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Horizontal compass dial; gilt, brass; narrow, vertical skirt; string gnomon; folding plummet-holder engraved with dragons; calendar-scale showing sun's position in the zodiac and lengths of day and night; engraved dial-face partly occupied by pin-gnomon dial showing Italian hours for latitude 45; engraved effigy of the sun occupies vacant space; signed in decorative scroll near foot of plummet-holder.
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