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BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 4,800 sundials in the UK which are publicly available. Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

Essex Institute, Salem , Massachusetts, USA

Image of dial 5847
1956
The dial shows 4am to 8pm in half hours, using XII and IIII, the numerals read from inside the dial. The initials IE (of John Endicott, Governor of Salem) surround the date. The solid gnomon has the rear edge scalloped, and is inscribed ’Salem’ on the west side. A circle at the root is filled with star motif. The dial is registered by NASS, and is possibly the oldest in the USA. It may now be owned by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, London.

 

Image of dial 5847
1956
Image of dial 5847
2004
Image of dial 5847
1956

Essex Institute, Salem , Massachusetts, USA, Overseas Dials

SRN Year Recorded Coords
5847 1630 2004 Location private
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Good Horizontal Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
William Bowyer London Bronze 125 a/f octagon
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