Sundial

Horizontal garden dial with a circular plate and solid triangular gnomon. The hours are denoted by Roman numerals in the standard hours sequence IIII-XII-VIII with smaller divisions of 10 minutes around the circumference and the half-hours denoted by fleur-de-lys motifs.

Object Details

ID: ZBA7389
Type: Sundial
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Smith, Addison
Date made: 1764 -1783; Addison Smith
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 297 mm;Overall: 193 mm