19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case woman with side buns among the notes in the

among the notes in the ledger is a first draft of the services for its owner's "Bill Pasting Co" in Manchester

is clearly the oldest among them

This piece thus makes perfect sense

Found the other day in New Hampshire and I would think 19th c

which seems not to have faded a bit over the years

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