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EDMUND CULPEPER. LONDON (1660-1738)

culpeper sundial (1720 England)

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Item Diameter

13.00inch

Converted Diameter

33.02 cm

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

A rare early 18th century octagonal bronze horizonal plate sundial signed Edmund Culpeper Londini fecit with a wonderful open fret gnoman The dial is engraved the Coat of arms of the Earl of Inchiquin and is set at 52'8 latitude for the County of Galway in Ireland and carries the motto Strengh is from above.

CULPEPER. LONDON
Type Artist/Maker
Country of origin eng
Born 1660
Died 1738

Edmund Culpeper was an English instrument maker whose name is known to all those who are interested in the history of the microscope. Edmund is credited with popularizing two important elements in microscope design: the sub-stage mirror and the tripod microscope, which is referred to as Culpeper-type.

He also provided Peter the Great with scientific instruments during Peter's visit to England in 1698
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Hansord

Hansord
6/7 Castle Hill
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 3AA
England

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Contacts: David Hansord, John Hansord
Telephone: +44 (0)1522 530044
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Website: www.hansord.com
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Established: 1972
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18th- and early 19th-century English and Continental furniture; clocks and barometers; scientific instruments; works of art

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