Carved Sundials

Hand-carved Portland stone pedestal with a brass sundial plate.  Base and pedestal, 2 pieces. Late 17th/early 18th century. Portland stone is a limestone geological formation datin...

Topped by a four-ring iron armillary sphere with a lancing arrow gnomon, this sundial is supported by a baluster form column. Hand-carved from Italian limestone, the light gray stone has developed a striking patina of green, dark gray, and brown and features some visible fossil inclusions (most noticeably to the entablature). The bulbous column, which has been embellished with several slender protruding rings and thick lobes of gadroon, sits on top of two demi-lune stones that form a circular base. Our Italian baluster form sundial would make a fantastic garden ornament in a garden, courtyard, or front yard...

Hand-carved with a baluster form column, this Italian sundial is topped by a four-ring iron armillary sphere with a lancing arrow gnomon. The robust column has multiple incuts and pr...

Standing at over eight feet tall (99.5 inches!), this monumental stone and iron armillary sundial was hand-carved in Italy. The four-ring armillary sphere has a central arrow gnomon ...

The tapering nature of the column adds a touch of elegance to this limestone armillary sundial. Hand-carved in Italy, the column is topped by a molded entablature that supports the f...

Cast in bronze, this armillary sundial sits upon a limestone pedestal in the neoclassical style. It is a beautiful addition to a country garden wher...

Hand-carved in Italy, this beautiful marble sundial has a turned iron gnomon that mirrors a thin twisted rope molding along the outer edges. Beneath the gnomon attachment are colored inserts that form a blue, red, yellow, and green compass rose, providing a colorful contrast to the cream marble with subtle tan and gray veining. As the earth rotates on its axis, the gnomon casts a shadow onto the marble which is incised with Roman Numerals on a stylized scroll. Directly under the tip of the angled gnomon is “XII”, indicating noon. The numbers to the left of XII run counterclockwise, starting with “VI”. On the opposite side, the numerals continue in a counterclockwise manner, terminating in a second “VI” (which would be PM if the sundial...

This hand carved limestone armillary sundial with carved acanthus leaf décor and wrought iron sphere will make a grand statement in any garden. Inv...

Hand-carved in Italy, this limestone armillary sundial features an octagonal step beneath a column adorned with putti mascarons. Both the stone pedestal and the iron armillary sphere...

Hand-carved in Italy, this limestone garden armillary sundial features carved tassels and floral and foliate motifs. The wrought iron armillary has an ar...

This large limestone sundial with wrought iron armillary sphere will make a grand statement in any garden. Sometimes called an “equatoria...

A impressive and intriguing Spanish Zodiac dating back to the Romanesque period. This architectural fragment would originally have been part of the facade of a aristocratic house or the inner walls of a cloister. Knowledge of the Zodiac was the privilege of the upper classes and only kept alive trough the efforts of monks who safeguarded (and hid at the same time) books and manuscripts since antiquity. This example is very rare, not only because of its age and size but also because it combines a Zodiac with a sundial. It is executed with great care and eye for proportion. The sculpture was originally made out of two vertical slabs tightly positioned next each other. We fixed both stones together and finished with a natural mortar in between as they did in the 12th century...