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19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case wrapped bark box each page separated with a

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Description

each page separated with a sheet of spiderweb patterned paper

Super graphic and to my eye really gorgeous

based on some research (though not turning up its exact likeness)

A small round hole and a little tearing along the bottom right edge of the back cover and little staining to the corresponding back of a couple final pages

In 1907 the company was incorporated and went on to produce its own American dyes

19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case wrapped bark box each page separated with aI have an obsession with pocket sundials I love the very idea of them, a portable time teller in absence of a watch, with flip up blade at the ready to read the sun but this is only the second I've found. This one I believe is Chinese, and other similar examples I have found out there indicate specifically from Hong Kong, later 19th century, while it was under British rule. The brass angle (gnomon) can be rested flat to either side, then when ready to

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