Period: XVIII century.

Provenance: French, signed Haye.

Dimensions: 8 cm x 5,9 cm

Signed HAYE A PARIS, the octagonal dial engraved on the observe with landscape of a castle, river and bridge and on the revers with a portrait of a monk with inscription Fuge tace quiesce and list of twenty two towns and latitudes, dial with traces of original silvering, in green velvet lined fish skin covered case. 8mm x 45mm x 59mm


Thomas Haye was a member of the Founders' Corporation in Paris. In 1716 he published a work on dialling entitled Regle horaire universelle pour tracer des cadrans solaire sur toutes sortes de plans reguliers, declinans & inclinez.