GEORGE III BRONZE SUNDIAL, BY THOMAS BLUNT, CORNHILL, LONDON
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: Lots 336 - 597 | 05 September at 10am
Estimate: £300 - £500
Description
of circular form with engraved compass to the centre, scales to the outer ring and plain sloping gnomon, the south edge signed ‘T Blunt, Cornhill London, Lat.13’
Dimensions
27cm wide, 5cm high
Footnote
Note: Thomas Blunt was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1760 and the two men later became partners, trading as Nairne and Blunt from 1774 to 1793 when the partnership ended, Blunt continuing the business thereafter.