Celestial instruments Surviving artifact
Butterfield sundial, Cleveland 1942.490
1700s
Speculative use · Tartarian imagining
Imagine an Old World traveler adjusting a silver instrument to read the sun in another city.
An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.Where it survives
Cleveland Museum of Art collection
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Collection reference: 1942.490
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