A good David Beringer Cube Sundial
€2,000
A Polyhedral Sundial from the 18th century
Circa
after 1777, before 1821
Maker
BERINGER, David
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
A polyhedral Cube Sundial by David BERINGER (1756-1821)
a so called “Wuerfelsonnenuhr”
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, after 1777.
Wood with colored engraved paper gores, brass gnomons, and rectangular base with compass.
Original condition with later brass plummet.
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WissenschaftlichesKabinet
Wissenschaftliches Kabinett
The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett is based in the inner city of Vienna, Austria and was established in 1988 by Dr. Max Weber. Later it was taken over by Simon Weber-Unger who specializes in antique scientific and natural history antiques. The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett Simon Weber-Unger exhibits at the Hofburg Antique Fair in Vienna, the Residenz Antique Fair in Salzburg, the antique scientific instrument fair in London and at antique fairs in Zurich and Munich. Simon Weber-Unger is the head of the antique scientific instrument department and antique camera department at the auction house Dorotheum in Vienna and has published articles about scientific instruments in several magazines.
