Butterfield-type sundial
Date: circa 1750
Inventory Number: 7001
Classification: Sundial
Subject:
Maker: Nicolas-Jacques Baradelle (1701 - after 1772)
Maker: Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle ? (1752 - 1794)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
gnomon as found: 3.5 × 6.4 × 7.6 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 in.)
closed: 1.3 × 6.4 × 7.6 cm (1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3 in.)
Description:
Silver octagonal dial plate with compass at one end. Bird gnomon for latitudes 40 to 60.
Four hour scales for latitudes 40, 45, 49, and 52 degrees are numbered alternately in Roman and Arabic numbers.
Wind rose with fleur-de-lys at North and 8 points. "N, EST, SUD, OUEST" mark cardinal points. French initials mark intermediate points. Compass has a scale for magnetic declination divided 30 W - 0 - 30 E every 2 degees. The magnetic declination is marked for 15 degrees West.
The underside of the dial plate is engraved with the names and latitudes (in degrees and minutes) of 20 European towns with 5 more on the underside of the compass bowl surrounding the legend "Premier Cadran."
Four hour scales for latitudes 40, 45, 49, and 52 degrees are numbered alternately in Roman and Arabic numbers.
Wind rose with fleur-de-lys at North and 8 points. "N, EST, SUD, OUEST" mark cardinal points. French initials mark intermediate points. Compass has a scale for magnetic declination divided 30 W - 0 - 30 E every 2 degees. The magnetic declination is marked for 15 degrees West.
The underside of the dial plate is engraved with the names and latitudes (in degrees and minutes) of 20 European towns with 5 more on the underside of the compass bowl surrounding the legend "Premier Cadran."
Signedon top: Baradelle AParis
Functiontime-finding : 40-60 degrees
Curatorial RemarksA brass tag for Ernst 82 is in the plastic envelope with 7001 but the sundial does not match the description for Ernst 82.
This dial is similar to H26 in Delalande catalogue, a silver Baradelle dial attributed to Nicolas Jacques Baradelle, circa 1750/1756, which has the original instruction manual dated 1747. (pp 204-207) Rethink maker here.
This dial is similar to H26 in Delalande catalogue, a silver Baradelle dial attributed to Nicolas Jacques Baradelle, circa 1750/1756, which has the original instruction manual dated 1747. (pp 204-207) Rethink maker here.
ProvenanceF. V. G. Staack, Camden, Maine; David P Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; Gift to CHSI, c. 1985.