28th Apr, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Undaunted)
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[M] HENRY ROBERT (PARIS, PRE-1833): A FRUITWOOD...
HENRY ROBERT (PARIS, PRE-1833): A FRUITWOOD AND PAPER SHEPHERD'S SUNDIAL
signed À PARIS. HENRY ROBERT, HORLOGER RUE DU COQ St. HONORÉ No. 8., with engraved and varnished paper scale set for latitude 46°, vertical morning and evening hour scales 6-10½ and 1½-6, inscribed Echelle pour observer les hauteur correspondentes., reading off the vertical calendar scale with approximately 10-day subdivisions, central wooden peg housing the folding flat steel gnomon -- 5in. (13cm.) high
signed À PARIS. HENRY ROBERT, HORLOGER RUE DU COQ St. HONORÉ No. 8., with engraved and varnished paper scale set for latitude 46°, vertical morning and evening hour scales 6-10½ and 1½-6, inscribed Echelle pour observer les hauteur correspondentes., reading off the vertical calendar scale with approximately 10-day subdivisions, central wooden peg housing the folding flat steel gnomon -- 5in. (13cm.) high
Sold for £496
Estimated at £200 - £300
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
HENRY ROBERT (PARIS, PRE-1833): A FRUITWOOD AND PAPER SHEPHERD'S SUNDIAL
signed À PARIS. HENRY ROBERT, HORLOGER RUE DU COQ St. HONORÉ No. 8., with engraved and varnished paper scale set for latitude 46°, vertical morning and evening hour scales 6-10½ and 1½-6, inscribed Echelle pour observer les hauteur correspondentes., reading off the vertical calendar scale with approximately 10-day subdivisions, central wooden peg housing the folding flat steel gnomon -- 5in. (13cm.) high
signed À PARIS. HENRY ROBERT, HORLOGER RUE DU COQ St. HONORÉ No. 8., with engraved and varnished paper scale set for latitude 46°, vertical morning and evening hour scales 6-10½ and 1½-6, inscribed Echelle pour observer les hauteur correspondentes., reading off the vertical calendar scale with approximately 10-day subdivisions, central wooden peg housing the folding flat steel gnomon -- 5in. (13cm.) high
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Undaunted), 28th Apr, 2010
