£300 - £500
AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH FIVE DIAL SLATE HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL BY RICARDUS MELVILLE, GLASGOW, DATED 1845 Of rectangular form, variously inscribed, two subsidiary dials for New Zealand and New York, signed RICARDUS MELVILLE FECIT 1845 base 46 by 30 cm, height approx 20cm Richard Melville, a travelling Ulster dial-maker, specialised in multi dial horizontal dials such as this. His work is found signed variously as Richard, Ricardus, Melville and Melvin. A dial from the same year with similar subsidiary locations is held in the collections of the National Museums Scotland.
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