. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Ivory Book-dial, 1630, and Octagonal Dial, 1660. old German hours from sunrise. Its date is about1630. On page 149 are three other ivory portabledials. The largest is a beautiful trinket as well asan object of use. It is oval in shape, 4^ inches by3^ inches complete, with a chain to use as a chate-laine ; I wonder what German Frau wore this pretty Portable Sun-dials 149 thing at her waist, and held it up and turned it roundto the sunlight three hundred years ago. I
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Ivory Book-dial, 1630, and Octagonal Dial, 1660. old German hours from sunrise. Its date is about1630. On page 149 are three other ivory portabledials. The largest is a beautiful trinket as well asan object of use. It is oval in shape, 4^ inches by3^ inches complete, with a chain to use as a chate-laine ; I wonder what German Frau wore this pretty Portable Sun-dials 149 thing at her waist, and held it up and turned it roundto the sunlight three hundred years ago. It wasmade by Hans Ducher in 1595, and is marked withhis device, — a wriggling serpent between the initialsH. and D. Hans Ducher or Tucher was a famousNuremberg dialler who had a wonderfully pretty tastein dials and mottoes. We can say of him as an. Ivory Pocket-dials. English lout of a farm boy said of Shakespeare. Itwas near Stratford, and a friend of mine spoke to thelad who was driving some conveyance for her throughthe country, wondering whether he knew of thegreat man, and what he knew. He may ha beenvery learned and all, drawled the boy, but hedidna know enough to spell his own name aright. 150 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Ducher spelled his name with all the ingenious vari-ety of which the sixteenth century was chatelaine dial was planned for ready reference :the points of the compass are engraved outside thelid, while the needle was visible through a tinyhole when the dial was closed. Around the face arethese mottoes : Hie marinus compassus semitam terramarique ostendit; and, Der spodter sol niehts veraehten^den er kans besser machten. On the bottom is a disc for using the dial bymoonlight. On page149 are two otherivory is an octagonalfolding-dial i J inchesr. 1 .. , by Iytt inches, Ivor
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