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Diptych Dial
Unsigned
circa 1600 ?; Spanish
Ivory and silver; 64 x 68 x 22 mm

This dial has simple geometrical decoration on the borders of its ivory leaves, but its compass card is finely painted in red, blue and silver. A fleur-de-lis marks the north, and the needle is also finely made.

Painted compass card s were typical of Spanish and Italian dials, hence the attribution of this example.



Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 83993

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