Mosaic and Ceramic Sundials
Including Etched Glass, Plastic, Mosaic and Ceramic Sundials
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Stained Glass Sundials: 16th & 17th Centuries (1500's & 1600's)
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Stained Glass Sundials: 20th & 21st Centuries (1900's & 2000's)
Etched Glass and Plastic Sundials
Mosaic and Ceramic Sundials

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The term "stained glass" commonly refers to any colored flat glass or any object made of this glass joined by metal strips. The term originally applied to colored or clear flat glass cut to fit an artist's design, on which details were painted with a brush using glass enamel. The glass pieces were then heated in a kiln or oven to bond and fuse the enamel to the glass surface. This firing made the painted detail as durable and permanent as the glass itself. Most stained glass sundial and religious windows from medieval times until this century were executed in this manner. In our website, we use a broader definition that includes glass colored by any means including inks and non-fired enamels. Etched glass is not stained glass. But we included a separate etched glass section in the Image Archive since they are so similar in function and use. Some sundials have both stained and etched glass pieces in them, making them difficult to classify, so I follow this rule: If most of the sundial is of stained glass, then I put it in the stained glass section, otherwise I classify it as etched glass.

Mosaic Sundials

Dial 354
Dial 208
Dial 224
The Kosumberk Dial
The Anaximander Dial Depiction
The Eye Dial

Delineator: unknown
Artisan: unknown
Date: 1920?
Original Location: e pavilon M, neurology, Kosumberk, lécebna Luže. Czech Republic
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical, faces due south
Size: 3 x 7 m (9 x 23 ft). very large!
Adornment: complex and intricate modern design of smiling sun, moon and stars with a capped cherub holding the gnomon and a very fancy border. Composed of many ceramic pieces and gold leaf.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is certainly one of the most intricate and beautiful sundials in our mosaic dial collection. It is a true work of art. Because it is so large, the artist was able to achieve fine details, precise patterns, and intricate shading and using standard sized 1 cm mosaic tiles. From a distance, it almost looks like a painting. We need better photos and more information about this magnificent sundial.
Astro.mff Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ by Marian Repáš (2006), copied from Astro.mff website. Photo ‘b’ copied from flickr website. Photo ‘c’ is a photoshopped version of photo ‘a’ that corrects perspective distortion and crops out border.
Photos: a b c
Designer & Maker: unknown, anonymous
Date: 3rd. century BC
Original Location: mosaic on a floor, Greece
Present Location: Rhineland Museum, Trier, Germany
Orientation: unknown
Size: unknown
Adornment: The mosaic shows an old man with a solar clock, generally recognized as Anaximander of Miletus in Asia Minor (c. 610-546 BC).
Mottos: none
Condition: good
Comments: This is a depiction of a sundial and is not a working sundial. The historians believe that the philosopher Anaximander found for the first time the equinoxes, the solstices and that the Earth is perfectly in the center of the celestial sphere. It also introduced the gnomon. He wrote "Around the nature", "The earth's turn", "About the fixed stars", "The sphere" and other works. A moon crater bears his name.
Article by Galanakis: (2010) The Construction of an Equatorial Sundial with a Reference to Anaximander's Skiatheron. "The British Sundial Society Bulletin" Vol. 22(iv), December. 22-25
Hans Arnfed Astel Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi Website (English Translation): Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is from The Hans Arnfed website. Photo ‘b’ is courtesy of Mario Arnaldi and is from his website.
Photos: a b
Designer and Maker: Daniela Caravita at Mos Art studios in Ravenna Italy
Date: 2004
Original Location: lat: 44° 25' N, lon: 12° 12' E. On wall. Made for a private house in Ravenna, northern Italy.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 22°45" west of south.
Size: 92 x 98 cm (36.2 x 38.6 in)
Adornment: Gnomon protrudes from the iris of a human eye. Has Solstice and Equinox lines. The bottom of the eye is the curved part of the winter Solstice line. In lower left appears: “0.22'.45” indicating the declination to the west of south
Mottos: "SOLIS ET ARTI OPUS" (A Work of Sun and Art)
Condition: good
Comments: Information was copied in 2005 from website below. Dial is made from stones and marbles in traditional ancient Roman and Ravenna Byzantine Mosaics. We are looking for better photos and more information on this dial.
Mos Art Website: Here
Mos Art Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are copied in 2005 from website above.
Photos: a

Dial 398
Dial 215
Dial 414
The Heavenly Munich Dial
The Salton Dial
The Wedding Tower Dial

Delineator & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown date in 20th Century
Original Location: unknown building in Munich Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination-unknown, but close to south,
Size: unknown
Adornment: a modernistic design of the sun with rays, the moon and stars.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown. Probably still good
Comments: We’d like to know more about this dial
Robert Sylvester’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo taken in 1996 and sent to us by Robert Sylvester in 2007.
Photos: a
Designer: Adriana Florin and Júlio Posenato, architect, for a Brazilian wine company.
Makers: Cinthia Moran Andrea, Fabiano Petozzi and Leonardo Posenato and many assistants.
Delineator: Francois Blayteron using Shadows Pro software.
Date: Inaugurated in the presence of the Mayor and press on August 25, 2000 . Next to the building is an antique chapel (Notre-Dame des Douleurs) where the ceremony was held. A chorus sang Handel's Halleluiah.
Original Location: Lat: 29° 5' S; Lon: 51° 33' W. The sundial occupies the central part of the pediment of the main building of Vinhos Salton SA in Salton Brazil
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: on vertical wall. Wall declination unknown.
Size: unknown
Adornment: Below the date, a border made of almond tree branches, with a hummingbird sipping nectar, symbolizes the harmony of nature and the love between creatures. The lateral parts are made of Italian marbles, granites and semi-precious stones, represent leaves, branches, grapes (its a wine company) and animals usually found in vines fields during grapes harvesting: birds (symbolizing music), dragonflies and butterflies - especially a blue butterfly (symbolizing poesy)- and bees (symbolizing work).
Mottos: "AD MM - PAX"(Anno Domini (year of the Lord) MM (for 2000), PAX (peace).)
Condition: excellent in 2005
Comments: Information is from website below Magnificent mosaic sundial made for the 90th anniversary of "Vinhos Salton SA", a wine company located in Salton, Brazil. It's a mixture of the Roman and Venetian styles, and is made of more than half a million pieces of Italian marbles, granites from various origins, special enamels, semi-precious stones and a special type of mosaic gold (a 24-carat slice of gold enclosed in two glass layers); the mosaic contains more than 24 kg of this material! Dial shows Solar Time. It has 15 minute hourlines and declinations lines drawn for the solstices, the equinox and each Zodiac change date. A special line drawn for the 25th of August recalls the inauguration date of "Vinhos Salton SA". It has a solid triangular sheet gnomon.
Pagesperso-orange Website: Here
Júlio Posenato Email: Here
Vinhos Salton SA Tel: 55 54 451.1611
Photo Descriptions: Photos are copied from website above. Photo ‘b’ shows shadow pointing to 3:15 pm on the Equinox. Photo ‘c’ is project sketch.
Photos: a b c
Makers and Designers: unknown.
Date of Installation: unknown for sure. Probably made in the 20th century because tower was built in 1908.
Original Location: Sundial is on the south side of the Hochzeitsturm (Wedding Tower) at the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, Germany.
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown exactly, but it is big and covers two levels of the tower. I’m guessing that the little mosaic tiles are the standard size of one centimeter. By counting the number of them in a straight line, I estimate that the dial is about 3.1 meters tall (10 ft) and 2.1 meters wide (8 ft). j.c.
Adornment: The inset circles represent the 12 signs of the zodiac.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: The German text is a poem by Rudolph Binding, and is a reflection on the transient character of life. It reads- “DER TAG GEHT ÜBER MEIN GESICHT, DIE NACHT SIE TASTET LEIS VORBEI, UND TAG UND NACHT EIN GLEICHGEWICHT, UND NACHT UND TAG EIN EINERLEI, UND EWIG KREIST DIE SCHATTENSCHRIFT, LEBLANG STEHST DU IM DUNKLEN SPIEL, BIS DICH DES SPIELES DEUTUNG TRIFFT, DIE ZEIT IST UM DU BIST AM ZIEL”.
Condition: excellent in 2008
Comments: Information is courtesy of Neil Gallop (2008). This is a fantastic mosaic sundial! A lot of work must have gone into making it.
Wedding Tower Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Super high resolution photo (3 MB) is courtesy of Neil Gallop © All rights reserved. It is from the flickr website and is used with his special written permission. Please do not use his copywrited photo without his written permission. (see his Flickr site above for contact information). Photo ‘b’ is from Google Earth.
Photos: a b

Dial 428
Dial 318
Dial 206
The Paderno Dugnano Dial
The Falcone Fountain Dial
The Falcone Wall Dial

Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown.
Date: 2001
Original Location: on via Monte Santo in Paderno Dugnano (MI) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines west of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: birds and flowers
Inscriptions: 2001
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Matilde Lamperti and was copied with her permission from Flickr website above.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: Valentino Falcone
Date: installed April 2006
Original Location: Lat: 47° 44' N; Lon: 7° 16' E. In the garden of Mr. Falcone's home at 18, Rue du 21 Novembre, 68790 Morschwiller Le Bas, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclines –15°, Declines south
Size: diameter of circular face- 125 cm (49.2 in); granite base- 145 x 130 x 57 cm (57 x 51 x 22.4 in); flagstone top- 160 x 170 x 3 cm (63 x 67 x 1.2 in). Weight- about 4 tons. Polar style is a 15.46 mm rod with a 3 cm arrow that has a hole. The fountain, in the central part of the face, has a diameter of 67 cm (26.3 in). and a depth of 25 cm (10 in).
Adornment: different flowers are between the roman numeral hours. Motto in a ribbon. Beautiful edging of orange waves on a green background.
Inscriptions: Latitude, longitude, wall declination, the words: "Falcone V", and the date
Mottos: "Sol omnibus lucet" (The sun shines for everyone)
Condition: excellent
Comments: The face is a mosaic of about 20,000 tiles of wills cérame, hand-crafted by Mr. Falcone, is surrounded by a brass strip. The tiles and the other components of the piece will withstand temperatures from – 20° to + 80° C. The metal parts, strapping and supports, are of stainless steel. The fountain is supplied by a recirculating mini-pump.
Valentino Falcone Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Valentino Falcone.
Photos: a b c d e
Designer & Maker: Valentino Falcone
Date: installed March 7th 2005
Original Location: Lat: 47° 44 12'' N; Lon: 7° 16' 36'' E. On southern wall of Mr. Falcone's home at 18 Rue du 21 Novembre, 68790 Morschwiller Le Bas, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 5° east of south
Size: length- 112 cm (44 in), height- 106 cm (41.7 in), weight- 96 kg (211 lbs). There are between 15,000 and 20,000 porcelain tiles.
Adornment: signs of the zodiac, sun in center, 7 solar declination date lines
Inscriptions: Latitude, longitude, wall declination, the words: "Falcone V", and the date
Mottos: "Horas Ne Numerem Nisi Serenas" ("I count no hours except tranquil [ones]") in a white ribbon.
Condition: Excellent
Comments: One of the finest examples of a mosaic wall sundial.
Nicola Severino Website: Here
Rosetonline Website: Here
Valentino Falcone Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Valentino Falcone.
Photos: a b c d

Dial 333
Dial 406
Dial 331
The Swindon Village Dial
The Kamienica Dial
The Mosaic Box Dial

Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: Swindon Village, Gloucestershire England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal analemmatic sundial
Size: unknown
Adornment: beautiful!
Mottos: unknown
Inscriptions: unknown
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a human interactive sundial that uses the shadow cast by a human to tell time.
Local Heritage Website: Here
Swindon Pareish Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: probably 1969 since the number ’69’ is on the dial face.
Original Location: Kamienica w rogu rynku z zegarem. Poland
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by unknown amount East of South
Size: unknown, but huge!
Adornment: zodiacal signs
Inscriptions: "XXV ROK POLSKI LUDOEJ"
Mottos: none
Condition: probably good
Comments: We need better photos and more information on this magnificent dial.
Wikimedia Website: Here
Wikimedia Commons License: Here
Flikr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo 'a' is by Macdriver (Bartek Wawraszko) in 2005 and copied from Wikimedia website below. Photo 'b' by kasmil/Krystyna and copied from Flickr website. Photo 'a' is used under terms of Wikipedia Commons license above. Photo 'b' does not require permission.
Photos: a b
Designer & Maker: Sundial designed by Merlin Design Sundials in collaboration with the client and artist Sue Edkins. Mosaic plinth designed and made by Sue Edkins.
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: unknown. Somewhere in England
Present Location: unknown. Somewhere in England
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: The sundial has a sun in the center
Mottos: unknown
Inscriptions: present, but unknown
Condition: unknown
Comments: The sundial is accurate and very well made. The plinth is a hand-made box with mosaic landscape designs on all sides.
Easyweb Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a

Dial 177
Dial 127
Dial 395
The Adzema Human Dial
The Thorp Village Dial
The Swimming Pool Dial

Designer: Robert Adzema, famous sundial designer and award winning member of The North American Sundial Society
Date: unknown, prob. 1990's
Original Location: the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York USA
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: large yellow sun in center with date line on top. Sky blue background with clouds.
Inscription: Has these user instructions: "stand on today's month and your shadow will point to the time. from November through March subtract 1 hour."
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a human analemmatic sundial mosaic made from hundreds of 1" bathroom tiles. We found this photo on Adzema's website and have contacted him asking for more information and photos.
Robert Adzema Website: Here
Robert Adzema’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: I found this photo on Adzema's website and have contacted him asking for more information and photos. j.c.
Photos: a
Designer: Robert Adzema, famous sundial designer and award winning member of The North American Sundial Society
Date: 1991
Original Location: lat: 41° 2' 30'; Lon: 35° 56' 15" W. High up on brick wall of the Thorp Village Senior Center, Box 254, Route 340, Sparkill, NY 10976-0254, USA.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 38° 14' 42" to the east of south.
Size: face- 213 x 213 cm (7 x 7 ft). gnomon length- 35.5 cm (14 in)
Adornment: Solstices and equinox lines.
Mottos: none
Condition: good, but some tiles are missing. Unfortunately, it's shaded for much of the day by a nearby tree. The tree needs pruning!
Comments: The gnomon is bronze and tilework is framed in copper. It has hundreds of 1" square ceramic bathroom tile mosaics mounted on four seamless panels. Gnomon is attached to directly to bricks underneath the dial plate. We're looking for a sunny day photo taken before the tree grew so big.
Robert Adzema Website: Here
Robert Adzema’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of John Carmichael & Mike Shaw.
Photos: a b
Designer & Mosaic Artisan: architetto Giuseppe Ferlenga
Date: begun in 2000, finished in 2001
Original Location: Lat: 45° 34’ N; Lon: 10° 34’ E. Installed next to a swimming pool in Rivoli Veronese (Verona) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: 2 m (6.5 ft)
Adornment: Pool steps follow the design of the dial’s hourlines.
Mottos: III millenio (3rd Millennium)
Condition: excellent in 2007
Comments: Information is courtesy of Giuseppe Ferlenga. Dial is made from various types of marble. The Sundial is part of a swimming pool.
Tiscali Website: Here
Giuseppe Ferlenga Website: Here
Giuseppe Ferlenga’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Giuseppe Ferlenga sent to us in 2007.
Photos: a b

Dial 323
Dial 409
Dial 214
The Koi Pond Dial
The Pharmacie Anglaise Dial
The Innsbruck Dial

Designer & Glass Artisan: M. Koehl
Date: unknown, probably early 21st century
Original Location: unknown. Somewhere in the USA
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: Beautiful artistic design of both the face and the gnomon. The gnomon is a stunning mosaic sculpture of a Koi fish jumping out of the sundial face which is a pond with swimming Koi and flowering water lilies.
Condition: unknown, but great in this photo
Comments: Very nice artwork design! The gnomon, while beautiful, could be considered gnomonically flawed since part of the shadow casting edges are curved and not flat. Without more information, it's impossible to determine if this dial's face is correctly delineated. The numerals on the face might be correct since they are closely spaced around noon and the 6 o'clock numerals line up correctly with the base of the gnomon. This dial might function as a sundial since there are no obvious design errors. I'd like to find out if the mosaic pattern is printed in the mosaic "how to" books and if there are similar twin dials of this pattern being made by others. If so, these dials may not function correctly for their owners if they are at different locations.
Inland Craft Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from Inland Craft website. It originally appeared in the "how to" booklet, "Mosaic Sundials" by M. Koehl.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: from www.gnomonica.be: "Project leader: Paul Saintenoy ?, Author of the sunDial: Silvio Tolomei"
Date: from www.gnomonica.be: "± 1895"
Original Location: from Thierry van Steenberghe: It is high up on the "Pharmacie Anglaise" at Coudenberg 66, 1000, Brussels Belgium (near the Royal Palace). This is a nice neo-gothic house which was built in 1895 on rue Montagne de la Cour at the corner of Coudenberg in central Brussels, for pharmacist, Charles Delacre, born 1826. It was designed by architect Paul Saintenoy who became famous for his "art nouveau" buildings, most notably the nearby steel frame department store "Old England" now refurbished as the Museum for Musical Instruments.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by unknown amount towards the northwest.
Size: unknown, but quite large
Adornment: an owl with red eyes, a rooster, a sunburst with golden rays
Inscriptions: none visible
Mottos: none visible
Condition: restored at unknown date, but deteriorating quickly. Many tiles are missing in the lower right quadrant and upper left edges. Tiles are very dirty.
Comments: This is a mosaic dial of small tiles of venetian glass. This important dial needs immediate restoration to save it! Please contact the authorities in Brussels to help us persuade them.
Coudenberg Map: Here
360 Degree View Website: Here
Gnomonica.be Website: Here
Kerrin Kastorf Website: Here
Willy Leenders Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: These photos were taken between 2004 and 2008 and are used here with permission of photographers: Kerrin Kastorf, Mike Isaacs, Willy Leenders, and Thierry van Steenberghe. Thanks to these people and to Patrick Powers for their information and photos. Please ask photographers for permission to use their photos.
Photos: a b c d e f g
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: 1986
Original Location: Lat: 47° 16' N; Lon: 11° 23 E. unknown location in Innsbruck Austria
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination unknown.
Size: unknown
Adornment: The sun looks sadly at the city of Innsbruck.
Mottos: none
Condition: probably good
Comments: Bizarre and evocative design uses mosaics of different sizes, colors and textures. Schwarzinger wrote: "In 1986 an artist has created a sundial in Innsbruck from mosaic stones. The sun looks sadly at the city of Innsbruck. At this time there was the accident in the nuclear power station in Chernobyl in Ukraine". We are seeking more information on this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Gianni Ferrari and Karl Schwarzinger. Gianni Ferrari forwarded us this photo that Karl Schwarzinger (Austria) sent to him in 2005.
Photos: a

Dial 407
Dial 210
Dial 209
The Miami Children's Museum Dial
The Alrakis Stone Dial
The Sidereus Wooden Dial

Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: MacArthur Causeway at The Miami Children's Museum, Watson Island, Miami Florida USA
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: major diameter- 4.9 m (16 ft)
Adornment: a simple flaming sun design
Inscriptions: "Sun" and "Dial"
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown, probably good in 2008
Comments: We need better photos of this dial.
NASS Sundial Registry Website: Here
Children’s Museum Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are copied from The NASS online registry. This is dial #573 in the NASS online registry (Florida). From NASS Registry: "Attractive analemmatic in brightly colored mosaic tiles." We need better photos.
Photos: a b c
Designer & Maker: Alrakis, a scientific instrument company in Italy.
Date: delivered in 2002
Original Location: Lat: 40° 21' N, Lon: 18° 10' E. At the Istituto di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore "L.G.M. Columella" - Lecce Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal.
Size: 5 x 4 m (196 x 157 in)
Adornment: Hourlines are white carrara marble. Green quartzite makes the Solstice and Equinox lines.
Mottos: none visible
Condition: probably excellent
Comments: Shows the dates and time. We are looking for more information on this dial.
Alrakis Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo copied from the Alrakis website.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: Vito Lecci
Date: 2002
Original Location: Lat 39° 51 N; Lon 18° 18' E. In the Astronomical Observatory “Sidereus” in the little town of Salve, near Lecce in southern Italy.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal.
Size: 60 x 60 cm (23.6 in) The 4000 mosaic pieces are each about 9 mm square.
Adornment: has date lines, the Equation of Time, motto
Mottos: "Sol omnibus lucet" (The sun shines for all)
Condition: excellent in 2005
Comments: Although this handsome mosaic is made from wood, we are including it because it is so similar to ceramic and glass mosaics and because it’s just so nice! It features walnut houlines, mahogany diurnal lines, and a rosewood gnomon. The bottom is pine. It's probably used as interior decoration since the wood will not hold up well outside. We are looking for better photographs and more information on this piece.
Sidereus Website: Here
Sidereus’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Siderous website.
Photos: a b c d

Dial 78
Dials 324 to 326 (left to right)
Dial 234
The Oracle Library Dial
The Brass & Glass Dials
The Koehl Peacock Dial

Maker: unknown
Date: late 1900's
Original Location: Oracle Public Library, American Avenue, Oracle AZ, USA 85623
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: 91.5 cm (4 ft)
Adornment: At the north point is a graph of the Equation of Time and at the south point is the bright face of a sun. Ringing the dial is an inscription. Base is a concrete "flower" approximately 2 feet high. Dial is white ceramic with tile edging. Hour lines are bright arrows.
Mottos: undetermined
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a brightly colored ceramic tile mosaic dial. Hour lines adjusted for local longitude. Nearby, is an approximately 3.8 m (15 ft) long Noon Mark or Meridian Line with the months of the year marked on it. The shadow is cast by a small electric power pole. We are looking for more information and better photos of this dial.
Arizona Highways Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: I have forgotten the source of this photo. My apologies to the phgotographer. j.c.
Photos: a
Designer and Glass Artisan: unknown
Date: unknown, probably early 21st century
Original Location: unknown. Somewhere in the USA
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: the molded designs on the brass sundial faces are a hummingbird (Dial 324), grapes (Dial 325), and angels (Dial 326). The brass sundials are surrounded by a borders of leaded stained glass mosaics.
Condition: unknown, but good in this photo
Comments: These are just ornamental dials and can not function because they are gnomonically flawed. The brass dials are mass-produced cast ornamental sundials with curved gnomons. But the idea of putting a mosaic border around a metal sundial is artistically a good one.
Garden Ponds Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: Dial 324: a
Photos: Dial 325: a
Photos: Dial 326: a
Delineator: unknown
Glass Artisan: Mary Koehl
Date: unknown, late 1900s or early 2000s
Original Location: On pedestal at unknown location in the USA.
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: stained glass mosaic of a peacock. The body is the gnomon. The bird's tail feathers are on the face.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: It's unknown if the Koel's sundials are properly delineated for specific locations and if they are accurate. We cannot locate Mary Koehl. We are looking for better photos and more information about her sundials. She wrote a booklet called: "Mosaic Sundials by Mary Koehl" that is for sale.
Inland Craft Website: Here
YGlass Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied in 2005 from Inland Craft website.
Photos: a

Dial 332
Dial 219
Dial 216
The Tunmarsh Centre Dial
The Burnham Dial
The Peacock Dial

Designer & Maker: Douglas Hunt of 'Sunclocks'
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: New Tunmarsh Centre, (east London, UK).
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal analemmatic sundial with human gnomon
Size: unknown
Adornment: a date-scale in mosaic, using different colors for each 'month'. Beautiful hour marks.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a human interactive sundial that uses the shadow cast by a human to tell time.
Sunclocks Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer and Maker: unknown
Delineator: unknown
Date: unknown, probably 1990s or early 2000s
Original Location: Lat: 51° 32' N, Lon: 0° 39' W; unknown place in Burnham England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: about 1.5 m (5 ft) square
Adornment: A tree without leaves in the centre of a 12-point flaming sun, the four cardinal points labelled N, S, E, W. Around the W, N and E sides the hour numerals (Arabic), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Note that the dial is laid in a path that runs a few degrees west of north, and the compass points and hour numerals are correctly aligned to true north, hence not central in the design.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: on the S of the W side "GMT". On the S of the E side "FOR BST ADD I HR". Along the S side "I [?] WAS COMMISSIONED BY / BURNHAM PARISH COUNCIL / TO CELEBRATE THE MILLENNIUM"
Condition: very good
Comments: brick, ceramic tile and cobblestone mosaic dial. It is a rather strange design since it uses pebbles and has no gnomon. Presumably you are supposed to use a walking stick for the gnomon! But it looks as if it is properly, if approximately, delineated. We are seeking more information on this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of John Foad (taken in 2005). Photo ‘b’ is map of Burnham.
Photos: a b
Designer & Maker: Matz Lamdan, Israeli mosaic artist.
Delineator: unknown
Date: unknown. probably early 2000's.
Original Location: Lat: 31.7° N; Lon: 35.3° E. In The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, Israel.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown, but looks to be "coffee table" size.
Adornment: a peacock with tail feathers open and raised Roman numerals. The subject of the peacock was chosen for its symbolical guarding of the Garden of Paradise, and for its ability to fan out its feathers to show the sunny hours for the sundial.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a crude mosaic with oddly sized pieces. Appears to have a perpendicular vertical gnomon. Donated by a woman from San Diego who supports the Zoo's educational facilities.
Yonina's Sculpture Website: Here
Matz Lamdan Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is copied from Yonina's Sculpture Website.
Photos: a

Dial 399
Dial 343
Dial 378
The Parma Italy Dial
The Sabadell Dial
The Svetlogorsk Dial

Designer & Mosaic Artisan: architetto Giuseppe Ferlenga
Date: finished 31 December 1999
Original Location: On sundial it says: “Lat: 44° 42' 23" N, Lon: 10° 12' 55" E”. in Salabaganza (Parma) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: 12 m (39 ft)
Adornment: Eight types of different marbles have been employed. All numbers and inscriptions were done with set-joint of two marbles. Compass rosette in center. Date, Lat. & Long.
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent in 2007
Comments: Information is courtesy of Giuseppe Ferlenga. The buyer who commissioned the dial wanted it to be completed on Dec. 31 1999 so that it would be the last important sundial of the second millennium. It appears that there is a working weathervane in the center attached to the top of the gnomon with a shaft that connects to the wind direction arrow which is just above a compass rosette on the face. More photos are on the website below
Giuseppe Ferlenga Website: Here
Giuseppe Ferlenga’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Giuseppe Ferlenga sent to us in 2007.
Photos: a b
Designer & Maker: Eduard Farré
Date: 1986
Original Location: Lat: 41° 35’ N; Lon: - 2° 07’ E. Plaça Primer de Maig, Sabadell Catolonia Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal analemmatic human sundial
Size: Ellipse measures 12 x 8 (39 x 26 ft)
Adornment: Numbers, inscription and analemma are inlayed brass. Background has large blue stars and other impressionistic artistic designs made from different types of stone inlays.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: months on analemma are in the Catalan language.
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a large beautiful human interactive sundial that was intended to use the shadow cast by a human to tell time. Unfortunately, it is gnomonically flawed in two ways. It incorrectly has an analemma instead of a straight date line. Also, it’s so large that the user’s shadow is far too short to reach the hour markers. This otherwise beautiful mosaic dial must have cost a lot of money to build so it really is unfortunate that it suffers from these two common analemmatic sundial design errors.
Members.aon Website: Here
Analematic Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied from websites above.
Photos: a b c d
Delineator: unknown
Artisan: unknown
Date: original construction date is unknown for sure, but was probably in 1973
Original Location: Lat: 54.94609° N; Lon: 20.15158° E. In Svetlogorsk Russia
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: diameter-10 m (33 ft)
Adornment: Complex and intricate modern design with the zodiacal signs
Mottos: unknown
Inscriptions: unknown
Condition: An old photo (Photo ‘d’), taken at an unknown date, shows the dial as being nearly destroyed with many of the ceramic tiles missing and crumbling away. Aleksandr Boldyrev says that he saw the dial in 2000 and it was nearly destroyed. He saw it again in 2006 and photographed it (Photo ‘b’). The new photo shows the restored and repaired dial with a new fence around it implying that the dial was restored sometime between 2000 and 2006.
Comments: In 1973 a new promenade and staircases with 265 steps were built to the Baltic Sea. The difference in height between bottom and top steps is 35.6 meters. The descent leads directly to the sundial on the promenade. The dial is a colorful puzzle. In its center is a gnomon the shadow of which shows the time. The gnomon is oriented for the Pole Star and is placed at an angle of 55 degrees (the latitude of Svetlogorsk). We need better photos that show the design of the face. And we need more information about this sundial.
Virtualtourist Website: Here
Redingo Website: Here
mooseonthemove’s Flickr Website: Here
Andrey Bardadym’s Flickr Website: Here
Therkd’s Flickr Website: Here
art_pi’s Flickr Website: Here
Olga Zvereva’s Flickr Website: Here
Aleksandr Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘d’ shows pre-restoration. Others are post-restoration. Photo ‘b’ was sent to us by Aleksandr Boldyrev. Photos ‘a’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’, ‘f’, ‘g’ were copied with permission from websites above. Photo ‘g’ was taken by Andrey Bardadym © All rights reserved. We have his permission to post it. Photo ‘h’ was taken by THERKD © All rights reserved. We have his permission to post it. Photo ‘i’ is by art_pi © All rights reserved, and is used with permission.
Photos: a b c d e f g h i

Dial 218
Dial 100
Dial 213
The Kfar Masaryk Dial
The Ronse Dial
The Institute of Surveyors Dial

Designer: unknown
Maker: unknown
Delineator: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 32.9° N; Lon: 35.1° E. on the lawn next to the dininghall entrance, near a pedestrian pass way (about 50 meters, or so, from the dining hall building) in a Kibbutz - "Kfar Masaryk", just south of Akko, Israel.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown, but large.
Adornment: unknown. Not clear in this photo.
Mottos: unknown
Inscriptions: has inscription that means: "50th (anniversary) of Kfar Massarik".
Condition: unknown
Comments: Information is from website below. This is a beautiful colorful mosaic sundial with thin triangular sheet gnomon. We are looking for better photos of this dial.
The Israel sundial trail Website: Here
Kfar Masaryk Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is copied from website above. Photo ‘b is map of Kfar Masaryk.
Photos: a b
Designer: Pjeroo Robjee
Construction: Gino Tondat
Date: 1984
Original Location: Lat: 50.7°N, Lon: 3.6° E, Municipal Library in Ronse, Belgium
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: The major axis of the elliptical-shaped dial is about 7 m (23 ft).
Adornment: The grotesque figures in the mosaic are mostly inspired by the signs of the zodiac: crab near the number VII, scales between X and XI, the virgin at noon, Aquarius between III and V, scorpion next to the VII at right. Quadrupeds (ram, bull, lion, goat?) dwell between IV and V at left, one next to the crab, and at right between VII and VIII. Can't find the archer or twins. Monster at the lower left may be a fish? Contributions are welcome!
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: a beautiful glass mosaic analemmatic dial inspired by the Dr. Ovide Decroly School. They consider this object as an educational-didactical concept. Hour points from IV to VIII local time with an analemma drawn around date line with the names of the months alongside written in Latin: JANUARIUS, FEBRUARIUS, MARTIUS, APRILIS, MAIUS, JUNIUS, JULIUS, AUGUSTUS, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. It uses a human standing on the date to cast a shadow that indicates the time. Unfortunately, this is a flawed design since the dial should have a straight date line instead of an analemma. This causes errors in the time readings.
Frans Maes Website: Here
Gino Tondat Website: Here
Stadt Ronse Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: I’ve forgotten where this photo came from. My apologies to the photographer. j.c.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: probably 2000
Original Location: Lat: 35° 15' S; Lon: 174° 7' E. In the Thousand Islands region at a beautiful location on Maiki Hill, Russell (Kororareka), Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown exactly, but very large. The gnomon is about 6 feet tall.
Adornment: unknown. The design is not clearly visible in these photos, but it looks like a map is depicted on the dial face.
Mottos: unknown
Inscriptions: unknown
Condition: Looks like some of the mosaic tiles might be missing, but it’s difficult to tell for sure from these photos.
Comments: This is the centennial sundial for The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors. We are looking for more information and better photos of this nice dial.
Russell Website: Here
Survey and Planning Website: Here
Bill Hetzel’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘a’ and ‘b’ are © Kim Kavin from Power and Motoryacht website (page not available anymore). Photo ‘a’ shows Yacht Charter broker Barbara Stork examining it in Russell in publicity photos. Photo ‘c’ is courtesy of Bill Hetzel who sent it to us in 2008.
Photos: a b c

Dial 1
Dial 2
Dial 3
The Dragonfly Dial
The King Tut Dial
The Carousel Horse Dial

Maker: Amy R. Handford
Date: Late 1900's. early 2000's
Original Location: St. Paul MN USA. This sundial is ornamental and not designed for any particular location.
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: dragonfly on flower
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is from a series of similar dials that Handford calls "stepping stone stained glass sundials". They are made from cast concrete with inlaid stained glass. They do not tell time precisely because the decorative gnomons have a nonlinear irregular shadow casting edge, and I doubt they were delineated correctly. j.c.
Amy's Art Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Maker: Amy R. Handford
Date: Late 1900's. early 2000's
Original Location: St. Paul MN USA. This sundial is ornamental and not designed for any particular location.
Present Location: Dallas Texas
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: King Tut
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is from a series of similar dials that Handford calls "Stepping stone stained glass sundials". They are made from cast concrete with inlaid stained glass. They do not tell time precisely because the decorative gnomons have a nonlinear irregular shadow casting edge, and I doubt they were delineated correctly. j.c.
Amy's Art Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos was copied from website above.
Photos: a b
Maker: Amy R. Handford
Date: Late 1900's. early 2000's
Original Location: St. Paul MN USA. This sundial is ornamental and not designed for any particular location.
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: horse on carousel
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is from a series of similar dials that Handford calls "Stepping stone stained glass sundials". They are made from cast concrete with inlaid stained glass. They do not tell time precisely because the decorative gnomons have a nonlinear irregular shadow casting edge, and I doubt they were delineated correctly. j.c.
Amy's Art Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a

 
 
 
Dial 99
 
 
The Torquay Human Shadow Dial
 

  Sundial Delineator: Ian Sells
Artwork Designers and Installers: local artists, Claire Gittings & Glen Romanis and a crew of 4 others.
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 38° 19' 30" S, Lon:144° 19' 45" E. Adjacent to the corner of Esplanade and Darian Road at Fisherman's Beach, Torquay Victoria, Australia
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: width- 4 to 5 m (157 to 196 in) concrete slab- 8 m (314 in)
Adornment: elaborate artwork represents a number of traditional dreaming stories of the Wathaurong aboriginal people, including Mindii, the ever watchful Snake and Bunjil, the Eagle, Creator and Overseer. The analemma is the eagle's body.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: Elaborate Analemmatic interactive sundial that uses a person's body for the gnomon. Standing on the date, a human's body casts a shadow that indicates the time. Unfortunately, this is a flawed design since the dial should have a straight date line instead of an analemma. This causes errors in the time readings. Dial contains about 120,000 glass tiles! Project initiated by the Lions Club. We are looking for better more information on this beautiful dial.
Frans Maes Website: Here
Torquay Website: Here
Photo h original on Flickr Website: Here
Photo i original on Flickr Website: Here
Photo j original on Flickr Website: Here
Linda Grimble’s Flickr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘a’ to ‘j’ came from Frans Maes website, others came from websites that are now offline. Photo ‘g’ is a satellite photo from Google Earth. Photos ‘h’, ‘i’, ‘j’ are by Fil Allen from his ‘Funky Plum’ photostream on the Flickr website above. Photo ‘k’ is by Linda Grimble © All rights reserved, and is used with permission. Photos “l” thru “y” are by Peter Jacobs and were taken on a cloudy day in 2010.
Photos: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y
 

Dial 434
Dial 217
Dial 211
The Bowls and Plates Dial 
The Britwell Dial
The Blue Garden Dial

Delineator: Rob Brown, member of NASS. Tel- 503-724-2497
Ceramic Artist: Julie Brown, wife of Rob Brown
Date: unknown
Original Location: unknown school in Lake Oswego Oregon, near Portland Oregon, USA
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination- vertical, Declination- direct South
Size: unknown
Adornment: a colorful theme made with all sorts of common household metal hardware, bowls and plates. It has a pretty steel rod gnomon with decorative tip. Very Unique!
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comments: This is a most imaginative mosaic dial because the artist incorporated many odd three dimensional objects not usually seen in mosaics. Also, he artist did not want typical hour numerals. Instead she placed small red ceramic tiles into he grouted hour lines. The number of tiles represents the hour numerals for each hour. The gnomon rod was securely placed into a drilled hole in a piece of wood that is hidden underneath the surface. We hope that Julie and Rob Brown collaborate to make more mosaic sundials in the future.
The Brown’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are by John Carmichael. I give permission to anybody to use these photos.
Photos: a b c
Designer: Rob Turner
Maker: Gary Drostle, accomplished English painter and mosaic artist.
Delineator: Christopher St.J. H. Daniel FSA
Date: 2002
Original Location: Lat: 51.5° N; Lon: 0.6° W. Monksfield Park, Britwell in Slough, close to West London England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown, but large
Adornment: the theme is of time, locality and the stars
Mottos: unknown
Condition: Excellent in these photos taken in 2005. But dial has some graffiti, is soiled by bird droppings, and needs cleaning.
Comments: Information is from website below. Slough Borough Council’s Parks and Allotments Section commissioned public art for the park. The aim was to enhance the park through a project that would involve local people in the regeneration of the area. This offered people the opportunity to work with professional artists and to learn new skills as well as provide a focal point for the park. The dial was designed following workshops that Gary and Rob ran with the local school, youth centre and play centre. The young people worked on the theme of time, locality and the stars. The sundial also acts as a bench on its raised platform. There are two dials (L.A.T.) one for the summer and one for the winter. The mosaic was constructed from vitreous glass and ceramic tesserae with a powder coated steel gnomon in the centre.
Drostle Website Website: Here
Slough Website: Here
Gary Drostle’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of John Foad.
Photos: a b c d e
Designer & Maker: A French lady named Hurfane made it. We don't know the dialist who delineated it.
Date: unknown, but the sundial was probably made in the late 20th Century.
Original Location: Lat: 48° 19' N, Lon: 1° 6 E. In The Blue Garden at Les Jardins de la Feuilleraie (The Mosaic Gardens) of Happonvilliers, near Chartres, France.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination is unknown, but it’s not south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: The traveler represents time, passing irretrievably from future to past. A nearby compass rose confirms that the dial doesn't face due south - its angles had to be modified to allow for this. At its base six panels show different constellations of the night sky."
Mottos: present, but not readable in this photo
Condition: probably good
Comments: Information is from website below. For the past 20 years, Hurfane has been creating a vast mosaic landscape deep in the rolling countryside of the French region of Perche d'Eure et Loir. Her work falls into two main gardens: the pink and the blue gardens. The focus of the blue garden is the sundial." They are open during summer, in the afternoons of Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays, and possibly by appointment. It would be a good idea to check with local tourist information offices.
The Joy of Shards Website: Here
Feuilleraie Email: Here
Hurfane's Tel: 02 37 29 59 20
Photo Descriptions: Photos copied from Joy of Shards website.
Photos: a

Dial 415
Dial 416
Dial 437
The Lloc Nou de Saint Jeroni Dial
The Cardedeu Dial
The Hemispherium Mosaic Dial

Delineator: notable Spanish dialist, Joan Olivares
Ceramic Artist: constructed by Rafael Amorós and Joan Olivares
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lloc Nou de Saint Jeroni in Valencia Spain.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comments: This is an interesting vertical ring sundial made from ceramic ‘trencadís’.
Joan Olivares Website: Here
Otos Valencia Map Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘b’ and ‘c’ were sent to us by Joan Olivares. Photo ‘a’ is a cropped version of photo ‘b’
Photos: a b c
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: Marbel
Date: unknown
Original Location: Carretera de Cànoves s/n, km 0.2- Cardedeu, Catalonia, Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by unknown amount, but it might be due south from looking at the photo.
Size: unknown
Adornment: This is a colorful modernistic design with stylized nuns, dove, trees, moon, and earth.
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: We need better high resolution photos of this dial.
Gnomonica Website: Here
Conxita Bou Vilalta’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is from the gnomonica.cat website and was sent to us by Conxita Bou Vilalta in 2009. Photo is used with permission from gnomonica.cat. Please do not copy this photo without permission.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Mosaic Artist: Tammy Easton
Date: 2008
Original Location: This was put on display in June of 2008 as part of a public art event in Racine Wisconsin USA 2008 called Sphere Madness. The location for which it was designed is not known. It was auctioned off to the highest bidder in Sept, 2008.
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: equatorial
Size: unknown
Inscriptions: unknown
Mottos: unknown
Condition: excellent in 2008
Comments: We’d like more information and other photos of this dial. Artists were given a white sphere on a base and a sponsoring company paid for the art supplies to create an original work of art.
Photo Descriptions: Photos are by Kathy (last name unknown) and are used with her permission.
Photo ‘a’ Flickr Website: Here
Photo ‘b’ Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b

Dial 444
Dial 404
Dial 446
The Argyle Square Human Height Dial
The Manuel Raspall Dial
A Flawed Mosaic Dial

Delineator: Andrea Tomaselli’s Italian Porphyry group. Commissioned by the City of Melbourne to recognize Italian migration to Australia.
Ceramic Artists: Builders 2 Construct and O’Connor & Sons Stonemasons
Date: installed in 2005
Original Location: Lat: 37° 48’ 8.78” S, Lon: 144° 57’ 57.19” E. At Argyle Square on Lygon St. in the suburb of Carlton, Melbourne Victoria, Australia. The square is referred to as Carlton's "Piazza Italia" since it seems two Australians went to Italy to study the art of working in this sort of stone and came back and built the square.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: 45 m. x 45 m. (147 ft. x 147 ft.)
Adornment: interesting spiral design that draws the eyes to the dial.
Inscriptions: unknown
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent in 2010
Comments: This is a rare interactive type of sundial that uses a human gnomon. The user stands on a height mark that is labled with the user’s height. The shadow of the top of user’s head incates the time. Dial face is made from porphyry cobblestone, and possibly marble and bronze. According to the infolink website below: “The design of the solar clock is the work of Andrea Tomaselli’s Italian Porphyry group and continues their fascination with time pieces and public space. In order to make the 45 m2 solar clock (or sundial) keep the correct time, the stonemasonry had to be exact and so GPS equipment was used to ensure the stone laying was totally precise. All this added an extra layer of complexity and challenge to the job”. The instructions say that the reader should face South towards the city of Melbourne. People may not realise looking south is away from the centre of the dial. People may forget that the sun is to the North in Australia.
References: Much of this information was supplied by dialists Patrick Powers, Fer de Vries, and Roderick Wall who found the websites below. Thank you!
Flickr Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Infolink Website: Here
Porphry Website: Here
Italian Porphry Website: Here
Another Website: Here
Another Website: Here
Another Website: Here
Another Website: Here
Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Roderick Wall and were taken in 2010 on an overcast day. Photos ‘a’ thru ‘e’ show the dial face. Photo ‘f’ shows the human gnomon height marks. Photo ‘g’ shows the instruction plaque. There are more photos in the websites above.
Photos: a b c d e f g
Designer & Maker: Manuel Raspall
Date: 1910
Original Location: Home of Juli Barbey and Poinsard (la Garriga-Vallès Oriental-Catalunya), Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly east of south.
Size: approximately 1.8 x 1.5 m (71 x 59 in)
Adornment: smiling sun, leaves and flowers- typical modernist decorations.
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: probably good
Comments: very handsome!
Tiscali Website: Here
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘c’ is copied from website above and is by ca-user-amadalvarez taken in 2007. licensed by the copyright holder under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License below. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to the one above. Other photos were taken by Conista Bou Vilalta in 2009 and sent to us by her.
Photos: a b c d
Delineator: unknown
Mosaic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Unknown. Probably somewhere in France because inscriptions are in French.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declination unknown.
Size: unknown
Adornment: none
Inscriptions: AVEC TOI SOLEIL JE REVIS
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent in 2010
Comments: This is a mosaic dial. We’d like more information about this dial. While pretty to look at, it appears that this dial is severely flawed because it was improperly designed. The gnomon is perpendicular and is not oriented to the polar axis. The hour marks are also improperly located for this type of gnomon.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is a photoshopped copy of photo ‘b’ which is by Elisebetta Cacioppo Nessuno
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b

Dial 458
Dial 459
Dial 448
The Swallows Dial
The Holy Spirit Dial
The Studbrak Bielefeld Dial

Delineator: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Artist: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Date: 2009
Original Location: Aleksandr Boldyrev’s workshop in Moscow Russia
Present Location: Aleksandr Boldyrev’s workshop in Moscow Russia
Orientation: Inclination: horizontal
Size: Small 10 x 10 mm tiles are on a round concrete base that is 850 mm (33 in) in diameter, and 45 mm (1.77 in) thick.
Adornment: a beautiful mosaic dial! Swallows against blue sky is a favorite theme on antique mosaics. Ancient Greeks considered swallows as birds that bring spring, and the image of these birds accelerates its arrival. But even when it is cloudy and cold, and all swallows have departed to warm countries, how pleasant it is to see the blue sky and to recollect the summer!
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: excellent in November of 2009
Comments: We are seeking more information about this dial- specifically, were it is located today.
Photos Website: Here
Photos ‘b’ and ‘c’ Website: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Description: Photos are courtesy of Aleksandr Boldyrev, and he sent them to us.
Photos: a b c d e f
Delineator and Gnomon: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Mosaic Artists: Irina Volkova, Eugeny Volkov.
Date: installed on June, 2009
Original Location: Lat. 55° 50’ 02.97” N, Lon.38° 05’ 02.46” E. On a brick wall of unknown home in unknown private sundial park in the village of Shevelkino near Moscow Russia. It is on the same building as Dials 460, 461 and 462.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination: vertical, Declination: West
Size: Small 10 x 10 mm mosaic tiles. Dimensions of face- 1.5 x 1.5 m (59 x 59 in)
Adornment: a beautiful mosaic dial! In the uppermost part of the sundial on the clouds background is a white pigeon, a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The background represents the transition of night into day and is decorated by images of the sun, moon and stars. In the bottom part of the dial is the logo of the Church - "the Orthodox Encyclopedia".
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: excellent in November of 2009
Comments: We are seeking more information about this dial- specifically, were exactly it is located. The perpendicular rod gnomon indicates the days of equinoxes and solstices.
Photo ‘a’ Website: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Description: Photos are courtesy of Aleksandr Boldyrev, and he sent them to us.
Photos: a b
Delineator: unknown
Mosaic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown but probably old
Original Location: unknown building in Studbrak Bielefeld, Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declination unknown
Size: unknown, but it is quite large
Adornment: large sunface in center
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: missing some mosaic tiles
Comments: We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photos by © O de Andrade's
Flickr Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b c

Dial 460
Dial 461
Dial 462
The Angel Dial
The Acacia Dial
The Swallows and Bell Tower Dial

Delineator and Gnomon: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Mosaic Artists: Irina Volkova, Eugeny Volkov.
Date: installed on June, 2009
Original Location: Lat. 55° 50’ 2.97” N, Lon. 38° 05’ 2.46” E. On a brick wall of unknown home in unknown private sundial park in the village of Shevelkino near Moscow Russia. It is on the same building as Dials 459, 461 and 462.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination: vertical, Declination: East
Size: Small 20 x 20 mm mosaic tiles. Dimensions of face- 2 x 1.7 m (78 x 70 in)
Adornment: a beautiful mosaic tile dial! In the left top part of the device there is an image of an angel. Dial looks like a scroll.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: present, but they are in Russian. We don’t know what they say in English.
Condition: excellent in November of 2009
Comments: We are seeking more information about this dial- specifically, were exactly it is located. The perpendicular rod gnomon indicates the days of equinoxes and solstices and also points at seven anniversary lines.
Photo ‘a’ Website: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Description: Photos are courtesy of Aleksandr Boldyrev, and he sent them to us.
Photos: a b c
Delineator and Gnomon: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Mosaic Artists: Irina Volkova, Eugeny Volkov.
Date: installed on June, 2009
Original Location: Lat. 55° 50’ 2.97” N, Lon. 38° 05’ 2.46” E. On a brick wall of unknown home in unknown private sundial park in the village of Shevelkino near Moscow Russia. It is on the same building as Dials 459, 460 and 462.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination: vertical, Declination: South
Size: Small 10 x 10 mm mosaic tiles. Dimensions of face- 1.6 by 1.4m (63 x 55 in)
Adornment: a beautiful mosaic tile dial! Features a golden sun image at the top. Below, there are flying swallows and an inkwell with an ancient feather against a celestial blue background. In the bottom part of the dial are a branch of white acacia, a cleanliness symbol, and the broken prison key.
Mottos: In the top part of the sundial above the sun image there is a motto "All comes in due time for those who are able to wait".
Inscriptions: none except the motto
Condition: excellent in November of 2009
Comments: We are seeking more information about this dial- specifically, were exactly it is located. The perpendicular rod gnomon indicates the days of equinoxes and solstices.
Photo ‘a’ Website: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Description: Photos are courtesy of Aleksandr Boldyrev, and he sent them to us.
Photos: a b c
Delineator and Gnomon: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Mosaic Artists: Irina Volkova, Eugeny Volkov.
Date: installed on June, 2009
Original Location: Lat. 55° 50’ 2.97” N, Lon. 38° 05’ 2.46” E. On a brick wall of unknown home in unknown private sundial park in the village of Shevelkino near Moscow Russia. It is on the same building as Dials 459, 460, and 461.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination: vertical, Declination: northern
Size: Small 10 x 10 mm mosaic tiles. Dimensions of face- 1.4 x 1.3 m (55 x 51 in)
Adornment: a beautiful mosaic tile dial! On a sky blue background are three pairs of swallows. In the left part of the dial the bell tower of the monastery of St. Seraphim Sarovsky is drawn. In the bottom part of the dial is an image of a convolvulus.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: excellent in November of 2009
Comments: This is a rare north facing dial. We are seeking more information about this dial- specifically, were exactly it is located. The beautiful unique gnomon is made of sheet brass and measures local and standard time.
Photo ‘a’ Website: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Description: Photos are courtesy of Aleksandr Boldyrev, and he sent them to us.
Photos: a b c d e f

Ceramic Sundials

Dial 353
Dial 101
Dial 456
The Bonata Double Dial
The Sky of Ravenna Dial
The Joesler Home Dial

Delineator: Diego Bonata
Artistic Design: Diego Bonata
Ceramic Artisan: Diego Bonata
Date: 1998
Original Location: in the sanctuary that saw Pope grow Giovanni XXIII, in S. Gregorio (BG) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by unknown amount.
Size: unknown. There are over 10 square meters of ceramics.
Adornment: impressionistic style on ceramics of Forlì. Golden spiral with vertical gnomon in center. Overlaid with two bowtie shaped blue sundial faces with date lines. Four interesting unidentified human figures in each corner.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: present, but unreadable in these photos
Condition: excellent
Comments: This is Mr. Bonata’s personal favorite sundial. I can not determine why there are two sundial faces using one gnomon. Original photos appear to be from the inauguration ceremony.
Vialattea Website: Here
Photo a on Flickr Website: Here
Photo b on Flickr Website: Here
Diego Bonata’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘b’ and ‘c’ are courtesy of Diego Bonata and he sent them to us. Photos ‘a’ and ‘d’ are courtesy of Marsala Florio from Flickr webpages above.
Photos: a b c d
Designer: Mario Arnaldi
Ceramic Artisan: unknown
Date: 1996 or 1997
Original Location: Planetario di Ravenna, Italy. lat: 44° 25' N, lon: 12° 12' E.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: undetermined
Size: overall- 7 x 4 m (22 x 13 ft). Each tile- 60 x 60 cm (24 x 24 in)
Adornment: In the upper left corner is a separate sundial that shows the solar azimuth and altitude. In the middle on the left, there's an Easter table arranged for modern time. The original from the 6th century is in the bishop's museum. In the big center dial are stars in the sky, inspired by the ceiling of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia, near the San Vitale church. Some stars indicate the solar noon in several world capitals. On the right there's a meridian line with mean time and solar declination.
Mottos: “Felicis Horae Ravennae"
Condition: good
Comments: Mr. Arnaldi calls his large ceramic wall dial the "Il cielo di Ravenna". First he painted the dial to scale on a wood panel. A studio then transferred the image to the tiles by electronic imaging using a plotter that had three spray guns with ceramic colors. Then another studio fixed the colors with fluid glass. Information was updated in June 2005.
Planetario di Ravenna Website: Here
Digilander Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘a’ and ‘b’ are courtesy of Mike Cowham. Other photos courtesy of John Carmichael (taken in 2007).
Photos: a b c d e f g
Designer, Delineator: John L. Carmichael, sundial maker and member of The British and North American Sundial Societies.
Ceramic Makers: John W. Murphey Company, Tucson AZ
Gnomon Maker: Doug Thompson Studios
Dates: constructed in Jan 2011
Design Location: Lat: 32° 18' 28.8" N, Lon: 110° 55' 31.95" W. On the southern wall of an historic home designed by Josias Joesler in the foothills of Tucson Arizona USA.
Present Location: at design location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 18.0 degrees East of South
Size: 84 x 60 inches (213 x 152 cm) with 8” tiles and 74” (187 cm) gnomon
Adornment: hand painted porcelain ceramic tiles, and a colonial Spanish style gnomon
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: Excellent.
Comments: The home owner found a long lost architectural drawing of his historic Josias Joesler home in the archives of Tucson. A crude gnomonically flawed drawing of a wall sundial was on those plans, but the sundial had never been built. The new owner of the home contacted John Carmichael and contracted him to design an accurate sundial based on Josler’s original drawing.
Sundial Sculptures Website: Here
John Carmichael’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are by John Carmichael and were taken in Jan 2011. Everybody has my permission to use these photos.
Photos: a b c d e f

Dial 452
Dial 317
Dial 316
The Dundas Dial
The Carmichael Wall Sconce Dial
The Carmichael Sundial Cupola

Delineator: John L. Carmichael Jr. at Sundial Sculptures in Tucson AZ USA
Porcelain Maker: KVO Industries, Inc. - Manufacturers of the World's Finest Porcelain Enamel Signs
Owners: Dawn and Mike Razem
Date: installed September 2010
Original Location: Lat: 43.2718° N, Lon: 79.9617° W. high up on southerly wall of private brick home at 76 Sundial Crescent, Dundas Ontario Canada L9H 7R8
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declines 14.73° West of Due South
Size: 38” (1 meter) diameter, 2” thick
Adornment: a yellow sunface
Inscriptions: Wintertime, Sumertime markings
Mottos: CARPE DIEM
Condition: excellent in 2010
Comments: I designed this sundial for the wall of a beautiful red brick home near Toronto Canada. The home owners ordered it for the wall of their home because their street is named “Sundial Crescent”. They also love sundials. They wanted the sundial to be colorful, durable and maintenance free, so we decided to make the face from colored porcelain that was kiln-fired onto a 3/32” thick 38” diameter steel plate. Porcelain on steel is the most durable sundial face material that allows colors to be used. It will never fade or chip with time. If you want a colorful sundial, nothing beats porcelain for durability, longevity, and colors. The bezel is white powder-coated aluminum. Many old clock faces in Europe are made from porcelain and they are just as pretty now as they were two hundred years ago. The dial has an unusual nodus-based (or point-in-space) gnomon. One easily tells the time and date from looking at the center of the shadow cast by the 7/8” brass ball. The top curved line on the face is the winter solstice. The central angled straight line is the equinox line. And the bottom curved line is the summer solstice. The dial indicates Daylight Saving Time and is corrected for longitude. It includes a Solar Noon Mark at 1:19pm. As far as I know, as of this writing (2010), this is the only porcelain dial in Canada and is the largest porcelain dial in North America.
Photo Descriptions: Photos are by Dawn Razem and John Carmichael
Sundial Sculptures Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
KVO Industries Website: Here
Photos: a b c d
Delineator, Designer: John Carmichael
Artisans: KVO industries laser cut the steel dial face and fired the porcelain onto it. John Carmichael did the stained glasswork, assembled and installed the piece.
Date: installed April 14 2006
Original Location: Lat: 38.98° N., Lon: 94.61° W. On a southeastern brick wall of a private home in Leawood Kansas USA (near Kansas City). No public access.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical, Declines 63.312° east of south
Size: Dial Face only- 51.9 cm (20.425 in), Entire piece- 85.72 cm (33.751 in)
Adornment: A hummingbird native to Kansas is in lower left. The colorful porcelain yellow, blue and orange face design is accented by an opalescent stained glass border of orange and yellow sunrays on a sky blue background.
Inscriptions: The face has Daylight Saving and Standard Time hour numerals labeled "Summertime" and "Wintertime" respectively. The latitude, the longitude, the designer's initials, and the design date appear.
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent in 2009
Comments: At night, the piece functions as an electric decorative wall sconce. The dial is elevated about 6" in front of the brick wall and seems to hover in space. Behind it is a metal sheet light shade cut with "shark teeth" notches aligned with the sunrays so that they shine on the wall behind the dial face, illuminating the stained glass border from behind (see photo below). 15 min marks only appear on two solstice lines and the equinox line for easy reading. The time period only includes the hours when the sun lights the dial. Each color of the sundial face was kiln-fired separately onto laser-cut low carbon 14 gauge steel.
Sundial Sculptures Website: Here
John Carmichael’s Email: Here
KVO Industries Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of John Carmichael (taken in 2006). Photo ‘a’- daytime photo. Photo ‘b’- nighttime photo with electric light lit. Photo ‘g’- light shade test model. Photo ‘h’- design drawing. Photo ‘i’- stained glass assembly photo. Photo ‘k’- light shade construction photo. Anybody may use these photos without permission.
Photos: a b c d e f g h i j
Delineator, Designer & Maker: John Carmichael made the sundial bezels and gnomon, and the entire cupola except for the weathervane.
Ceramic Artisans: Ned Ecke made the porcelain face of the SE Dial but he died before he could complete the others. KVO Industries did the porcelain firings of the other three faces.
Date: installed February 2006
Original Location: Lat: 32.22° N, Lon: 110.98° W. There are four sundials on the cupola which is on the roof of Carmichael's home at 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson AZ, USA.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical, Declinations- SE Dial: 27.96° E. of S; NE Dial: 117.96° E. of S; NW Dial: 152.04° W. of S; 62.04° W. of S.
Size: Dial Faces- 53 cm (21 in), Cupola height with weathervane- 2.5 m (100 in)
Adornment: Dial faces were designed to look like traditional clock faces with minimal adornment for easy reading. Solar Noon marks are on SE and SW faces. Black star is at top of all faces.
Mottos: none
Condition: still excellent in 2009. Wood parts repainted in 2009. Patina is beginning to form on copper parts.
Comments: This is the first known four-sided sundial cupola in the Western Hemisphere. The designs on the sundial faces are made from the wonderful super-durable media of kiln-fired porcelain on steel, encased in copper bezels with copper sheet gnomons. The cupola is made from painted redwood with copper roofs and a copper weathervane.
Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Chimneys Website: Here
KVO Industries Website: Here
Sundial Sculptures Website: Here
John Carmichael’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of John Carmichael and were taken in 2006.. Photo ‘g’ show the original design plan made with DeltaCad. Anybody can use these photos without permission
Photos: a b c d e f g

Dial 383
Dial 384
Dial 385
The Commelle Vernay Pocket Dial
The Lyon Pocket Dial
The Magland Pocket Pocket

Designer: M. Vilaplana (cannot find signature, but looks like a Vilaplana)
Artist: probably M. Vilaplana (cannot find signature)
Date: 1999
Original Location: Lat: 45° 59’ N, Lon: 4° 03’ E. on stand in Commelle Vernay, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: shield, Equation of Time, extreme hours, rooster, moon, hourglass, zodiacal signs
Mottos: “L’Ombre Domestique” (Domesticated Shadow)
Inscriptions: coordinates, elevation
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. We need a better photo. This is more like a sculpture that looks like a giant pocket watch. There is another dial on the North face.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer: E. Vilaplana (signed)
Artist: possibly by Venissieux-R (signed)
Date: 1993
Original Location: Lat: 45° 42’ N, Lon: 4° 53’ E. On unknown building in Lyon France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: dial looks like a pocket watch with chain ring and winding stems. Sun face at center
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: coordinates, extreme hours, times in world cities, speed of Earth’s rotation- 323 meters per second
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. One large sundial has two smaller dials on each side that tell times in Los Angeles and Tokyo. Similar to Dial 385.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer: possibly by E.Vilaplana (unsigned)
Artist: possibly by Venissieux-R (unsigned)
Date: 1993
Original Location: Lat: 46° 01’ N; Lon: 6° 37’ E. in unknown place in Magland France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the west of south
Size: unknown
Adornment: dial looks like a pocket watch with chain ring and winding stems. Shield, cyclamen flowers, a house, zodiacal signs
Mottos: “Le Soleil Luit Pour Tous” (The Sun Shines for All)
Inscriptions: coordinates, elevation
Condition: unknown
Comments: This dial is similar to Dial 384. No website known that shows this dial. We need a better photo.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a b

Dial 381
Dial 382
Dial 386
The Faux Parchment Dial
The Ribera de Cabanes Book Dial
The Book Dial

Designer: M. Vilaplana (unsigned)
Artist: M. Vilaplana (unsigned)
Date: 1976
Original Location: Lat: 45° 42’ N, Lon: 4° 53’ E. on unknown building in or near St-Fons France.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines west.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: interesting dial face looks like old curled parchment with moon & Owl, Saturn & Stars, rooster (same as Dial 380)
Mottos: “Tempus Fugit” (Time Flies)
Inscriptions: 1976, Lat: 45° 42’ N; Lon: 4° 53’ E.
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a b
Designer: unknown (unsigned)
Artist: unknown (unsigned)
Date: 1993
Original Location: Lat: 40° 09’ N, Lon: 0° 09’ E. In Ribera de Cabanes, Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines somewhat west of south.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: Angels, Signs of the zodiac, several religious depictions
Mottos: “Piensa en la Ultima” (Consider the Highest); “Omni Hora Deum Lauda” (trans: ?)
Inscriptions: coordinates of the place, times of sunrises and sunsets, and other small inscriptions
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. We need a better photo. This attractive dial has an interesting shape with informative side panels.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer: E.Vilaplana (signed)
Artist: Venissieux-R (signed)
Date: 1990
Original Location: Lat: 45° 25’ N, Lon: 4° 45’ E. In St Alban du Rhone, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declines slightly to the West of South
Size: unknown
Adornment: dial looks like a book with unidentifiable artwork
Mottos: “Omni Hora Deum Lauda” (trans:?)
Inscriptions: coordinates and other small unreadable inscriptions
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a

Dial 388
Dial 390
Dial 389
The Time Fountain Dial
The Faux Wood Dial
The Binary Notation Dial

Designer: possibly by E.Vilaplana (signature in lower left is unreadable)
Artist: possibly by Venissieux-R (signature in lower left is unreadable)
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 45° 35’ N; Lon: 5° 08’ E. In Vilfontaine France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: borders of decorative leaves and fruit, Saturn, zodiacal signs, a lions head sculpture at the base of the gnomon spigot
Mottos: “Hora Vera Aqua Clara” (True Time Clear Water)
Inscriptions: “Fons Temporis” (Time Fountain)
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. This is a most lovely, interesting and functional sundial! The angled copper water spigot of the fountain doubles as the gnomon of the sundial
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a b c
Designer: possibly by E. Vilaplana (unsigned)
Artist: possibly by Venissieux-R (unsigned)
Date: 2001
Original Location: Location: unknown place in France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines near or at south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: ceramic dial painted to look like a slice of wood from a tree trunk
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: “2001”
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. This fooled me when I first saw it. If you look closely you can see that it is sculpted and painted to look like real wood.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer: E.Vilaplana (signed)
Artist: possibly by Venissieux-R (signed)
Date: 1993
Original Location: Lat: 5° 29’ N, Lon: 0° 00’. At unknown place in London England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south
Size: unknown
Adornment: shields of Lyon, London & York, compass rosette, zodiacal signs, ribbon
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: times of noon in world cities, coordinates, “In Honorem J.M. Jacqard 1752-1834, G. Boole 1815-1864, C Babbage 1792-1871, 1993 London”
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. Dial shows the innovative use of binary notation to signify the hours. Jaquard invented a card-programmed weaving loom in the 19th century that could incorporate complex patterns in multiple colors. His card designs and concept became the basis for IBMs punch-card system, many years later. George Boole did pioneering work in binary logic and numbering systems. Charles Babbage created two huge mechanical computational engines. The first, the Difference Engine, was completed and was designed to simplify the creation of tables of trig functions and logarithms. His later work, the Analytical Engine was never really completed, although large sections were built. It was to be a true stored-program general purpose computer- in the 1870's! His "programmer", the mathematician Augusta Ada Lady Lovelace, the daughter of the English poet Lord Byron, was almost equally famous...
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a

Dial 232
Dial 231
Dial 233
The Saint Agostino Dial
The Castiglione dei Peoli Dial
The Donna Dial

Designer, Painter, Delineator: Ugo Beccheroni
Date: 2000
Original Location: Lat: 44° 27' 47" N, Lon: 11° 22' 49" E. At Mr. Beccheroni's church, Ponticella di San Lazzaro di Savena in Bologna Italy.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: on vertical wall. Declines 1° 40' east of south
Size: 120 x 150 cm (47 x 59 in)
Adornment: Classical depiction of mother and child painted in brick red to match the wall color. Dial has labeled solstice & equinox lines and the Equation of Time graph
Mottos: “TEMPORA TEMPORE TEMPERA” (OPPORTUNELY, IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE TIMES)
Inscriptions: signed and dated
Condition: good
Comments: Beccheroni painted the ceramic tiles at his home. Sundial has rod gnomon with a ball nodus.
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mr. Beccheroni (taken in 2005).
Photos: a
Designer, Painter, Delineator: Ugo Beccheroni
Date: 1995
Original Location: at the Comune di Castiglione dei Pepoli, Capoluogo – Albergo Pellicciari (Pellicciari Hotel), Italy Lat: 44° .9' N; Lon: 11° 10' E.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 23° 24’ west of south
Size: 160 x 130 cm (63 x 51 in)
Adornment: a beautiful art-deco style painting of a woman in flowing robe. Sundial depicted on rolled parchment. Has labeled solstice & Equinox lines.
Mottos: "Che le Vostre Ore Siano Sempre Felici" (May Your Hours Always Be Happy)
Inscriptions: at top: "MCMXCV" (1995), signed by Ugo Beccheroni
Condition: good
Comments: Sundial is painted on ceramic tiles and has a rod gnomon with arrow that casts an easy-to-read shadow.
Galleria Gnomonica Website: Here
Ugo Beccheroni’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mr. Beccheroni (taken in 2005).
Photos: a
Designer, Painter, Delineator: Ugo Beccheroni
Date: 1993
Original Location: Lat: 44° 27' N, Lon: 11° 22' E. At Mr. Beccheroni's home, San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna Italy.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 15° 36' west of south.
Size: 100 x 90 cm (39.3 x 35 in)
Adornment: Art deco depiction of seated woman in flowing robes. Dial face appears as a parchment and has labeled solstice & equinox lines and the Equation of Time graph. A red chile hangs on the left.
Mottos: “AB UMBRA LUMEN” (From Shadow, Light)
Inscriptions: signed and dated
Condition: good
Comments: Beccheroni painted the ceramic tiles at his home. Sundial has a triangular sheet gnomon.
Ugo Beccheroni’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mr. Beccheroni (taken in 2005).
Photos: a

Dial 327
Dial 347
Dial 349
The Smiling Sun Dial
The Flero Courtyard Dial
The Matelica Dial

Designer & Maker: unknown. Probably by Jean Claude Art.
Date: unknown
Original Location: unknown, probably made in France
Present Location: Offered for sale in 2006 on the French antiques website below.
Orientation: Vertical, Probably declines south
Size: unknown
Adornment: a large smiling sun fills the center
Mottos: unknown if any are present around the circumference
Condition: unknown
Comments: We are looking for a better photograph and more information on this dial.
Jean Claude Art Website: Here
Jean Claude Art’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from Google images.
Photos: a
Designer: Gianni Cornacchiari
Artist: unknown
Date: 1991
Original Location: Lat: 45’ 30” N, Lon: 10’ 15” E. Flero (BS), Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the west of south.
Size: 140 x 100 cm (55 x 39 in)
Adornment: depicts the inside of a courtyard with Flero countryside behind.
Mottos: “E Nel Peregrinar Di Sol Io Vivo” (and in search of the sun I live)
Inscriptions: “Ora Vera Locale”, 1991, Lat. & Long., signature of artist (unreadable)
Condition: unknown
Comments: We’d like to find out the name of the ceramic artist
Gnomonica Italiana Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mario Arnaldi and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer: Antonio Giorgi
Artist: Savina Laudi
Date: 2005
Original Location: Lat: 43° 14' 50" N, Lon: 13° 00' 06" E. On private home in Matelica (MC), Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 31.4° east of south.
Size: 200 x 280 cm (78 x 110 in)
Adornment: Art Deco design of pensive female figure with zodiac signs
Mottos: “Omnia Aliena Sunt Tempus Tantum Nostrum Est” (Nothing Belongs to Us, Only Time is Ours)
Inscriptions: Latitude & Longitude, EOT graph
Condition: excellent. A beautiful dial!
Comments: The website below gives an excellent account of how the dial was designed and made.
Arsgnomonica Website: Here
Antonio Giorgi Architetto’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Antonio Giorgi Architetto and was copied from website above.
Photos: a

Dial 348
Dial 346
Dial 401
The Enni Golfieri Dial
The Castelmella Dial
The Grapevine River of Life Dial

Designer: Aurelio Costa
Artist: unknown
Date: 2002
Original Location: On the façade of the Natural Museum of Sciences, Ravenna, Faenza, Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the west of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: signs of the zodiac with stars in background and corners
Mottos: “Terrae solo vitam donare solet”
Inscriptions: In Memoriam Enni Golfieri Faventini Architecti A.D. MMII
Condition: unknown
Comments: We’d like to find out the name of the ceramic artist
Gnomonica Italiana Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mario Arnaldi and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: Mariella Gobbi
Date: 1998
Original Location: Lat: 45° 29' 30" N, Lon: 10° 9' 30" E. On wall of private home in Castelmella (BS), Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the west of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: the Mandrone lake and landscape of Castelmella
Mottos: yes, but not easy to read
Inscriptions: coordinates, wall declination and the names of several people
Condition: unknown
Comments: A handsome dial.
Gnomonica Italiana Website: Here
Mario Arnaldi’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mario Arnaldi and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Delineator: Aleksandr Boldyrev
Artist: Elena F. Vasilevskay
Date: 2008
Original Location: at unknown location in Moscow Russia
Present Location: at unknown location in Moscow Russia
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown exactly. About 30 cm (1 ft)
Adornment: sculpted fired porcelain ceramic dial painted with the grapevine river of life and an Equation of Time with gold leaf
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: excellent in 2008
Comments: This beautiful dial apparently is Russia’s first porcelain sundial. Read the fascinating article below that describes in detail how this dial was made. Article is courtesy of the BSS and the authors.
Article by Elena F. Vasilevskay and Aleksandr Boldyrev: ©(2008) Making Porcelain Sundials. "The British Sundial Society Bulletin" Vol. 20(ii), June 2008. 68-72
Sundials.ru Website: Here
Vasilevskaya’s Email: Here
Boldyrev’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Elena F. Vasilevskay and Aleksandr Boldyrev.
Photos: a b c

Dial 366
Dial 352
Dial 358
The Sunfaces Collage Dial
The Austrian Tree Dial
The Fabulous Animals Dial

Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Collège Maurice Calmel - Marans - Charente Maritime (17), France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: interesting colorful collage of sun faces
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: Dial is bolted to wall.
Michel Lalos Website: Here
Michel Lalos’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Michel Lalos and is copied from his website.
Photos: a
Delineator: Johann Jindra, Weiten, Lower Austria
Artistic Design: Dr. Leonhartsberger, Mank.
Ceramic Artisan: Melanie Gruber, Loosdorf.
Date: 2000
Original Location: 48° 06’ 35" N, lon: 15° 20’ 33" E. A-3240, Mank, Schulstrasse 9, Lower Austria
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 15° east of south.
Size: 2.5 x 2.2 m (98 x 87 in)
Adornment: impressionistic style. Representation of an arbor vitae, symbols of the seasons, sun, datelines of flat metal bars with gold leaf.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: “AD MM”
Condition: good
Comments: Dial shows Local Time (Roman numbers V-XII-V). We need a better photo.
Karl Schwarzinger’s Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Karl Schwarzinger and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: Georges Douking
Date: 1961
Original Location: in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical, declines by unknown amount W. of S.
Size: unknown
Adornment: modern design with a globe and silhouettes of buffalos and leopards
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: signed: “Douking”
Condition: unknown
Comments: Dial’s name in French is: "Les Animaux Fabuleux"
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a

Dial 359
Dial 360
Dial 357
The Blue Time Dial
The Python Dial
The Sunflowers Dial

Delineator: Angel Ponce de Léon (Ponce Fidelio)
Artist: Gilbert Valentin
Date: 1961
Original Location: in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: childlike primitive modern design of blue colors with metal Roman numerals
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: signed: “Angel Ponce de Léon”
Condition: unknown
Comments: none
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: Henri Bernard Goetz
Date: 1961
Original Location: in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical, declination unknown
Size: unknown
Adornment: modern work represents the victory of greek god over Python, fabulous snake born of Gaïa.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: signed: “Goetz”
Condition: unknown
Comments: Dial’s name in French: "Le Python et sa Couronne en Vert et Or" (The Python and his Crown in Green and Gold)
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: Gilbert Valentin
Date: 1961
Original Location: in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines west of south by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: very modern design with stylized sunflowers and little half spheres to mark the time
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: signed “Valentin”
Condition: unknown
Comments: Dial’s name in French is: "Les Tournesols".
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a

Dial 371
Dial 370
Dial 361
The Zoeblitzer Dial
The Waldteichstr Dial
The Town Dial

Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Zoeblitzer Str. 1, D-09496 Ruebenau, Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination is unknown.
Size: unknown
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: probably still good
Comments: Dial is bolted to wall.
Home.arcor Website: Here
Peter Lindner’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Peter Lindner and were taken in May 2005 and copied from website above.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Waldteichstr 4, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declination unknown
Size: unknown
Adornment: none
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: probably still good
Comments: Dial is bolted to wall.
Home.arcor Website: Here
Peter Lindner’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Peter Lindner and were taken in May 2005 and copied from website above.
Photos: a b c
Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown exactly. late 1900’s
Original Location: on a house on the D15 leading to the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical, declination unknown
Size: unknown
Adornment: a sculpted village in ceramics at the top. A world map, Sun, Moon, and star.
Mottos: “Nil Novi Sub Sole” (Nothing New Under the Sun)
Inscriptions: none. Not signed
Condition: unknown
Comments: very 3 dimensional and textured
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a

Dial 402
Dials 235 to 239 (left to right)
Dial 330
The Happy Time Dial
The Oberti Geometric Dials
The Yanzum Gardens Dial

Delineator: Manuel Pastor
Ceramic Artist: Manuel Pastor
Date: 1971
Original Location: on the wall of a building adjacent to the windmill roundabout on the sea front at Benalmadena Costa in southern Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declines in a southwesterly direction
Size: unknown
Adornment: a smiling sun face, a scroll, clouds
Mottos: “Es la Hora de Ser Feliz” (It’s Time to be Happy)
Inscriptions: “Manuel Pastor-Ceramicista-Gnomonista-Benalmadena Costa”
Condition: excellent in 2008
Comments: No website known that shows this dial. We’d like to find out exactly where this is located.
Robert Sylvester’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Robert Sylvester (2008).
Photos: a b
Delineator: Daniel Oberti
Glass Artisan: Daniel Oberti, accomplished ceramic artist from California.
Date: unknown, late 1900s or early 2000s
Original Location: On pedestals at unknown location in the USA.
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: ceramic geometric forms lie on dial face. The gnomons are paintbrushes. The faces are bowl-shaped as seen from the sides.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: We are looking for better photos and more information about these sundials.
Daniel Oberti Website: Here
Daniel Oberti’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied in 2005 from website above.
Photos: Dial 235: a b
Photos: Dial 236: a
Photos: Dial 237: a
Photos: Dial 238: a b c
Photos: Dial 239: a
Designer & Maker: unknown who designed the original. The copies are sold by Yanzum Gardens
Date: unknown when the original was made, the copies are probably early 2000's
Original Location: unknown
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south
Size: 55.9 x 38.1 cm (22 x 15 in)
Adornment: a sun face with the gnomon coming out of his mouth.
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is mass-produced from molds and will not function at all locations.
Yanzum Gardens Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from Yanzum Gardens website.
Photos: a

Dial 280
Dial 225
Dial 205
The School Children's Dial
The Colorado College Dial
The Sun and Galleon Dial

Delineator: unknown. But we know the designer used Shadowspro.
Ceramic Artisan: Each tile was painted by different pupils at an unknown school in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Date: unknown
Original Location: On wall of unknown building at an unknown school in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declines towards the east
Size: unknown
Adornment: hand painted tiles of the sun
Mottos: "Le Soleil c'est la Vie" (the Sun is Life)
Condition: unknown
Comments: Has a triangular sheet gnomon. We are looking for a better photo and more information about this sundial.
Shadows Pro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied in 2005 from shadowspro.com website.
Photos: a
Designer: unknown
Maker: unknown
Delineator: unknown
Date: 1907
Original Location: Lat: 38° 50’ 07” N, Lon: 104° 49’18” W. Built into the wall of the 1907 Van Briggle Pottery building at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination unknown
Size: approximately one meter square
Adornment: ceramic tiles with signs of the Zodiac surround the hour lines and Roman numerals
Mottos: “TEMPUS FUGIT” (Time Flies)
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown. It was fine in 1994
Comments: Information is from The Nass Sundial Registry. This is also Dial #499 in the NASS registry. In 1994 Colorado College repaired the gnomon and added a metal equation of time plate. We are looking for better photos and more information on this dial.
Colorado College Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are from The Nass Sundial Registry.
Photos: a b c d e
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown. Probably early 2000's
Original Location: Lat: 38° 51' N, Lon: 0° 27' E. on south wall of unknown building on Calle Sant Josep in Otos Valencia Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: a Spanish galleon, a sun, sky and clouds, roman numerals
Mottos: none
Condition: Excellent
Comments: We are looking for a better photograph and more information on this dial.
Map of Valencia Website: Here
Otos Sundial Village Website: Here
Gnomonica Meeting Photos (1.4 MB): Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is copied from pg. 20 of Gnomonica Meeting Photos (see link above). Photo ‘b’ is from a Chinese website of unknown URL.
Photos: a b

Dial 337
Dial 190
Dial 278
The Argentine Red Dial
The Walker Anniversary Dial
The Llombai Dial

Designer & Maker: C. Casoli and his students
Date: 2001
Original Location: San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Present Location: unknown. probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: sun, two constellations, three logos at the bottom
Mottos: at bottom in Spanish: "Dios creo el tiempo para que tu hagas las horas" (God created time so that you make the hours).
Inscriptions: at top in Spanish: "marco las horas solares" (I mark solar hours). "MMI" and other unreadable text in top corners.
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a nice dial.
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer: Phil Walker
Maker: The tiles were made at the Jackfield Tile Museum by "The Decorative Tile Works".
Date: 1998
Original Location: lat: 52° 46' N; lon: 2° 22' W. On Mr. Walker's house wall in Shropshire, England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 18° east of south
Size: 24 x 60 cm (9.5 x 24 in)
Adornment: sun at gnomon foot
Mottos: none
Condition: Excellent
Comments: has 12 tube-lined ceramic tiles, each 15 cm square. Gnomon is copper and has a ball nodus. Shows British Summer Time and has three solar declination dates lines. The upper line is 14th February, Walker's wife's birthday; the lower one is June 24th, Walker's birthday, and the middle one is August 30th, the Walkers' wedding anniversary.
Phil Walker Website: Here
Jackfield Tile Museum Website: Here
Phil Walker Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Phil Walker. Photo ‘b’ was taken on the designer's wife's birthday, at about 11.25 a.m. British Summer Time, (10.25 a.m. GMT), Feb. 14.
Photos: a b
Delineator and Ceramic Artisan: José Luis Mazcuñán, from Llombai, in Valencia Spain
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: On wall of unknown building in Llombai Valencia Spain.
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines east of south by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: twelve square white ceramic tiles. Painted at the bottom are coats of arms from the towns of Motilla del Palancar and Campillo de Altobuey, both belonging to the province of Cuenca and Llombai in Valencia. Face has a blue compass rosette. The gnomon is a brass triangular sheet. Dial has solstice and equinox lines.
Mottos: "Tempus Fugit" (Time Flies)
Condition: unknown
Comments: We are looking for better photos and more information about this sundial.
Reloj Andalusi Website: Here
Shadows Pro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied in 2005 from shadowspro.com website
Photos: a

Dial 329
Dial 279
Dial 356
The Atelier Stüber Dial
The School of Gertwiller Dial
The Time Ride Dial

Designer & Maker: Atelier Stüber, German Pottery Studio
Date: unknown, probably early 2000's
Original Location: A commissioned piece for Gabriele Andreae, Dipl.Ing. Architect, Münster Germany.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: very modern design
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: It is difficult to see the gnomon in the website photos. The website indicates that copies of this dial are for sale. It is not known if this dial is properly designed and if it functions correctly.
Milan-Keramik Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from Milan-Keramik website.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown. But we know the designer used Shadowspro
Ceramic Artisan: the teacher and pupils at Gertwiller School Gertwiller France
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: Lat: 48° 24 N (48.41° N), Lon: 7° 28 E (7.47° N) On wall of unknown building at the Gertwiller School in Gertwiller France
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Unknown if dial declines from south.
Size: unknown but fairly large
Adornment: blue tiles with painted signs of the zodiac and heavenly bodies
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: Has an aperture nodus on a metal star-shaped disk. We are looking for a better photo and more information about this sundial
Shadows Pro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied in 2005 from shadowspro.com website.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: Mona Criste
Date: 1961
Original Location: in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines west of south by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: two white horses on a sky blue background
Mottos: “Pur Sang Signe le Temps” (Pure Blood Signs the Time)
Inscriptions: signed by Mona Criste
Condition: unknown
Comments: Dial’s name in French is: "La Chevauchée du Temps"
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is © and is courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent it to us. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a

Dial 419
Dial 306
Dial 307
The Beniatar Dial
The Mud Dial
The United Dial

Delineator: notable Spanish dialist, Joan Olivares
Ceramic Artist: Fina Batolomé
Date: 1997
Original Location: on a farmhouse in the town of Beniatar in Valencia Spain.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines southwest by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: sunface and grape harvesters in a simple design.
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comments: none
Joan Olivares Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ was sent to us by Joan Olivares.
Photos: a
Delineator: notable Spanish dialist, Joan Olivares
Ceramic Artist: Arcadi Blasco, famous Spanish ceramic artist
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 38° 51' N, Lon: 0° 27' E. On the wall of unknown building in the Plaça del Llaurador in Otos Valencia Spain.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination is unknown.
Size: unknown
Adornment: Ceramic tiles in relief add an interesting textural component. There's an odd series of bumps on the 2 o'clock hour line.
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comments: Information is from pg.15 of "Rellotge de Fang" in Spanish. Dial has solstice and equinox grout lines.
"Rellotge de Fang" PDF (1.9 MB): Here
"Rellotge de Fang" Website: Here
Joan Olivares Website: Here
Map of Valencia Website: Here
Universidad de Alicante Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘b’ was sent to us by Joan Olivares. Photo ‘a’ is a cropped version of photo ‘b’. Photo ‘c’ is from pg.15 of "Rellotge de Fang" in Spanish.
Photos: a b c
Delineator: notable Spanish dialist, Joan Olivares
Ceramic Artist: Elisa Martí
Date: unknown
Original Location: Lat: 38° 51' N, Lon: 0° 27' E. On the wall of unknown building in the Plaza de Llaurador in Otos Valencia Spain.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declination is unknown.
Size: unknown
Adornment: modern design consiting of several ceramic pieces with curving and spiral patterns. There appears to be two information plaques that I can't read in these poor photos, but the one on the right is a moontime correction graph
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comments: Information is from pg.16 of "Rellotge de Fang" in Spanish and from Mr. Olivares’s website. Dial is called "Unió" (United) in Spanish. It pays homage to Mariano Seguí, “El Gatet d’Otos”, bandoler of the 19th century on the hundredth anniversary of his death.
"Rellotge de Fang" PDF (1.9 MB): Here
"Rellotge de Fang" Website: Here
Joan Olivares Website: Here
Otos Valencia Map Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘b’ was sent to us by Joan Olivares. Photo ‘a’ is a cropped version of photo ‘b’. Other photos are from pg.16 of "Rellotge de Fang" in Spanish.
Photos: a b c d e

Dial 338
Dial 345
Dial 339
The Marton Acorn Dial
The Setting Sun Dial
The Fanchini Dial

Designer & Maker: Géza Marton
Date: early 2000's
Original Location: city unknown, Hungary
Present Location: unknown. probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: wreath of red acorns, oak leaves and the hour numerals surround dial face. two rifles crossed on top.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a nice dial.
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Casale Monf. (AL), Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the west of south
Size: unknown
Adornment: a rather primitive painting of the setting sun
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: coordinates, wall declination and the names of several people
Condition: unknown
Comments: none
Giorgio Mesturini Website: Here
Giorgio Mesturini’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Mesturini and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: Daniel Fanchini
Date: early 2000's
Original Location: Seremange France
Present Location: unknown. probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: compass rosette, sun, centaur
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: none
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a

Dial 340
Dial 108
Dial 281
The Miniussi Sculpted Dial
The Valencia Earthdial
The Pampana Dial

Designer & Maker: Marco Miniussi
Date: probably early 2000's
Original Location: unknown, but since the makers name is Italian, the dial was probably made for somewhere in Italy.
Present Location: unknown. probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: a simple dial sculpted in 3 dimensional relief with the rays of the sun above the winter solstice line and a sun with two crescent moons below the summer solstice lines.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none other than the roman hour numerals
Condition: unknown
Comments: nice dial that probably functions correctly. The material looks like ceramic clay that has been sculpted then kiln-fired. Gnomon is a metal rod. The face has an aged weathered look.
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer: unknown
Tile Artisan: unknown
Date: 2004
Original Location: Installed in a pond outside the building of The Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia (OAUV), Spain. lat: 39° 28' N, lon: 0° 23' W.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in). Has nine 30 x 30 cm ceramic tiles.
Adornment: logos of both the Astronomical Observatory and the University of Valencia. The latter includes the coats of arms of King Ferdinand of Aragon, the Pope Alexander the Sixth (of Valencian origin himself), and the city of Valencia. The three institutions founded the University in 1499. There's a compass rose with the local names of the winds, and a copy of the original diagram of a heliocentric Solar System printed by the Valencian astronomer Jeroni Muñoz in his work "Astrologicarum et geographicarum institutionum libri sex", published in the XVIth century.
Mottos: "Dos Mons un Sol" (Two Worlds one Sun)
Condition: excellent
Comments: This ceramic dial is part of "The Earthdial Project", organized by the Planetary Society and is being seen by a webcam which broadcasts each minute a picture of the sundial via the internet. Logo alludes to the two Mars rover sundials which are also part of the project. The aquatic location in a pond highlights the traditional relation of Valencia with the Mediterranean sea and protects the dial and its camera from vandals.
Valencia Earthdial Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is from unknown source.
Photos: a
Delineator and Ceramic Artisan: The Shadowpro website says that Mario Pampana made it, but we don't know if he is both the artisan and the delineator.
Date: unknown
Original Location: On wall of unknown building in unknown place in Italy.
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the west
Size: unknown
Adornment: hand painted tiles with two-colored grape leaves and grapes. A bird is at the top center. Has a triangular sheet gnomon, the zodiacal date lines, Roman numerals.
Mottos: "Chiara e l'oraca del sol, che pur con l'ombra segno" (trans?)
Inscriptions: present in top, but unreadable in this photo
Condition: unknown
Comments: We are looking for a better photo and more information about this sundial.
Shadows Pro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied in 2005 from shadowspro.com website.
Photos: a

Dial 336
Dial 350
Dial 355
The Ambaud Dial
The Giorgi Double Dial
The Lizards Dial

Designer & Maker: Jean-Luc Ambaud
Date: 2005
Original Location: Eragny France
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Vertical. Declines to the southeast.
Size: unknown
Adornment: signs of the zodiac surrouund face that has spectral colors
Mottos: yes, but not translated
Inscriptions: yes, but unreadable in this photo. Date: 2005
Condition: unknown
Comments: This is a nice dial.
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Designer: Antonio Giorgi
Artist: Luciano Cordivani
Date: 1998
Original Location: Lat: 42° 51' 01" N, Lon: 13° 34' 29" E. On the Lungocastellano Sisto V, Antonio Giorgi’s home in Ascoli
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 2.1° east of south
Size: 122 x 82 cm (48 x 32 in)
Adornment: Border of ivy, golden orange background
Mottos: “Parlo con l’ombra, taccio con l’ombra” (I speak with the shadow, I’m silent with the shade)
Inscriptions: Seasons are marked telling user which sundial face to use
Condition: excellent
Comments: The panel has two sundials. The one on the left functions in the Fall and Summer, and the other works in the Spring and Winter. User must physically move the gnomon to the correct sundial according to the season. The website below gives an excellent account of how the dial was designed and made.
Arsgnomonica Website: Here
Antonio Giorgi Architetto’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is used by permission of Antonio Giorgi Architetto © 1998-2007 and was copied from website above.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artists: Jean Cocteau and Gilbert Valentin
Date: April 1961
Original Location: On the facade of the city hall, in the town of Coaraze, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: very interesting wrought iron work inlaid on orangish ceramic
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: signed by Jean Cocteau
Condition: unknown
Comments: iron numerals are a little difficult to read
Sciences-Edu Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Serge Lagier’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are © and are courtesy of Serge Lagier. He sent them to us. Please do not copy them without his permission.
Photos: a b

Dial 387
Dial 405
Dial 212
The Vignerno Dial
The Parque de María Luisa Dial
The Tomljanovich Dial

Designer: M. Vilaplana (signed)
Artist: M. Vilaplana (signed)
Date: 1991
Original Location: Lat: 44° 03’ N, Lon: 5° 02’ E. In Vignerno France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: grape bunches in upper corners, countryside landscape at bottom, declination lines labeled with the stages of grape growing
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: “Domaine de La Font dou Teule”
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: Glorieta del Reloj. Plaza de América, Parque de María Luisa in Sevilla Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: unknown
Adornment: decorative hand–painted multicolored ornate designs of plants, animals, flowers, people, smiling suns, and scrollwork.
Inscriptions: present, but hard to read in photo.
Mottos: none
Condition: looks pretty good, but needs cleaning. Gnomon looks a little bent.
Comment: very handsome!
Wikipedia Commons Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Lobillo (2007) and was copied from website above. The copyright holder of this work released it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, he grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: Marco Tomljanovich
Date: 2004
Original Location: Lat: 41° 19' N; Lon: 13° 01' E. on unknown building in Sabaudia, Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines 23° 48' east of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: seven zodiacal date lines, hourly analemmas for Standard Time readings. A yellow sun at dial center. Roman Numerals.
Mottos: "pian pian, che se no 'l fem ancoi, el finirem doman" (Take your time (and do it well), because what will be unfinished today will be completed tomorrow)
Inscriptions: "Latit. 41°19' N, Longit. 13° 01' E, Azimut 23° 48' E, ANNO MMIV"
Condition: probably good
Comments: Sundial is painted on tiles and has a rod gnomon.
Shadows Pro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is copied from website above.
Photos: a

Dial 379
Dial 380
Dial 344
The Assieu Dial
The Chaponnay Quadruple Dial
The Fishermen Dial

Designer: M. Vilaplana (signed)
Artist: M. Vilaplana (signed)
Date: 1989
Original Location: Lat: 44° 55’ N, Lon: 0° 14’ W. On unknown building in Assieu France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: grapevine borders and the French countryside. Shield at top.
Mottos: “Je Marque Les Heures Claires” (I Tell the Clear Hours)
Inscriptions: MCXL Lat: 44° 55’ N, Lon: 0° 14’ W.
Condition: unknown
Comments: No website known that shows this dial.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a b
Designer: M. Vilaplana (signature not visible)
Artist: M. Vilaplana (signature not visible)
Date: 1991
Original Location: Lat: 45° 37’ N; Lon: 4° 56’ E. On unknown building in Chaponnay France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: moon & Owl, Saturn & Stars, rooster, shield
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: present but unreadable in this poor photo.
Condition: unknown
Comments: We need a better photo. There are four separate dials in this piece that show: The time in Los Angeles, Chaponnay, various cities, and Tokyo. No website known that shows this dial.
Alain Ferreira’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Alain Ferreira.
Photos: a
Designer & Maker: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: maison a Salaunes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: brilliantly colored painting of fishermen with smiling sun and corner decorations.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: it appears that the rod gnomon has been rotated, making the dial nonfunctional
Pagesperso-Orange Website: Here
Joel Robic’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Lucien Chaumain and was copied from website above.
Photos: a

 
 
 
Dials 372 to 377 (left to right)
 
 
The Wheaton-Smith Ceramic Dials
 

  Delineator: Simon Wheaton-Smith
Maker: Simon Wheaton-Smith
Dates: all were made in 2006
Original Locations: Lat: 32° 46’ 52” N, Lon: 108° 16’ 24” W. At private residence at 6th and A Street, Silver City New Mexico, USA
Present Locations: all are at original locations
Orientations: 372-horizontal; 373-cube dial with four cardinal point vertical dials and one horizontal dial; 374-polar; 375-cardinal points; 376-horizontal; 377-a couple of degrees off the cardinal points
Sizes: 372-12 in; 373-8 in cube; 374-8 in x16 in; 375-8” square dial plates; 376-12 in square; 377-5 ft 6 in
Adornment: 372-concrete pedestal; 373-colorful faces; 374- concrete block pedestal, glass face, copper border and lines; 375-onb concrete block; 376-on concrete block; 377- on concrete block, glass face, copper border and lines
Mottos: 372-“Time and tide wait for gnomon”; 373-“May sunshine fill your hours”; 374-none; 375-none; 376-none; 377-none
Inscriptions: 372-longitude & latitude; 373-unknown; 374-none; 375-none; 376-none; 377- on the north face is the equation of time in ceramic
Condition: all good in 2007 except 374 which was prematurely fired, and which exploded. What could be saved was, and a new fill in was added
Comments: According to Mr. Wheaton-Smith, these dials have a primitive artistic design and are intended to reach the peaceful right brain while still being fairly accurate. They are not intended to be fine works of art, but to generate peaceful moods. Their aesthetic appearance was intended to be more important than their accuracy. 372-a standard horizontal dial, nodus is 2/3 the way along the style, 7 calendar lines, longitude corrected; 373-ceramic stoneware, horizontal, vertical, and two meridian dials all longitude corrected; 374-this dial gets a lot of pleasing comments from passers by. It has the half hours marked, and the solstice and equinoxes, and is longitude corrected; 375-a set of longitude corrected horizontal dials rotated 45 degrees, or, meridian dials rotated. Photo was taken as the mortar was setting before a final stucco coat; 376-a longitude corrected winged azimuth dial of stoneware. It gets a lot of curious comments from passers by who don't understand it, so it tweaks their interest. 377- This is a modern remake in iridescent opalescent glass of an ancient cube dial that Mr. Wheaton-Smith had in England in the 1950s.
Illustrating Shadows Website: Here
Simon Wheaton-Smith’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Simon Wheaton Smith and he sent them to us.
Photos: Dial 372: a
Photos: Dial 373: a
Photos: Dial 374: a
Photos: Dial 375: a
Photos: Dial 376: a
Photos: Dial 377: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 272 to 277 (left to right)
 
 
The Leinhard Ceramic Dials
 

  Designers & Makers: Francois and Marie Lienhard
Delineator: unknown
Date: unknown. Probably early 2000's
Original Location: unknown. probably somewhere in France.
Present Location: unknown. probably at original locations
Orientation: Vertical. All dials decline from south by unknown amounts
Size: unknown
Adornment: dials have colorful attractive stylized depictions of pastoral scenes painted on single ceramic tiles.
Mottos: some are present
Condition: unknown
Comments: Very nice dials! Information is taken from website below in 2005. All dials have brass rod gnomons. We are looking for better photographs and more information on these dials.
Francois Lienhard Website: Here
Francois Lienhard’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos were copied from website below in 2005
Photos: Dial 272: a
Photos: Dial 273: a
Photos: Dial 274: a
Photos: Dial 275: a
Photos: Dial 276: a
Photos: Dial 277: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 226 to 229, and 240 to 242 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 226: a b
Photos: Dial 227: a b
Photos: Dial 228: a b c
Photos: Dial 229: a b
Photos: Dial 240: a
Photos: Dial 241: a
Photos: Dial 242: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 243 to 248 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 243: a
Photos: Dial 244: a
Photos: Dial 245: a
Photos: Dial 246: a b c
Photos: Dial 247: a b c
Photos: Dial 248: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 249 to 254 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 249: a
Photos: Dial 250: a
Photos: Dial 251: a
Photos: Dial 252: a
Photos: Dial 253: a b
Photos: Dial 254: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 255 to 259 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 255: a
Photos: Dial 256: a
Photos: Dial 257: a
Photos: Dial 258: a
Photos: Dial 259: a b
 

 
 
 
Dials 260 to 264 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 260: a
Photos: Dial 261: a b
Photos: Dial 262: a b
Photos: Dial 263: a b
Photos: Dial 264: a b c d
 

 
 
 
Dials 265 to 269 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 265: a
Photos: Dial 266: a
Photos: Dial 267: a b
Photos: Dial 268: a b
Photos: Dial 269: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 270 to 271, and 282 to 284 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 270: a b
Photos: Dial 271: a
Photos: Dial 282: a
Photos: Dial 283: a b
Photos: Dial 284: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 285 to 290 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 285: a b
Photos: Dial 286: a b
Photos: Dial 287: a
Photos: Dial 288: a
Photos: Dial 289: a
Photos: Dial 290: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 291 to 295 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 291: a
Photos: Dial 292: a
Photos: Dial 293: a
Photos: Dial 294: a
Photos: Dial 295: a
 

 
 
 
Dials 296, 297, 298, 309, 310, 400 (left to right)
 
 
The Auvray Ceramic Dials
(more information below)
 

  Photos: Dial 296: a
Photos: Dial 297: a
Photos: Dial 298: a b
Photos: Dial 309: a
Photos: Dial 310: a b
Photos: Dial 400: a

Designer and Ceramic Painter:
Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Dates: All these dials were made between 1990 and 2005. Most have the dates inscribed on them. Some dates are not readable in these photos.
Original Location: at various locations in France
Present Location: probably at original locations
Orientation: Most are vertical south dials. Some decline. Some are horizontal.
Size: The larger dials, some over a meter in height and width, are made up of smaller pieces as the size is limited by firing ovens and thermal expansion problems
Adornment: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique. Dials are notable for their colorful, clean and easy to read designs with attractive artwork and borders on different shaped faces.
Inscriptions: Most are signed and dated and have various phrases and inscriptions. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears on all their dials.
Mottos: various
Condition: unknown
Comments: Information is courtesy of Mr. Auvray, the website below and from comments by Roger Bailey. These are high-quality ceramic dials. Some are reproductions of other dials in the area. Auvray's products range from small series dials with silk screened patterns to large custom pieces for specific locations and wall declinations. He uses slabs of lava rock rather than clay tablets or metal as the base material. This rock is more stable during the firing of the glaze and pigments. There are many examples of his work proudly displayed by his customers through the French Alpes. Dial 227's photo shows Joseph Auvray explaining the dial outside Atelier Acacia. The design of the dial is appropriate for the location within the massive walls of Mont Dauphin, the Vauban fortress built by King Louis XIV, the Sun King. Note the motto "Sol Rex Regnum", the Dauphin crest, and the 25 August declination line for Saint Louis of France, King and confessor. We are looking for better photos of Dials 259, 265, 266, 267 and Dials 287-297.
Acacia Workshop Brochure (PDF 1.4 MB): Here
Alpages Website (rough English translation): Here
Acacia Workshop Examples Pages Website (rough English Translation): Here
Acacia Workshop Website: Here
Joseph Auvray’s Email: Here
 

Dial 364
Dial 362
Dial 363
The Flower Diamond Dial
The Flying Eagle Dial
The Rams Dial

Designer and Ceramic Painter: Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Date: 2005
Original Location: vars ste marie, Guillestrois, Hautes Alpes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the east by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: a flower in center.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: “WMSA”, “2005”. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears in lower right corner.
Condition: unknown
Comments: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique.
Acacia Workshop Website: Here
Michel Lalos Website: Here
Michel Lalos’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Michel Lalos and is copied from his website.
Photos: a
Designer and Ceramic Painter: Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Date: 1991
Original Location: Guillestrois, Hautes Alpes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the east by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: a flying eagle
Mottos: “Aide Toi, Leciel t'Aidera” (Help You, Leciel will Help you)
Inscriptions: the date “1991”. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears in lower right corner.
Condition: unknown
Comments: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique.
Acacia Workshop Website: Here
Michel Lalos Website: Here
Michel Lalos’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Michel Lalos and is copied from his website.
Photos: a
Designer and Ceramic Painter: Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Date: 2005
Original Location: vars ste mari, Guillestrois, Hautes Alpes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the east by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: rams grazing in the country
Mottos: “Compagnon Suit Soleil Il T’inclique” (trans: ?)
Inscriptions: the date “2005”. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears in lower right corner.
Condition: unknown
Comments: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique.
Acacia Workshop Website: Here
Michel Lalos Website: Here
Michel Lalos’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Michel Lalos and is copied from his website.
Photos: a

Dial 351
Dial 421
Dial 365
The Veynes Dial
The Auvray Lespignan Dial
The Mt Dauphin Dial

Designer and Ceramic Painter: Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Date: 1993
Original Location: Veynes France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical, declines towards east of south
Size: unknown
Adornment: a cartoonish smiling sun, a ribbon chapter ring on a sky blue background
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: the Date: “1993”. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears in lower right corner.
Condition: unknown
Comments: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique. We need help locating information about this dial. We can’t locate the source website.
Photo Descriptions: Photo’s source is unknown. It came from an unknown website.
Photos: a
Delineator: Joseph Auvray at Atelier Acacia
Ceramic Artist: Joseph Auvray at Atelier Acacia
Date: 2008
Original Location: at unknown place in France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines by towards the northwest by unknown amount.
Size: 1 x .75 m. (39 x 29 in)
Adornment: Birds, grapes, zodiac symbols, solar eclipse, unknown symbols.
Mottos: ‘UTRIQUE FIDELIS CAELO ET DOMILUMINEM SOLIS RE SI SOL MI’
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Atelier Acacia Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is from the Atelier Acacia Website. Photo is used with permission from Atelier Acacia. Please do not copy this photo without permission.
Photos: a
Designer and Ceramic Painter: Joseph Auvray
Ceramic Studio: Atelier Acacia workshop at Mont Dauphin, Haute Alpes, France
Date: 1989
Original Location: Mt. Dauphin, Guillestrois, Hautes Alpes, France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the west by unknown amount.
Size: unknown
Adornment: shield, butterfly scrollwork
Mottos: “Sol Rex Regum” (trans: ?)
Inscriptions: Signed “Atalier Acacia”. Atelier Acacia’s maker’s mark appears in lower right corner.
Condition: unknown
Comments: Ceramic tiles were made using the silk-screening technique.
Acacia Workshop Website: Here
Michel Lalos Website: Here
Michel Lalos’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is courtesy of Michel Lalos and is copied from his website.
Photos: a

Dial 420
Dial 418
Dial 422
The Toledo Clock Tower Dial
The Farmer and Fisherman Dial
The Toledo Balloon Dial

Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown.
Date: unknown
Original Location: unknown place in old part of Toledo Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south
Size: unknown
Adornment: smiling sun face and a clock tower
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: Appears to have been made using a photographic technique.
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Márcio Cabral de Moura and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown. We’d love to find out the name of this talented artist.
Date: 1920
Original Location: Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Catalonia Spain. Located at number 40 of "Passeig del Mar", this house of a wealthy industrialist Rafael Patxot was built between 1917 and 1920 by architect Albert John i Torner. It is the most important preserved and luxurious manor house of the city. For long time, the house hosted a Patxot-owned astronomical observatory. It now houses the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Sant Feliu de Guixols.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines towards the southeast by unknown amount.
Size: more than 8 meters (26 ft) wide, and different heights
Adornment: This is a true work of art with a farmer and a fisherman and beautiful scrollwork designed to fit the shape of the building’s ornate facade.
Inscriptions: ‘ANO 1920’
Mottos: ‘LO RITME VAN SEGVINT DE LES ESTRELLES’
Condition: very good, but with a few small chips in a couple of tiles.
Comment: I think this is one of the most beautiful ceramic dials in the world. Conxita Bou Vilalta in 2009 told us that it is extremely difficult to photograph because of the growth of trees nearby. Our compliments to Anne Guillamot the photographer.
Anne Guillamot’s Flickr Website: Here
Montse Poch’s Flickr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by Anne Guillamot (Hannah on Flickr) in 2007, and we copied it from the Flickr website. Photo ‘b’ is a cropped version of photo ‘a’. © All rights reserved by Anne Guillamot (Hannah on Flickr). She gave us permission to use it here. Photo ‘c’ is by Montse Poch, © All rights reserved, and is used with permission.
Photos: a b c
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown.
Date: unknown
Original Location: unknown place in old part of Toledo Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south
Size: unknown
Adornment: smiling sun face and a hot air Balloon
Inscriptions: none‘
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: Appears to have been made using a photographic technique.
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Márcio Cabral de Moura and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license.
Photos: a

Dial 328
Dial 369
Dial 417
The Ceramic Cherubs Dial
The Koenigs Wusterhausen Dial
The Casa Terrades Dial

Designer & Maker: unknown, but it is being sold commercially by Bel Tesoro.
Date: The original was made in 1615. This one is a copy and is from the 21st century.
Original Location: Italy. It's unknown for where this dial was originally designed, but many copies exist in many places. They are made in Italy and are mass-produced from a mold and sold everywhere.
Present Location: many locations
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: two cherubs sit on top of the dial on either side of a shield. The date, 1615, is on the shield
Mottos: none
Condition: unknown
Comments: These sundials are mass-produced and are only ornamental and will probably not function correctly for their owners. They cost $110. We are looking for a better photograph and more information on this dial.
Bel Tesoro Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo was copied from Bel Tesoro website.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: on a wall of a building at Berliner Str. 16 a 15711 Koenigs Wusterhausen OT Funkerberg Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declination unknown
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: ceramic tiles with a modern design featuring a cat, some birds, the moon, Saturn and trees
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: probably still good
Comments: We’d like to have a better high resolution photo taken with the sun shining on the dial face.
Home.arcor Website: Here
Peter Lindner’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Peter Lindner, taken in 2001.
Photos: a b c
Delineator: Puig i Cadafalch, J.
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: 1905
Original Location: Casa Terrades (better known as "Casa de les Punxes"), Barcelona Catalonia Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines south
Size: unknown
Adornment: Gothic lettering, border of green leaves, three signs of the zodiac, frowning sun
Mottos: ‘Nunquam te crastina fallet hora’
Condition: excellent
Comment: A very nice dial.
Photo ‘a’ Flickr Website: Here
Photo ‘b’ Flickr Website: Here
Creative Commons Licence Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by Eddy Van and we copied it from the Flickr website and is used with permission from the author under the terms of the Creative Commons License above. Photo ‘b’ is by Jaume Meneses and used with his permission.
Photos: a b

Dial 426
Dial 424
Dial 425
The Io Sono il Tempo Che Passa Dial
The L’amore Che Resta Dial
The La storia Che Cambia Dial

Delineator: Johannes Carta, Vincentias Milazzo
Ceramic Artist: Maria Concetta Capua
Date: 1982
Original Location: unknown place in Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines far northwest of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: colorful pastures and farmland
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Pietro Columba and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license.
Photos: a
Delineator: Johannes Carta, Vincentias Milazzo
Ceramic Artist: Nicla Spinella Capua
Date: 1986
Original Location: in Collina Livornese (Collesalvetti) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines west of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: pastoral scenes, flowers and birds
Inscriptions: L’amore che resta
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Pietro Columba and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license.
Photos: a
Delineator: Johannes Carta
Ceramic Artist: Maria Concetta Capua
Date: 1988
Original Location: unknown place in (Collesalvetti) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines east of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: pastoral scenes
Inscriptions: La storia che cambia
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Pietro Columba and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license.
Photos: a

Dial 430
Dial 427
Dial 431
The Tour de l'Oisans Dial
The Human Horizontal Dial
The Shades of My Father Dial

Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown (signed but difficult to read in this photo)
Date: 1957
Original Location: Lat: 4° 59’ N. lon: 5° 29’ E. in Casset in the Hautes Alpes (High Alps) in France
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical, declines east
Size: unknown
Adornment: modernistic birds, flowers, sun, and the Equation of Time graph, on a sky blue background
Inscriptions: “long. 5° 29’ E. Lat. 4° 59’ N. Dec. 18° 15’ E.”, some writing in the lower left corner, and the date “1957”
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Olivier07 taken in 2006 and was copied with his permission from Flickr website above. Please do not copy it without his permission.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown.
Date: 2000
Original Location: Lat: 51° 31’, lon: 0” 0’. Inside ampitheater at Aberfeldy Millenium Green in London England
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Horizontal
Size: 4 meters square
Adornment: zodiac signs
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent, but gets covered in silt after rains.
Comment: This is a rare a hand painted interactive human shadow ceramic dial. It does not have a traditional gnomon. It works by the observer standing on an ' observer-height' scale so that the top of their head lies at the same point as would a sloping gnomon with its root at the confluence of the hour lines. According to the BSS records: “Horizontal dial where a human standing on a scale of heights allows the tip of the head of the observer to be positioned on the imaginary style of the dial. Shows 7am to 7pm in hours BST (ie Daylight Saving Time). Black height scale on hand painted tiles. Zodiac signs indicate 'date' at noon for a person of 5ft 6ins.” It was designed mainly for use by children. According to Patrick Powers- “There are only two or three in the UK like this as far as I know and this is one.” This is SRN 5056 in the UK Register. Thanks to Patrick Powers for the photos and the information
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by John Moirand (2001) and was copied with his permission from The British Sundial Society Register. In this photo, the shadow of the person’s head tells the time- 2pm in this photo. Photo ‘b’ is a photocopy of the BSS records. Please do not copy this photo without permission from Mr. Moirland
Photos: a
Delineator: Professor Adams (now deceased)
Artist: Brian Connolly. Brian Connolly was born in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. He studied sculpture at the University of Ulster, Belfast. He has had a number of exhibitions nationally and internationally with venues including the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Banff Centre, Cracow and the City Arts Centre, Dublin. He is currently based near Bushmills. Connolly’s work negotiates universal themes surrounding the human senses, particularly sight and human experience. Throughout his work, the artist has been intrigued by the concept of time.
Owner and Funders: Coleraine Borough Council (Owner & Funder), ABSA (Funder), Hutchinson Flooring Contractors (Funder)
Date: 1990
Original Location: Kerr Street, Portrush Northern Ireland
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: horizontal
Size: Diameter-5 m (16 ft). Height- 3 m (9.8 ft.)
Adornment: moon phases and geometric designs and a wonderfully deeply sculpted gnomon that looks like a big sea shell.
Inscriptions: unknown
Mottos: none
Condition: very good, some graffiti
Comment: Owner is Coleraine Borough Council. Funded by Coleraine Borough Council, ACNI, ABSA and Hutchinson Flooring Contractors. Made from ceramic tiles and cast concrete. Through a limited competition in 1990, Connolly was commissioned to make a public sculpture for his hometown of Portrush. This sundial continues the artist’s interest in the importance of time and space. The shell-shape incorporated into this piece had become a recurrent element in Connelly’s work by this stage. Information here is from the Arts Council Northern Ireland website below.
ACNI Public Art Handbook: Here
Website: Here
Website: Here
Website: Here
Website: Here
Website: Here
Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos ‘a’ is by Pawel Bak and was copied with his permission from first Flickr website above. ACNI photos ‘b’ to ‘h’ are by Harrison Photography and were sent to us by them. We use them with their permission. Please do not copy photos without photographers’ permission.
Photos: a b c d e f g h

Dial 440
Dial 423
Dial 436
The Casa Nostra Dial
The Vimercate Dial
The Abano Terme Dial

Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: In Barris - Sant Antoni, on the facade del restaurant "Casa Nostra", on the highway from Parlament to Calàbria.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declines due south
Size: unknown
Adornment: smiling sun, rooster, moon, owl
Inscriptions: none other than the motto
Mottos: present. See photo
Condition: very good in 2009
Comments: We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by Jaume Meneses and is used with his permission.
Jaume Meneses’s Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown.
Date: unknown
Original Location: on Via Cavour in Vimercate (Mi) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines east of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: a pastoral scene of a town in Italy
Inscriptions: yes
Mottos: yes
Condition: excellent
Comment: none
Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo is by Marsala Florio and was copied with permission from Flickr website above. Please do not copy this photo without permission.
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: at unknown place in Abano Terme (PD) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: The main dial is horizontal with a truncated polar axis gnomon. There is an equatorial armillary sphere integrated into the polar axis of the main sundial.
Size: unknown
Adornment: a handsome modern design of an astronomer and the heavens on the truncated gnomon.
Inscriptions: some unknown text appears on the gnomon.
Mottos: unknown
Condition: excellent
Comments: We’d like more information and other photos of this dial. It looks like the gnomon has a narrow gap that would cast a sliver of light on the ground at Solar Noon.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by ma_ri_la © All rights reserved. We have permission to use this photo.
ma_ri_la’s Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a

Dial 442
Dial 439
Dial 438
The Vilassar de Dalt Dial
The Cal Governador Dial
The Besalù Dial

Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: At Maresme in Vilassar de Dalt Catalunya Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Probably declines south
Size: unknown
Adornment: none
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: Looks like the gnomon is pointing in the wrong direction.
Comments: We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by Jaume Meneses from his Flickr webpage below.
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: Rafael Masó
Date: 1910
Original Location: at la casa pairal de Cal Governador, carrer Baix 26, Borrassà Catalonia Spain. Later converted into a restaurant.
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: vertical. Declines due south
Size: unknown
Adornment: a big rooster
Inscriptions: "Jo dic l'Alba" i "Ferran Coll me feu fer"
Mottos: present
Condition: 2009 photo shows that many of the ceramic tiles are damaged.
Comments: We’d like more information and more photos of this dial
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by Montse Poch and is used with his permission.
Montse Poch’s Flickr Website: Here
Gnomonica Catalonia Website: Here
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: at unknown building in Besalù Catalonia Spain
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: inclination- vertical, declines due south
Size: unknown
Adornment: sun face and fruit
Inscriptions: “1880” which probably is an important date associated with the building.
Mottos: none
Condition: good in 2009
Comments: none
Photo Descriptions: Photos are by Marina Panattoni, © All rights reserved, and are used with her permission.
Photo ‘a’ Flickr Website: Here
Photo ‘b’ Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b

Dial 449
Dial 453
Dial 445
The Warsaw Plaster Dial
The Stresa II Dial
The Sanda Dial

Delineator: unknown
Maker: unknown
Date: unknown, but probably very old
Original Location: On unknown building in Warsaw Poland
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declines west of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: a balance, a ram, a sheep, a crayfish, stars, moon, and sun
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: pretty good considering that it is probably very old. Has a little chipping.
Comments: This dial appears to be made from dyed plaster or some sort of ceramic. We’d like more information about this unusual dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ by frank
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown. It is signed in the lower right, but I can’t read it in this photo.
Date: unknown
Original Location: unknown building in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont Italy
Present Location: probably at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical, Declination unknown
Size: unknown
Adornment: has sculpted figures of the 12 zodiacal signs. And the hourlines twist into an image of a sunface.
Inscriptions: It is signed in the lower right, but I can’t read it in this photo.
Mottos: none
Condition: good in 2010, but it appears that the gnomon has been bent upwards.
Comments: an unusually rustic and primatively styled ceramic design- but it’s pretty in an unusual way! Unfortunately, it appears that the gnomon has been bent upwards. It should be pointing down and aligned with the polar axis. As it is, it can not tell time correctly I think. We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘b’ is by Wozz. Photo ‘a’ is a cropped copy of photo ‘b’.
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b
Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: At Sanda (SV) Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical, declines slightly west of south
Size: unknown
Adornment: Decorative ribbon with motto painted around ceramic dial
Inscriptions: “Dono del Comitato, Manifestazionii Sanda”
Mottos: TEMPUS MAGISTER OPTIMUS
Condition: excellent in 2010
Comments: This is a ceramic dial. We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ by antonella.mannini&gianni.borghi. All Rights Reserved
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a

Dial 450
Dial 368
Dial 447
The Sitges Dial
The Meissen Dial
The Lanzo Dial

Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artist: unknown
Date: unknown. Probably the beginning of the 20th Century.
Original Location: at Hotel La Niña. Pg. de la Ribera, 63-69 in Sitges (a small city about 35 kilometres southwest of Barcelona) in Catalonia, Spain. 
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declines east of south by unknown amount
Size: unknown
Adornment: Catalan "Modernist" style with a sunface and beautiful scrollwork and gnomon
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: good, but one tile is chipped
Comments: We’d like more information about this dial. Thanks to Conxita Bou Vilalta for the info we have.
Flickr Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photo ‘a’ is by hogsvilleBrit. Photos ‘b’ and ’c’ are courtesy of Conxita Bou Vilalta.
Conxitas’s Email: Here
Photos: a b c
Delineator: unknown
Artist: unknown
Date: unknown
Original Location: high on a wall of a building at Wolyniezstr 7, Meissen (Saxony) Germany
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Vertical. Declines slightly to the east of south.
Size: unknown but quite large
Adornment: plants, fish, snowflakes and a dove are on large ceramic pieces surrounding the dial face which is made of a bent copper spiral with metal stakes marking the hours.
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: the letters: “AWC” and “RD”
Condition: probably still good
Comments: We’d like to have a better high resolution photo taken with the sun shining on the dial face.
Home.arcor Website: Here
Peter Lindner’s Email: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are courtesy of Peter Lindner, taken in August 2001.
Photos: a b c
Makers: Mario Anesi and Marina Baggio
Date: 1998
Original Location: At Casa Liberty, next to the church tower of St. James and Philip, 1400 in the old town of Lanzo in Turin Italy
Present Location: at original location
Orientation: Inclination-vertical. Declination unknown, but faces nearly south.
Size: unknown
Adornment: Has the 12 signs of the Zodiac and the indication of equinoctial noon. Top gnomon is a star. A butterfly.
Inscriptions: none
Mottos: none
Condition: excellent in 2010
Comments: Made of ceramic tiles in Art Nouveau style. The perpendicular rod gnomon below indicates local times. Has a noon analemma above. We’d like more information about this dial.
Photo Descriptions: Photos by arny_bol
Flickr Website: Here
Flickr Website: Here
Photos: a b

 
 
 
Dial 302
 
 
The Balloon Dial
 

  Delineator: unknown
Ceramic Artisan: Probably an employee at the Tile Terrific company
Date: unknown, probably early 2000s
Original Location: unknown place in USA
Present Location: unknown
Orientation: Vertical. Since the hour lines are not symmetric, the dial declines a little from south
Size: unknown but fairly large
Adornment: This handsome hand-painted dial has corner tiles with a sunface, a world globe, a moonface, and a compass rose. Decorative painted pink ribbons connect them. Square chapter ring has Roman numerals. An old hydrogen balloon with sails decorates the center of the dial. No signature is visible
Mottos: unknown
Condition: unknown
Comments: The photo was probably taken before the dial was installed because the gnomon is missing. It seems the company Tile Terrific no longer exists since their phone number and email address are not in service anymore. I cannot locate them. We need more photos and information about this dial
Tile Terrific Website: Here
Photo Descriptions: Photos are copied in 2005 from Tile Terrific website (still active in Oct 2005)
Photos: a
 

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