MUSEUM VAN LOON . KEIZERSGRACHT . AMSTERDAM – 3 Sundials

The attractive gardens of the Van Loon Museum contains 3 very different dials. In the centre is an armillary sphere (C19?). By the steps is a complicated early scaphe dial dated 1582. I have included B&W images, which can sometimes be useful for seeing details on multiple dials. The third dial with a weather vane is high up in the centre of the upper gallery overlooking the garden. I am trying to find out a date for it.

ARMILLARY SPHERE

SCAPHE DIAL 1578

VERTICAL DIAL AND WEATHER VANE

GSS Categories: Armillary Sphere; Cube Dial; Multi Dial; Scaphe Dial; Modern Dial; Amsterdam Dial

All photos: Keith Salvesen

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