A few weeks ago during a visit to a friend, I decided to take advantage of his computer and have a look on E-bay to see whether there was anything interesting being offered for sale. I noticed a brass ...

Check out Kerry Shrives’ appraisal of a French brass pocket sundial with compass, ca. 1700, in Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour 1. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

Sundials are not just garden ornaments. They can tell time if set up properly. They have been made for centuries, and collectors search for the flat type called "equatorial" or "equinoctial" sundials ...

Once interested in the early methods of telling time, North Little Rock's Mike Smith recalled last week how an online search for a brass sundial veered him toward decorative metal and from there to an ...

Sundials are not just garden ornaments. They can tell time if set up properly. They have been made for centuries and collectors search for the flat type called “equatorial” or “equinoctial” sundials ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Few remnants of the ancient world have survived due to their ...

Sundials are not just garden ornaments. They can tell time if set up properly. They have been made for centuries, and collectors search for the flat type called "equatorial" or "equinoctial" sundials ...

Sundials are not just garden ornaments. They can tell time if set up properly. They have been made for centuries and collectors search for the flat type called "equatorial" or "equinoctial" sundials ...

These days, you probably aren’t going to consult a sundial. But the ancient time-telling devices are all over DC, and we were curious to learn more about them. Photograph by Evy Mages.. Dedicated in ...

The brass-made gnomon (shadow casting object) of the 150-year-old sundial installed on Anicut Road in Dehri-on-Sone in Rohtas district was stolen from its stone plinth on Tuesday night. Representative ...