"Compass And Sundial Guibout In Paris 18th Century"
Butterfield type sundial in engraved brass enclosing a compass. Gnomon engraved with a bird and scrolls. Joseph Simon GUIBOUT (1715-1780), apprentice of DELURE in 1731, he set up his own business on the Quai de l'Horloge in PARIS in 1745;