FRANCE CHAPOTOT à Paris

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FRANCE CHAPOTOT à Paris
Small horizontal sundial, portable, of the "Butterfield" type. Oval silver plate (950) with indexes engraved with Roman numerals, blackened, with compass and tilting triangular style, engraved with a bird and a squirrel, folding, on cut spring blade engraved with scrolls. Signed on the reverse. Reverse side of the compass engraved with a rotating rosette. Early 18th century. Punched with the small guarantee of PARIS for 1809-1819. H. (unfolded) : 2,7 cm - Dim. plate : 5,5 x 4 cm - Gross weight : 23 g. Wear and some scratches; gnomon to be reattached, missing axis of maintenance, replaced by a metallic wire. Louis Chapotot (active from 1670 to 1700) or Jean Chapotot (active from 1690 to 1720).
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