We found 5735 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 5735 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
5735 item(s)/page
A weathered cast composition stone three sectional bird bath of circular form with spiral twist column, a further contemporary sundial with pierced gnomon raised on a composition stone column, relief detail and doric capital and a small steel framed garden table of circular form with inset top (3)
James Pulham and Son, Broxbourne, a bronze sundial, 12ins diameter, signed and inscribed 50 Finsbury Square, London, mounted to a wrythen baluster column with star shaped platform base (some weathering and damages), 54ins high overallOriginal untouched condition, some cracks and chips, no major damage or faults otherwise. Sundial needs to be reset on top, the 3rd brass lug is present but still fixed in position to the underside of the top column
Parcel gilt silver replica of the Saxon Canterbury Sundial, maker GF, London 1975, inscribed ‘Salus Factori Pax Possessori’, inscribed with the calendar months, on suspension chain, gemset, ltd ed 362/750, 2.5oz 7.50cm with certificates Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
A Large Brass Equinoctial Sundial, French, early 19th Century, octagonal base with two levelling screws, plumb bob and central compass surrounded by wheat-ear engraving, compass without cardinal points, but divided to one degree with central rotating disc to indicate magnetic variation, latitude arc 0-90 degrees, hour ring IIII -XII, I -VIII divided to ten minutes, base 10cm across
A FINE LARGE 19TH CENTURY IRISH SLATE OCTAGONAL SUNDIAL, dated 1835, with wrought iron gnomon and profusely engraved with geographical compilations, the southern point of the plate engraved with inscription: 'Anno MDCCCXXXV. Domini. Horizontal Sun Dial Mathematically Calculated for North Lat. Deg. Minats. Longitude Degrees Minutes. The Mariners Compass the twelve Signs and the Primary Planets Rectified'. 58cm diameterMan first learned about time watching the sun rise and set. The earliest examples of sundials in Ireland were discovered at Early Irish monastic settlement sites where it is thought they were used to regulate times of prayer.By the 18th and 19th Centuries sundials had advanced so significantly that dials were being produced for specific locations. Based on mathematical calculations these dials told time for every day of the year in minutes and seconds.As can be seen from this Irish example, the outer border of plate is engraved with a chapter ring containing Roman numerals denoting the twelve hours and the names of various foreign cities. This ring encloses several slender bands of further engravings denoting the months of the year, minutes and seconds, signs of the Zodiac, as well as an inscription declaring the superiority of a sun dial over a pendulum watch or clock. The dial is set with a wrought-iron gnomon which casts its shadow on the plate to indicate time. Beneath the gnomon the plate is centered by a compass rose and surrounded by Irish towns and cities positioned in their relevant coordinates.
BRONZE SUNDIAL, by Worthington, London, the 14 inch dial with compass bearings, scales for months and days, watch faster, watch slower and Roman numerals, solid, shaped gnomon and further inscribed 'Geo. Holmes, Parke, Quebec', diameter 35.5cm Provenance: David Tom, 275 Kings Road, Chelsea from whom purchased in March 1993. Footnote: George Holmes Parke (1807-1900) was a naval shipbuilder in Quebec and was the first occupant, and therefore probably built, a property called Villa Ringfield.
Manner of Compton Pottery: Good early 20th Century Arts and Crafts terracotta sundial the engraved bronze circular dial on canted square plinth with repeat owl motif and compass points script in relief to each face, raised on flared octagonal column and conforming broad plinth with legend 'Time is but a shadow that shall cease, eternity shall bring us perfect peace', approximately 110cm high

-
5735 item(s)/page