Pocket sundial with compass vintage or addition to a collection

or addition to a collection of vintage travel souvenirs

Signed by artist to complete your curiosity cabinets for display on bookshelves or to be mounted on a wall

crafted in gold-plated bronze and worn like a jewel

accompanied by silver-plated swans resting on red velvet

But step back in time to the 1850s

Pocket sundial with compass vintage or addition to a collectionReproduction of a 16th century astronomical instrument (now kept in museums & special collections) Quadrants with a compass, introduced in the 15th century, were the first portable sundials. The compass served to face the quadrant toward the north and the gnomon (a bit of cord or a flexible triangle) could be raised or lowered to accommodate the latitude where the compass is used. Their diversity of shapes, materials (often made with ivory) and