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Diptych Dial
Unsigned
circa 1600; Italian
Ivory and brass; 45 x 56 x 16 mm

Both the outer sides of this oval shaped dial are blank. The compass has a card painted with a wind rose in blue, red and black, typical of Italiandials.



Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 53675

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