Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 19th century (?)
Place Italy
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
Accession 1924-0/2038

Provenance

Evans acquired it with the collection of S. Waters, which he purchased between 1900 and 1910. Waters had received it from Evans himself in exchange for a sundial, but Evans does not record how he initially acquired it. He considered it 'roughly made' and probably a fake.
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