LOT OF TWO FOLDABLE SUN DIALS

LOT OF TWO FOLDABLE SUN DIALS

Beginning of the 19th century.

One signed "Wirsching at Fürth in Bavaria" (Johann Justus Wirsching 1802 - 1866). The other signed "Deutschland". Wood, applied with imprinted and colored paper. Hinged, the inside with a recessed compass surrounded by three hour scales. Thread gnomon. The back, applied with a list of cities and their latitudes.

4.5 × 7.5 × 8 cm and 5.5 × 9 × 9.5 cm.