Record ID: LON-FF62D0 - POST MEDIEVAL sundial

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SUNDIAL

Unique ID: LON-FF62D0

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A Post Medieval copper alloy sundial dating to the 17th – 18th century.

A Post Medieval copper alloy sundial dating to the 17th - 18th century. This sundial comprises a circular band forming a ring with a circumferential groove around the centre and a slit that extends approximately one third along the length of this groove. The shape of the ring has been distorted and flattened. It is broken across two small circular perforations which probably originally secured the ring from which the sundial would be suspended. Originally there would have been a small slide within the slit used for telling the time, but this is missing. Opposite the slit "OCT" is marked on the external surface.
The outer surface of the dial has the months of the year incised in a graduated scale, indicated by their initial letter. January to June are indicated left to right on the upper half of the dial, above the central groove if the attachment loop is at the right. These letters are stamped I F M A M I. By inverting the dial, the months of July to December can be read from left to right on the upper half. These are I A S O N D. The earlier months are now upside-down on the lower half of the dial. When the dial is orientated this way, the markings on the inner surface are legible from left to right and the right way up.
This inner surface is essentially the clock face. There are two circumferential grooves which divide the inner surface into thirds. The upper row has the numbers 1-7, the middle row has the number 12 below the number 1 on the row above and the lower row has the numbers 11, 10, 9, 8 arranged in that order below the 12. There are diagonal lines extending the width of the ring through each of the upper row numbers. The copper alloy has a mid green patina.

Dimensions: width of band: 11.34mm; thickness of band: 2.35mm; weight: 11.75g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Width: 11.34 mm
Thickness: 2.35 mm
Weight: 11.75 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Wycombe
To be known as: Near Henley

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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