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Nocturlabe en buis et laiton, les rouelles maintenues par un écrou cental

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Nocturlabe in boxwood and brass, the wheels maintained by a central nut presenting an annual calendar divided into months and days, an hour disc and a mobile alidade, the back engraved with a compass rose.
The grip is openwork with a heart inscribed "Both Bears" for the Big and Little Dipper.
England, circa 1700
H. without the alidade : 21,5 cm - H. total : 26 cm
(Wear)