. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . om the ring-dial care-fully described, in that it has no sliding ring, buthas two holes opposite each other, one for use in 140 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday winter, one in summer. On this page is shown anEngHsh signet ring of silver, of about 1620. The crestis a dog. The dial is less than an inch in diameter. Its companion isa brass ring-dial,either Swiss orGerman ; i^^g-inches in diam-eter, and the ringis |- of an inchwide. This dif-fers also from thecommon ty
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . om the ring-dial care-fully described, in that it has no sliding ring, buthas two holes opposite each other, one for use in 140 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday winter, one in summer. On this page is shown anEngHsh signet ring of silver, of about 1620. The crestis a dog. The dial is less than an inch in diameter. Its companion isa brass ring-dial,either Swiss orGerman ; i^^g-inches in diam-eter, and the ringis |- of an inchwide. This dif-fers also from thecommon type inhaving only oneset of hour lines,stamped on anextra piece ofbrass, curved,within the suitablefor rings were deemed also well fitted as mottoesfor ring-dials. Mr. Evans has in his collection dialswith these familiar old lines : — ** A Ring is Round and Has No EndSo is My Love Unto My Friend, The Love is True : That I O VAs True to Me : Then C V B. As Time and Hours Pass AwaySo Doth The Life of Man Decay. In Exeter Museum is a ring-dial with the mottowhich I have seen on an old stoneware GeorgiusRex jug: —. Brass Ring-dial and Silver Dial-ring. Portable Sun-dials 141 If Mv Master Use Me WellIll fry All Others To Excell. A Stitch in TimeSaves Nine would seem incongruous for a dial, had I not alsoseen it on a tea-pot. Mottoes are, however, comparatively rare on ring-dials, for there was scant space for such engraving,especially when a list oflarge cities with their sev-eral latitudes was given. This form of ring-dialhas been used in an en-larged size, but of samegeneral shape, fixed ona block to stand on awindow-sill or table; onewith base and adjustablescrews is shown on thispage. Modern ones,suchas the one on page 142,are now sold in Londonat the shop of F. Bar-ker & Son, ClerkenwellRoad. Larger still, inone case with rings ayard in diameter, thisform of dial has beenseen as a garden-dial. One such, symbolizing theearth, is borne on the head of an Atlas of st
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