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Sundial cannon

Inscriptionsde chaque côté de l'écu : Cy, pour le Roy \ Dieu m'a donné \ A midi l'hon- \ neur de tonner; de chaque côté du canon : 17 \ 56

MarkingsFace : Cy, pour le roy Dieu m'a donné a midi l'hon-neur de tonner, 1756

Date 1756

Medium / Technique Stone: marble; metal: bronze, brass; glass

DimensionsHeight: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.) Diameter: 50 cm (19 11/16 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Timekeeping T&E

Origin Paris?, Île-de-France?, France, Europe

Object Number1973.9.11

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

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