Dial

Equinoctial dial with a magnetic compass and folding plumb bob. Metal, probably brass.

Unsigned. Believed to have been made by Salomon Krigner, clockmaker to the Polish king, John III Sobieski, who worked in Marienburg and Warsaw around 1700.

Object Details

ID: AST1144
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type: Dial
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 18th century; Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 x 82 x 55 mm
Parts: Dial