Inventory no. 45800 - Former Display Label
German EQUINOCTIAL RING-DIAL
1747
Gilt brass and silver; with leather case tooled in gold. Signed, 'J. H. Weyerman fecit Ronsdorff 1747'.
Within the hour-ring is a moveable silver ring which can be used either to convert the time found in equal hours on the hour-ring to Italian or Babylonian hours, or to find the time by moonlight.
The suspension ring and slide are missing.
[G 88]
Lewis Evans Collection