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Ornate stoneware sundial pedestal
by Mark Blanchard surmounted by bronze sundial plate by F Barker and Son (extensive old
repairs to pedestal) 43½" (110cms) High Price £1900.00 |
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Composition stone fluted baluster sundial surmounts by a brass dial
commemorating the millenium 2000 44" (112cms) High Price £480.00 |
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Tall carved sandstone Sundial pedestal with bronze plate 47" (119cms) High Price £1600.00 |
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Rare and unusual 19th century multi-faceted carved stone sundial 46" (117cms) High Price £950.00
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Victorian carved stone baluster shaped sundial with bronze plate
incorporating the equation of time (with repairs). 43" (109cms) High Price £950.00 |
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Early 19th Century carved sandstone sundial pedestal with
bronze plate inscribed "Briggs Plymouth" and " Latitude 50 44'"
corresponding to Exeter 49" (124cms) High Price £2800.00 |
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20th
century composition stone Sundial pedestal surmounted by brass plate 38½" (98cms) High Price £520.00 |
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Bronze Heliochronometer "F. Robson & Co Newcastle-upon-Tyne" on a
gritstone pedestal with the inscription 'The kiss of the sun for pardon,
the song of the birds for mirth, one is nearer to God in a garden, than
anywhere else on earth' SOLD |
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19th Century slate Sundial plate inscribed W. Paulson supported on a
sandstone pedestal 43" (110cms) High Price £2300.00 |
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Carved marble Pedestal together with hexagonal brass sundial plate 38" (98cms) High Price £650.00 |
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Impressive early 19th century limestone Sundial base surmounted by later slate plate
inscribed "James Smith 1864 Lat 51 38'" the latter referring to Bath,
England. 54" (147cms) High Price £9500.00 |
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20th Century circular composition stone plinth with brass Sundial plate 36" (91cms) High Price £320.00 |
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Large carved sandstone Sundial Pedestal with brass plate
47" (120cms) Pedestal Height Price £1400.00 |
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Sundial made up from an octagonal Doulton terracotta chimney pot
surmounted by a French alloy sundial plate inscribed 'L'heure passe
l'amitie reste 1805' on a hexagonal stone base 46" (117cms) High Price £890.00 |
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Early 20th century carved Portland stone Sundial pedestal decorated with
lions heads and human faces surmounted by bronze plate 44" (112cms) High Price £1250.00 |
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Composition Stone 'Georgian' Sundial Pedestal with brass plate
42" (107cms) Pedestal Height Price £1100.00 |
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Large early 20th century bronze Wall Sundial engraved 'I also am under
authority', together with Equation of Time monthly tables illustrating
the time allowance in minutes to take account of the elliptical orbit of
the earth around the sun 36" (91cms) High 24" (61cms) Wide Price £3200.00 |
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Bronze Armillary sphere on 19th
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carved stone architectural finial 47" (119cm) High Price SOLD |
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Mid 19th century French Noonday Cannon Sundial
comprising miniature bronze cannon on circular marble base and
incorporating calibrated magnifying glass. This extremely rare type of sundial, having been primed with gunpowder, is designed to fire at midday as a result of the magnifying glass focusing the sun's rays on the fuse 8" (20cms) Diameter of marble base Price POA |
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Early 20th century bronze Heliochronometer
by Negretti and Zambra on stone pedestal Heliochronometers are extremely precise forms of sundial capable of accuracy within one minute assuming it is in sunlight. Invented at the end of the 19th century with the introduction of Greenwich Mean Time in Britain. Up until this time each major city in the UK had its own local time but with the expansion of the railway network a standardised time was necessitated. The heliochronometer is calibrated with months and days to enable it to mathematically calculate the "Equation of Time" compensating for the earths elliptical rather than circular orbit of the sun which would otherwise result in sundials being up to fifteen minutes fast or slow depending on the time of year. 49" (125cms) High For detailed photograph of dial click image Price £2900.00 |
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Victorian glazed terracotta
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decorated with snake and birds nest 28" (71cms) High Price £160.00 |
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4 piece stone Pedestal comprising
of grind stones and roller 36" (93cms) High Price £520.00 |
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Circular stone Roller/Pedestal 40" (102cms) High Price £570.00 |
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4 piece stone Plinth comprising
of grind stones and roller 34" (86cms) High Price £320.00 |
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Fine early 19th century Portland stone Sundial pedestal surmounted by bronze sundial plate by Dolland of London Height of Pedestal 46" (117cms) Diameter of Plate 11.75" (30cms) Price SOLD |
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====================================================================== Details of 19th and 20th century sundial plates ==================================================================
Example of a good quality engraved 19th Century bronze sundial plate =================================================================== 2
Example of a 20th Century cast brass sundial plate ===================================================================
Example of 20th Century cast brass Thomas Grice sundial plate "Thomas Grice 1705 Seize the present moment the evening hour is nigh"
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===================================================== Brief history of Sundials Althhough sundials have been in existence for over 2000 years they were not common place in England until the 17th Century when vertical dials were regularly incorporated into the fabric of public buildings such as churches. The custom of introducing of sundials in the form of stone sundial pedestals surmounted with engraved bronze or slate plates in private gardens began at the latter part of the 17th Century. The early producers of sundial plates were originally clock makers such as Hilkiah Bedford and Thomas Tompion. Garden sundials continued to be produced until the end of the 19th century when the introduction of standard time in the form of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) together with affordable accurate clocks and watches brought about the demise of the sundial as a reliable means of telling the time. However throughout the 20th century up to the present time garden sundials have continued to be produced for primarily decorative purposes.
How can I tell if my sundial is a 17th, 18th or 19th century original or a later reproduction? One of the questions most commonly raised to us is "I have an old sundial plate with a 17th or 18th century date on it, is it genuinely of this age?" Unfortunately there are numerous examples of sundial plates bearing what purport to be 17th and 18th century dates such as "1661" or 1705” however these were massed produced during the 20th century. These spurious dates are confusing but as a simple guide the 20th century reproductions tended to be made from cast brass with relatively poor definition in the numerals and decoration together with mottos in Latin or English. Whereas the 17th to 19th h century originals would be have been true scientific instruments made from bronze, slate or copper with inscribed / engraved numerals and decoration normally together with the makers name and a latitude for where the sundial has been designed to be used. In summary a bronze or slate sundial plate with engraved numerals and decoration together with a makers name is more likely to be an 18th or 19th century original. Whereas a cast brass sundial plate with a "date" and motto (in Latin or English) but without a makers name is more than likely to be a 20th century reproduction. A makers name however is not necessarily an indication of age since at the end of the 20th century a large quantity of reproduction brass sundials measuring 9.75" (25cm) diameter were cast with the details "Thomas Grice 1705 Seize the present moment the evening hour is nigh" There are exceptions to these guidelines but we hope they help in determining the age of sundial plates. Adjacent are some images intended to help determine whether the sundial is a modern reproduction or a genuine original.
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