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Sundial

Snowshill Manor © National Trust / Claire Reeves & team

Snowshill Manor © National Trust / Claire Reeves & team

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Category

Wooden objects

Date

Unknown

Materials

Wood, Iron, Glass

Measurements

67 mm (Width) x 18 mm (Depth); 145 mm (Length)

Place of origin

China

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Collection

Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire (Accredited Museum)

NT 1338302

Summary

Chinese wooden sundial with compass. Sundial part hinges up, with metal support behind. Gnomen is a needle which pivots up. In non-hinged part, a compass with wire needle. Both surrounded with a random pattern and some Chinese characters. Characters also on the underside. In notebook no.6, page 19 (1340945.6) Charles Wade refers to: 'The Blue Room 75. Chinese Pocket Sundial of wood.' Includes sketch.

Provenance

CPW item 75 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.

References

Wade, 1946: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 6 The Blue Room, 1946, Page 19

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