A BRASS POCKET SUNDIAL BY JOHN COGGS, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
with 3in. engraved base plate, blued steel needle with balancing 'N', folding fixed gnomon (?later), decorated cross bar to chapter ring signed above 'south' I Coggs Fecit, plain brass cover -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) wide overall

John Coggs is recorded as working in Fleet Street between 1718-1733

Condition Report
Gnomon replaced; rust patches to needle.

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