ANTIQUE LUDIANS THEODODOR MULLER UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL SUNDIAL.COMPASS

Description

Here we have for sale is an 18th century Augsburg, Germany pattern brass UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL COMPASS SUNDIAL, signed L. T. M. (LUDIANS THEODOR MULLER, 1 7/8" (4.7 CM) wide.
Provenance: Christie's So. Kensington, June 1992   040
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A BRASS AUGSBURG UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL SUNDIAL
LUDWIG THEODOR MULLER, MID-18TH CENTURY
hour ring divided
III-XIII-IX
, shaped latitude arc, plate engraved with architectural and floral motif, four point compass rose, folding plumb-bob,  bearing signed brass disc
L.T.M.
with latitudes for European cities.
A mid 18th century equinoctial
Sundial
by Ludwig Theodor
Müller
(c. 1710–1770)
,
Augsburg
, gilt brass, octagonal foliate engraved base and comes with the original brass table of latitudes with signature “
L. T.
M”.
Augsburg
mid 18th century, signed on circular engraved brass latitude scale in lid of case “
L. T.
M”, gilt brass, folding plummet holder, hour ring and latitude
Dial signed by master sundial maker L.T.M., for the Müller dynasty, end of the 18th century
Chapters with the hours III-XII, I-IX, octagonal plate with leaf and geometric decoration, engraved latitude arc from 0 to 80 degrees, compact dial with four points and blue needle, with the engraving "Elev a Poli", with latitudes from 39 to 45 degrees and city names, inscribed with the signature L.T.M.
No restorations. All original
Ludovicus Theodatus Müller, also known with the name Ludwig Theodor Muller, lived in Augsburg from 1710-1770
Ref: "The Construction and Princi;pal Uses of Mathematical Instruments". translated by Edmund Stone, The Astragal Pres, ISBN 1-879335-60-3.
Provenance:L From a private collection. Christie's Auction, S. Kensington, June 1992
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