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| SALUS FACTOR impressed on side |
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| PAX POSSESSOR impressed on side |
The Ted Arnold company closed in 1964. They made all sorts of small reproduction items many of which
can be seen by searching Google images or Ebay.
Unfortunately this object was not found. Does anyone out there know what it is ?
I do not have a clue.
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2/6/2012
Description
The original dial, of which this is a copy, was found in 1939 in the soil of the Cloister Garth at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. It was in the form of a tablet of silver, with a gold cap and chain. The gnomon consisted of a gold pin surmounted by a chased animal head with jewelled eyes and a ball in the mouth.
3 comments:
Surely it's some part of a perpetual calendar?
It is a 1970s replica of an early pocket sundial found in Canterbury in 1940.
it is a replica of a pocket sundial discovered in digs at canterbury cathedral. the one i have is a limited edition reproduction from the ransome gallery of london. the base is 64 grams of sterling siver, with cap and pins of gold, and embedded with 18 little rubies. there are two rubies aligned with each month of the year that indicate morning and afternoon prayer times (about 9am and 3pm). there are also little rubies on the pins for serpent eyes and two more in the cap. mine is numbered 46 out of, i think, 1000 produced. i bought it in...hmmm..1975, i think, through the british history society magazine.
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