On View
Not on viewSundials
Date1739
Terms
- Sundials
- Brass
- Iron
- England
Dimensions25.38 × 25.38 × 10.15 cm (10 × 10 × 4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Brooks Stevens, Jr.
Object numberM2137
DescriptionOctagonal engraved brass sundial. Center circle engraved picture of sun with 4 circular borders. Sun nose at foot of gnomon and mouth below that; rays go out from sun to edge alternating curved and striaght points. Circle that has numerals on it has inscription "Post Tenebras Lux" (translation - "Light after darkness".) Few small dents, or pockmarks, residue on back from material, probably lead, used to imbed sundial in sand. One of the two nuts used to attach gnomon to dial is missing.
Object number: Th6b
J. Cockburn Thomson
1855
Object number: PI1702
Object number: Th6a
J. Cockburn Thomson
1855
Object number: 2010.037.0022
February 17, 1776