ANCIENT TIMEPIECES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 9

ANCIENT TIMEPIECES

HEIRLOOMS AT PAPATOETOE SUN DIAL AND CLOCK \ ery little the worse for wear, and with the date of its manufacture, 1706, plainly decipherable, a sundial of Scottish granite is the treasured possession of Mr. H. Leahmonth Graham, of Papatoetoe. The dial has been owned by the family for many decades, and probably since its manufacture. The initials, 1.1., E.P. are carved on the top of the square face. The hours are marked by carved Roman figures. A beautiful Scottish mahogany STanafather clock, standing more than \? Vei r« high, also has a place in -Ir. Graham’s home. It was manu-

by Dobbie, of Falin Scot,and ’ in 1739. and has been rho* P° ssess ion of the family since , The face is of solid brass i&i oat Side °f the circle of numerals, tfrv, land “-, cbased - The clock shows the 25® and the day of the month. The band travels the full circle nilnute, and has probably comyV*l lts course 6,000 million times. ' ( ,* an s y is supported by two handd pill . ars of mahogany, cabinet is of solid mahogany . ®?£“°ut. The hour is chimed on # ! vire Song, part of the original manufacture. grandfather clocks were in f vei *y timepiece was accom,v led by a barometer to match, and barometer, also made of Th»»K ma bogany, is still standing at Ihe ba se of the clock.