Portable Equatorial
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Maker
content: Jacob Emanuel Laminit, German, 1719–1760
notes: label: Description
content: Scrolled square frame with animal allegories of the Four Continents: camel, horse, lion and monkey; hinged quadrant, hour circle with gnomon and pendulum; in center, recessed circular box with compass needle, the face engraved with mermaid and triton; set on three adjustable legs.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-12
objectType: label: Type
content: timepieces & measuring devices
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Sundial and Compass
label: Type
content: Sundial and Compass
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gilt and engraved brass, cut and blued steel, glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 x 6.4 x 6 cm (13/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)