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Diptych Dial
Unsigned
circa 1600; Spanish
Ivory and silver; 63 x 74 x 28 mm

Although quite a plain instrument, this dial has a floating compass card finely painted in red, blue and gold. This feature is the basis of the attribution of a Spanish origin.

The rest of the decoration is very simple and geometrical and the outer sides of both leaves are blank.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 33563

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