of the base is an equation of time scale.
The hour ring, hinged at the north point of the instrument, with three spokes and engraved hour scale as VI-XII-VI, divided to two minutes. Opposite this, against the south point of the instrument, is a hinged arm engraved with scales calibrated to 30 minutes, which passes through a slot in the hour ring and which is adjusted against it for latitude. On the inner edge of the hour scale is a degree scale in four quadrants.
The spring-loaded gnomon is mounted on the broadest of the three spokes.

Additional information

Dimensions 5827373 cm