Lot 184
SCOTTISH REGENCY BRONZE SUNDIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER ADIE, EDINBURGH
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One | Wednesday 18 Feb at 10am | Lots 1 to 352
Description
the 15 inch sundial plate engraved with central compass rose, calendrical equation of time, hours marked with Roman numerals and divided by markers, pierced scrolling gnomon, engraved 'Woodhouselee, N. Latitude 55.558, Alexander Fraser Tytler, delivered 1805', engraving rubbed throughout
Dimensions
38cm diameter, 22cm high
Footnote
Although the engraving of this piece is rubbed it bares a strong resemblance to several examples of both Adie and Miller Regency bronze sundials sold in these rooms.
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, (Scottish 1747-1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian who was a Professor of Universal History and of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh