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A thick rectangular board with old, worn buff and green paint. On the top, is the face of a sun carved in relief. Around the edge are the Roman numerals I to XII. Pewter gnomon with vertical incised lines radiate from the top of the board. The back has two wooden cleats held by screws. It was originally hung by small protruding brackets on the sides.
sundials
ash (wood)
birch (wood)
oak (wood)
Oak
Ash
Birch
SUNDIAL
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
23.25 x 13.375 x 1.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1167
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