Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 16th century
Place Germany
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
Accession 1924-0/2075

Provenance

Evans bought it from Percy Webster, his main London dealer, in 1908. He records that Webster had just restored it by making the alidade, pin, horse, throne, shackle, and ring; when Webster bought it 'it was mounted on 3 short legs & looked like a small table'. It had probably been adapted in this way by a 19th-century owner, though its authenticity as an older instrument has been doubted.
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