rareoldbooks.co.uk

Octagonal slate wall sundial

Ref: A/1640
< >

Category: Garden Ornaments - Stone


Location: Le Prenorme Garden O
Source: La Gouesniere Braderie
Date: 20 July 2024
Cost: £42.16

Discounted from 60 to 50 euros.
Seller took it from the wall of his house, the annexe to the Chateau at La Chapelle-Chaussée near Becherel
He said the upper part of the design represented the god Aeolus, keeper of the winds
He thought the former presence of escutcheons dated it befor the revolution.
Numerals are arabic rather than roman
Border design looks like early renaissance - perhaps laye 16th century

The chateau was built in the 16th century and remodeled in the time of Louis XIV
In 1834 the south facade was again remodelled