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cleverly shaped like a miniature champagne bottle—sleek
featuring a tiny binocular-shaped viewer is a fascinating 19th-century novelty object that contains microphotographs of Paris and Versailles
where a clock face would once have been
making it a wonderful decorative object for collectors of miniatures
Pocket sundial with compass paris travel notesReproduction of a 16th century astronomical instrument (now kept in museums & special collections) Quadrants with a compass, introduced in the 15th century, were the first portable sundials. The compass served to face the quadrant toward the north and the gnomon (a bit of cord or a flexible triangle) could be raised or lowered to accommodate the latitude where the compass is used. Their diversity of shapes, materials (often made with ivory) and
