Bidspirit auction | Very Rare Sundial 18 Century

Very Rare Sundial 18 Century signed Macquart ,PARIS - This beautiful sundial kind BUTTERFIELD sign MACQUART- PARIS .Gnomon shaped silver bird, three ladders schedules for latitudes of 40, 45, 50 degrees of rose des vents . Latitudes of 22 cities and major places in the zone plate and the box the compass, end of 17th Century or early 18th Century master silversmith : Marquart Henry engineer of the King in 1691 Dimensions Box : 8 cm / 3.14 inch sundial : 6 cm / 2.36 inch