19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case woman with side buns as it was claimed not

as it was claimed not once but three times on the back--and rightly so I think

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

This piece thus makes perfect sense

is clearly the oldest among them

the soluble version of Prussian blue can be used as a dye used to detect iron in tissue sections

19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case woman with side buns as it was claimed notI have an obsession with pocket sundials I love the very idea of them, a portable time teller in absence of a watch, with flip up blade at the ready to read the sun but this is only the second I've found. This one I believe is Chinese, and other similar examples I have found out there indicate specifically from Hong Kong, later 19th century, while it was under British rule. The brass angle (gnomon) can be rested flat to either side, then when ready to