A LARGE BENJAMIN MARTIN BRONZE HORIZONTAL DIAL, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770,
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A LARGE BENJAMIN MARTIN BRONZE HORIZONTAL DIAL, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770,
Signed B Martin LONDON, Engraved with hours scale in Roman numerals and divided by five minutes, sixteen point compass rose and sold gnomon, three securing points,
14in (35.5cm) diameter
Footnotes:
Provenance
Collection of the late Nicholas Goodison.
Benjamin Martin is recorded as working at South Street, Chichester, Sussex circa 1736-1740 and thereafter at London addresses until circa 1777.
For a similar horizontal dial, see Retailer of the Sciences. Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756-82, fig 21.
Signed B Martin LONDON, Engraved with hours scale in Roman numerals and divided by five minutes, sixteen point compass rose and sold gnomon, three securing points,
14in (35.5cm) diameter
Footnotes:
Provenance
Collection of the late Nicholas Goodison.
Benjamin Martin is recorded as working at South Street, Chichester, Sussex circa 1736-1740 and thereafter at London addresses until circa 1777.
For a similar horizontal dial, see Retailer of the Sciences. Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756-82, fig 21.
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A LARGE BENJAMIN MARTIN BRONZE HORIZONTAL DIAL, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1770,
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