Rare cadran solaire équinoxial à double scaphé en bois sculpté patiné, de

Rare equinoctial sundial with double scaphé in carved wood with patina, of cubic form, the front face with cut-off presenting two hollowed dials for a front and afternoon use, rich decoration engraved all faces of rinceaux, the back of the instrument engraved of armorial bearings, of the monogram "SW" and dated 1621
Germany, 1621
Old label of sale or collection on the back
8 x 8 x 7,6 cm
(Missing the compass)
NOTE A similar example is in the collections of the British Museum, reproduced in "F.A.B. WARD, A catalog of European scientific Instruments in the department of medieval and later antiquities of the British
Museum, 1981", n°75, p. 34, plate VII.