Sundial pendant

2007-01-30 Thread Frans W. Maes
Hi all, Someone showed me the pendant in the attached photo. It seems to have two sundials in a kind of yin-yang arrangement. The glass beads focus the sunlight. When properly positioned (equatorial and the long arrow pointing south) the bright spot might show the hour. The diameter is ca.

RE: Sundial pendant

2007-01-30 Thread Roger Bailey
Hello Frans, I have seen similar dials at sundials shoppes in France. I believe they are an Artissme product. They are based in Nyon and supply many shoppes in tourist areas (Briançon, St Veran, Bormes les Mimosas) with a range of sundials and related trinkets. Artissme has no web presence. I

Re: Sundial pendant

2007-01-30 Thread Thaddeus Weakley
Frans, I cannot say for certain, just observation. This arrangment appears to be mostly artistic in nature. The familiar yin-yang you mention. Dark marble, light marble, one dial pointing in a given direction, the other in the opposite. The comma-shaped base being the yin-yang