Accession No
1890.29; AR 1890.31; ?1889.180
Description
Metal; Brass Ring Dial
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; ?Abingdon Pigotts
Period
Post Medieval 17th century
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society; Pigott.William.Graham
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1890.29; AR 1890.31; ?1889.180; MAA: 1890.29; 1890.29/Record 1; 1889.180; 1181 [Whipple no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Metal; Brass Ring Dial
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Annual Report reads: "The Cambridge Antiquarian Society (given by the Rev. Wm. Graham F. Pigott).'
Event Date 1890
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Listed in the Whipple Museum of History of Science as No. 1181 and described as 'ring dial, English, 1/2 18th Century'.
Event Date 25/9/2023
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Description (Physical description)
As recorded in Whipple Museum database, "Brass (lacks fitted suspension loop and sliding ring with single pinhole gnomon). On the outer face a date scale divided to initialled month, subdivided to 10 days. On the inner face an hour scale divided 4 - 12, 1 - 8, numbered by 1."
Event Date 25/9/2023
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
FM:16077
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