Re: Dickens' sundial

[Patrick Vyvyan]

Can't help with the current location, I'm afraid. But this link may be of
interest to some
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/johnson/jj-images/galleries/dickens

It illustrates publicity for a commemorative version of Dickins' sundial
made by Francis Barker and which copies the original commissioned by the
writer.

Best wishes, Patrick Vyvyan

On 21 July 2018 at 04:21, Ian Maddocks  wrote:

> Hello Diallists
>
>
> Whilst trawling Instagram #sundial i found this, asking for info about a
> dial once belonging to Charles Dickens.  Can anyone help them?
>
> There's a drawing and photo provided in the link below
>
> https://www.instagram.com/p/BldQFsbAixH/?tagged=sundial
>
>
> Ian Maddocks
> Chester, UK
> 53°11'50"N  2°52'41"W
>
>
>
>
> dickensmuseum The Missing
> Sun-Dial
> **
> The sun-dial stood 4ft 8in high, in the garden at Gad’s Hill (Dickens's
> final home) in a most prominent position as it was considered one of
> Dickens's most valuable treasures.
> *
> After Dickens’s death [in 1870], it was bought by Mr. Crighton, of
> Rochester. Alice Morse Earle, in her 1902 book Sundials and Roses of
> Yesterday, says that the dial was later sold in London for the sum of £50.
> An article in the Pittsburg Press, 14 February 1899, gives more details
> “There is offered for sale by a curiosity dealer in London the old sun-dial
> and stone column formerly the property of Charles Dickens.’ In 1907 it was
> exhibited in the ‘Pickwick exhibition’ in London, and had been lent by the
> company Francis Barker sundial and barometer specialists, 12 Clerkenwell
> Road, London. The company was also making replicas of the original to sell.
> *
> As we continue our search, let us know if you can shed any light on the
> mysterious whereabouts of the sundial.
>
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>
>
>
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Dickens' sundial

[Ian Maddocks]

Hello Diallists


Whilst trawling Instagram #sundial i found this, asking for info about a dial 
once belonging to Charles Dickens.  Can anyone help them?

There's a drawing and photo provided in the link below

https://www.instagram.com/p/BldQFsbAixH/?tagged=sundial


Ian Maddocks
Chester, UK
53°11'50"N  2°52'41"W





dickensmuseumThe Missing Sun-Dial
**
The sun-dial stood 4ft 8in high, in the garden at Gad’s Hill (Dickens's final 
home) in a most prominent position as it was considered one of Dickens's most 
valuable treasures.
*
After Dickens’s death [in 1870], it was bought by Mr. Crighton, of Rochester. 
Alice Morse Earle, in her 1902 book Sundials and Roses of Yesterday, says that 
the dial was later sold in London for the sum of £50. An article in the 
Pittsburg Press, 14 February 1899, gives more details “There is offered for 
sale by a curiosity dealer in London the old sun-dial and stone column formerly 
the property of Charles Dickens.’ In 1907 it was exhibited in the ‘Pickwick 
exhibition’ in London, and had been lent by the company Francis Barker sundial 
and barometer specialists, 12 Clerkenwell Road, London. The company was also 
making replicas of the original to sell.
*
As we continue our search, let us know if you can shed any light on the 
mysterious whereabouts of the sundial.
---
https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial