19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case Oregon estates and looking as if he's

and looking as if he's taken a few knocks to the end of his nose

all of which I found pretty curious: this one adversing Goodlow (with Miss Lily) and their comic trampoline act

it is the handwritten "Get Hot" on one side of this old pin cushion that sold me on it

or lower him to do a lurching sort of jig

4 1/2" x 3 1/2"

19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case Oregon estates and looking as if he'sI 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